This is Part Thirty Two of a series showing how inflation expands from crime, fraud and theft, whether from counterfeiting, lies, or dirty products. Previous parts explained how trade taxes, tariffs, inflation, deflation, barter, postage, war, history, economics, dearth, famine, climate, auctions, religion, credit, loans, gold, and education are a national security matter. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC),

Part 32  Why study email and internet Fraud? How theft causes deflation? How to Push back according to the Department of the Treasury.  Phone calls to lie, cheat and steal. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC),

            In previous reports, I explained how inflation,  too much cash chasing too few products are services,  forcing prices up, will cause its own deflation, too many services or products offered to too few consumers or buyers, forcing prices down, resulting in a barter economy, or a shutting down of circulation of value preserving instruments (i.e. currency or money).  Crime shuts down business. Crime shuts down the circulation of money. Crime leads to barter.  The internet and computer generated phone calls have lead to new means for thieves and liars to reach out to the unsuspecting public.  The following instruction was received from the Department of Treasury, in response to a faked request below.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

            Solution.

OIGCounsel <OIGCounsel@oig.treas.gov>

Sun 17-Mar-19 4:16 PM

Thank you for your email.  If you have received an unsolicited call, text, or email from an individual purporting to be from the Internal Revenue Service, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), or the Department of the Treasury–usually making threats of legal action or even promises of federal grant funds–it is a fraud.  Further, there are NO government programs to ‘reimburse victims of fraud”.

There are a number of similar scams, some of which can be quite persuasive: in some, the scammers have done brief Internet research of potential victims so they appear to be familiar with their victim’s personal details, and they use this information as a springboard to obtain more. You may report scams regarding the IRS at the following site:  

[www.tigta.gov]www.tigta.gov. 

 Other scams can be reported to the Federal Trade Commission at

spam@uce.gov, (or call 1-877-FTC-HELP) and

 internet (email) frauds to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center at [www.ic3.gov]www.ic3.gov.   

Likewise, criminals do not respect US law, so they do not respect the “Do Not Call” list either.  Generally, it is helpful to avoid answering any calls you do not recognize, so you have time to consider and research any demands that might have been left on voicemail.  Several media sources have written articles on potential steps for self-protection: for instance,

 “How to stop annoying robocalls on your iPhone or Android phone,” at The Verge; 

 “Robocalls Flooding Your Cellphone? Here’s How to Stop Them”, and

“Worried About the I.R.S. Scam? Here’s How to Handle Phone Fraud,”

available at the NY Times, explore a number of alternative options that potential victims may find helpful. Although neither these articles nor their publishers are affiliated with the U.S. Department of the Treasury, you may find one or more of these articles to contain helpful information. 

Please be aware also that phone numbers and email addresses can be “spoofed” to appear to be generated from a federal agency. Recently there has been an increase in reports of scammers using this method to make it appear as if a number associated with this agency or the DC area is the calling number. Do not be taken in! We encourage you to continue to be extremely wary of unsolicited telephone or e-mail communications, particularly those that request personal information, contain any offer of some prize or “grant,” or make monetary demands.  

Complaints regarding fraud, waste, or abuse in the Department of the Treasury, excluding the IRS, may be reported at 

www.treasury.gov/about/organizational-structure/ig/Pages/OigOnlineHotlineForm.aspx]www.treasury.gov/about/organizational-structure/ig/Pages/OigOnlineHotlineForm.aspx . 

We have noted that some systems do not download operational links from this autoreply, instead generating the links as duplicate address texts.  If your system is experiencing these issues, we thank you for your patience w hile we attempt to fix this issue. These sites can also be accessed by either typing in the specific www. or https:\\  address, or locating the site via a search engine. 

Sincerely, 

Office of Counsel

PHONE AND EMAIL SCAMS

If they claim to be from the Treasury (non-IRS), report it to OIGCounsel@oig.treas.gov. For any report of a fraudulent call, include:

• The exact date and time that you received the call (s)
• The phone number of the caller
• The geographic location and time zone where you received the call
• A description of the communication.

If they claim to be from the Internal Revenue Service, report it to phishing@irs.gov, subject line: “IRS phone scam.” You may also report these calls to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, which has jurisdiction over IRS-related matters.

Problem. The below email requests personal information to qualify to receive gold nugget and cash.

Dr.Ms.Andrea Gacki <andrea-ofac@usa.com>

Sat 16-Mar-19 2:07 AM

U.S DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
Terrorism and Financial Intelligence
Hours: Open today : 8AM-6PM

Dear,

This confidential information is brought to you by the (OFAC) Director. Ms. Andrea M. Gacki. Recently, an International Conference Meeting was held between the U.S DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY (USDT) Executives, and the WORLD CUSTOMS ORGANIZATION (WCO) whose primary objective is to Enhance Efficient and Effective Funding on arbitrary individuals and companies, thereby assisting them to be able to contribute successfully to their National Development Goals, particularly Revenue Collection, Tax Payment and Community Protection. During the meeting, they AGREED AND DECLARED that the 2017-2018 wealth’s seized and confiscated from the crack down on Corruptions, will be shared as compensation to few lucky random selected persons and companies, with clean crime records & pays tax. But focusing, primarily on victims of internet scams, bankruptcy & fraud.

In the past years, lots of money, precious stones such as gold & diamond, luxury properties and expensive assets worth over Three Billion USD have been seized, obtained and kept in the (USDT) through various forms of Anti-Corruption military work, worldwide. Therefore, we’re delighted to inform you of been among the lucky ones selected to receive the compensation equal shared price of Four Million United States Dollars ( US$4,000,000.00 ) CASH with Natural Gold nugget huge at 15.48 troy ounces (481.5 Grams), and a size of 3.55″ (8.8 cm) long x 2″ (5 cm) wide x 0.5″ (15 mm) thick. This have been awarded to you and (19) individuals/companies from different parts of the World. Your Enhanced compensation sum of Four Million USD with your Natural Gold nugget has been verified clean and shall be processed for delivery to your secured resident anywhere in the world, immediately you reply back to this information.

For your notice; the management held another meeting yesterday in regard to your means of remittance and your time availability to receive the funds & treasure. This is to let you know that your approved compensation would be coming to you in a locked Security Suitcase Consignment Box and the secret Pin Code of the box shall be provided to you from this office, when the box is delivered to you in person. It was also declared that your compensation funds and gold shall be delivered at your home through Air Operations for United Parcel Service (UPS) the world’s largest package delivery company. Meanwhile, before I was assigned to handle and monitor this transaction, your Gold and Four Million USD has been arranged, sealed and locked in the Security Suitcase box which is now prepared for delivery to you via the United Parcel Service (UPS).

Ensure to listen and read this letter carefully so that we can arrange and submit your paper works and files holding your funds/treasure release. All we need now is your personal information and details; to examine if it corresponds with what we have in our online database. It will also help the courier company delivering your box to locate you and the data will also be used to register your consignment box with the (UPS) delivery company;

BENEFICIARY FULL NAMES:
HOME ADDRESS:
DIRECT PHONE NUMBER:
OCCUPATION:
AGE:
ATTACH A GOVERNMENT ID CARD:

After providing the data required from you, expect to hear directly from this office within few hours by then we must have processed your information and prepared your consignment box for delivery, avoiding delays. With all due respect, we assume you understand the explanatory instructions and directions on how to claim and collect your Natural Gold and (US$4M) which have been legally awarded to you by the U.S Department of Treasury Executives Agency in support of the World Customs Organization (WCO) directorates.

So there are NO risk involve, and this transaction is executed & done on a legitimate procedure/platform that protect you from any breach of law. We’re expecting to get a swift and positive response from you to enable us speed up your suitcase consignment delivery, so the box can reach you within a short period of time.

Yours Sincerely;
Director. Ms. Andrea M. Gacki,
OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSET CONTROL (OFAC).
HEADQUARTERS: TREASURY BUILDING 1500 PENNSYLVANIA 
 AVENUE, NW WASHINGTON, DC UNITED STATES.
www.treasury.gov

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