A warning to the CCPOA membership.

It is being reported HERE, that there is a letter, appearing to be from Mike Jimenez, circulating throughout the CCPOA membership. This letter is accompanied by a questionnaire which asks the member for personal information of the type that is solicited in, what is referred to, as the Nigerian Lottery Scheme which is perpetrated over the internet. The purpose of such schemes is, ultimately, to gain enough information to commit identity theft.

As reported, there are substantial errors in the information provided in these letters, such as the number of days of the impending furlough (the letter reports only one while everyone else reports two) and the return address which is in Napa (CCPOA has no office in Napa). The letter also refers to the "Executive Board" rather than the "Executive Council".

If you should receive one of these letters, you SHOULD NOT fill out and mail in the attendant questionnaire as requested. It may look official, but many "phishing" scams on the internet direct their victims to fraudulent, yet official looking, web sites. The same can be accomplished through the U.S. Mail.

Instead, you may want to file a report of mail fraud with the Postmaster of your local post office.

Since MJ is, reportedly, the author of the letter, you can contact him by email at mjccpoa@aol.com and report this to him directly.