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WARNING:
2010 Census Cautions from the Better Business Bureau

Be EXTREMELY Cautious About Giving Info to Census Workers!!!!

With the U.S. Census process beginning, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) advises people to be cooperative, but cautious, so as not to become a victim of fraud or identity theft. The first phase of the 2010 U.S. Census is under way as workers have begun verifying the addresses of households across the country. Eventually, more than 140,000 U.S. Census workers will count every person in the United States and will gather information about every person living at each address including name, age, gender, race,
and other relevant data.

The big question is how do you tell the difference between a U.S. Census worker and a con artist? BBB offers the following advice:

** If a U.S. Census worker knocks on your door, they will have a badge, a handheld device, a Census Bureau canvas bag, and a confidentiality notice. Ask to see their identification and their badge before answering their questions. However, you should never invite anyone you don't know into your home.

** Census workers are currently only knocking on doors to verify address information. Do not give your Social Security number, credit card or banking information to anyone, even if they claim they need it for the U.S. Census.

REMEMBER, NO MATTER WHAT THEY ASK, YOU REALLY ONLY NEED TO TELL THEM HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE AT YOUR ADDRESS.

While the Census Bureau might ask for basic financial information, such as a salary range, YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER ANYTHING AT ALL ABOUT YOUR FINANCIAL SITUATION.

The Census Bureau will not ask for Social Security, bank account, or credit card numbers, nor will employees solicit donations. Any one asking for that information
is NOT with the Census Bureau.

AND REMEMBER, THE CENSUS BUREAU HAS DECIDED NOT TO WORK WITH ACORN ON GATHERING THIS INFORMATION.

No Acorn worker should approach you saying he/she is with the Census Bureau.

Eventually, Census workers may contact you by telephone, mail, or in person at home. However, the Census Bureau will not contact you by Email, so be on the lookout for Email scams impersonating the Census. Never click on a link or open any attachments in an Email that are supposedly from the U.S. Census Bureau. For more advice on avoiding identity theft and fraud, visit www.bbb.org and look under census scam.

PLEASE SHARE THIS INFO WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. YOU MAY SAVE THEIR IDENTITY!!

How can people recognise an ACORN worker?

The bushy tail and tendency to run straight up the nearest tree when approached by dogs is a dead giveaway.

Ya know, anyone who gives out their financial info to someone who knocks on their door probably deserves whatever happens to them.

They don't deserve it but it will happen anyway.

I can make sure you don't get duped, just PM me you address and credit card information.

I will eat their livers with some fava beans and a nice Chi-An-ti.

Ahtman wrote:I can make sure you don't get duped, just PM me you address and credit card information.

Well thank goodness some kind souls out there are on the lookout for their fellow man. Just let me get my- HEY!

REMEMBER THEY WILL HAVE A HANDHELD DEVICE AND MAY ASK YOU TO GRASP YER ANKLES!!!

The last time I talked to a census taker, I told them that I was a straight white male so I wasn't getting anything of benefit for myself from the questions they tried to ask me except the chance to get more govt hands in my pockets, and the census was a joke so get the @#43 out of my face. That was the last I heard from them.
I had a fairly bad attitude about things a few years back.

Relapse wrote:The last time I talked to a census taker, I told them that I was a straight white male so I wasn't getting anything of benefit for myself from the questions they tried to ask me except the chance to get more govt hands in my pockets, and the census was a joke so get the @#43 out of my face. That was the last I heard from them.
I had a fairly bad attitude about things a few years back.

The irony is that the way the census is conducted, Whites tend to be over counted, minorities undercounted, and the status quo is maintained.

Performing the census is one of the government's few constitutional duties.

I just tell them that I only spend a few days out of the year on this planet so they can take their questions and stick them up their asses.

Geez, calm down, mate.

Actually you don't have to tell them anything. I just told them to get off my lawn.

I tell that to Jehovahs. If they don't listen I pull out my upside down cross, light it on fire and then draw a pentagram around it.

Works every time.

Everytime for sure!

G

According to an article by the US Census Bureau caucasians (or whites) will be the minority by 2050. Food for thought.

Figured I'd throw that up since it does deal with the CB.

I find the upside down cross works better than walking out onto my porch armed like Rambo. While not illegal per se it could be construed as a terroristic threat and since 9/11 (which was tragic, don't get me wrong) any threatening action is an act of "terrorism."

The proper way to talk to the cencus peeps.....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XtuPvwBa2U

"5"

And that's all they are legally entitled to. I feel no need to be rude to them but neither do I feel like spilling every detail of my life to them.

Fateweaver wrote:According to an article by the US Census Bureau caucasians (or whites) will be the minority by 2050. Food for thought.

Well, non-hispanic whites will be minority. Every indication is that hispanics will integrate as well into the US as southern and eastern europeans did 100 years ago.