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Article: US warns about scams targeting families of soldiers killed in Iraq
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- February 23, 2005
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US warns about scams targeting families of soldiers killed in Iraq
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- The US Department of Homeland
Security warned Tuesday that two new Iraq-related Internet scams were
targeting Americans, including one directed at the relatives of US
soldiers killed in Iraq.
"These new Internet fraud schemes are among the worst we have ever
encountered. Most troubling is the fact that some are targeting the
relatives of US soldiers killed in Iraq," said Michael J. Garcia,
assistant secretary of homeland security for immigration and customs
enforcement.
He said the department was concerned that "these criminals are
impersonating (Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE) ...