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Come on out to the Bayshore Town Center in Glendale, WI today for the Bayshore Safety Days. Here’s the scoop:

BAYSHORE TOWN CENTER – TOWN SQUARE

5900 N Port Washington Road, Glendale, WI

Saturday June 5th

10:00AM – 3:00PM

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Hi,

My name is Mickey Colon and I am the national consumer awareness coordinator for ConsumerWatch.com. While browsing through a number of consumer product and child safety related websites, I came across your site and was very impressed by the information that you have listed. It is our goal to warn the users of your website about the dangerous products they might come across.

Our site features a comprehensive list of consumer products that are currently available or were previously available worldwide. Injury is the leading cause of death in children and young adults. According to the most recent statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there were approximately 2,800 children, ages one to 14 years, that died from an unintentional injury, and they could have been avoided with awareness and product education. At ConsumerWatch.com our goal is to keep the users of your website up-to-date on the latest child safety information.

Sincerely,
Mickey Colon
National Awareness Coordinator

75-year-old smacks robber around during convenience store robbery. Enjoy!

We have all been moved by the events in Haiti and many of us are looking for a way to help out. Unfortunately, criminals often take our best intentions and use them against us in scams.

A popular scam regarding Haiti relief efforts is Text Donation–by texting a special word to a particular number, it takes $10 off of your bill and donates it to Haiti relief. The problem: there are hundreds of these codes floating around the internet and only some of them are legitimate.

NOTE: Not all Text Donation is a scam. Unfortunately, there are plenty, though!

How do you know which one to use? Donate only to organizations you know. Don’t respond to some Twitter post or unsolicited e-mail and go directly to a relief organization (like Red Cross at http://www.redcross.org/) and follow the directions there. Right at Red Cross’s home page, they give you the Text Donation directions. Responding to an e-mail from an organization you don’t know could be a complete scam or could significantly reduce your charitable donation with overhead costs (sometimes up to and exceeding 90%).

Make sure when you donate to an organization it goes where it is intended to by doing a little research before texting that donation.

Officer Joel Dhein offered holiday shopping safety tips recently on Milwaukee Fox affiliate Channel 6, WITI-TV. To do that, Joel visited a local shopping mall with a film crew and caught some mall customers making common errors.

On Scam School (a program by Revision 3) they teach people magic tricks and bar scams. Usually these scams are relatively harmless bar bets, but from time to time they can degenerate.

On the show they’ve covered a few magic tricks, and they’ve covered a few street crimes. This episode they’re going to combine the two and get a magic trick that acts as a smokescreen for an actual crime.

NCPC.org

Further Information
Michelle Boykins, 202-261-4184
Amy Vimislicky, 202-261-4156

For Immediate Release
July 1, 2009

29 Candles on the Cake
McGruff the Crime Dog Celebrates a Special Birthday

Arlington, VA — McGruff the Crime Dog turns 29 years young today. Since his debut in 1980, the beloved icon of the National Crime Prevention Council has helped people “Take A Bite Out Of Crime.”
In his 29 years, McGruff has become a part of America’s fabric. And McGruff isn’t slowing down. This year he has launched a new set of crime prevention messages that talk about such issues as preventing gangs, reducing vacant property crime caused by the foreclosure crisis, and preventing cyberbullying. Naturally, he is continuing to emphasize the need to protect children and youth. The Crime Dog is also gearing up to make hundreds of appearances across the country as part of the second annual Celebrate Safe Communities initiative, which will kick off NCPC’s National Crime Prevention Month in October. Celebrate Safe Communities is a partnership of NCPC and the National Sheriffs’ Association that is supported by the U.S. Department of Justice.
McGruff’s legacy began when his first television commercial said, “You don’t know me … yet. But you will.” Since then, McGruff the Crime Dog has taught millions of people that the police can’t prevent crime alone. Over the years, McGruff has made thousands of appearances at community and school events and on radio and television. Along the way, he has enlisted celebrities including the late Ed McMahon to appear in his public education campaigns. His messages have garnered more than $1.5 billion in donated advertising time. While he still presents tips about how individuals and families can stay safe from crime, he also champions such 21^st century issues as protecting children and adults from such emerging crimes as school safety, cyber crimes, and identity theft.
For more information on how to get involved or support crime prevention programs in your community, visit www.ncpc.org. ###

About the National Crime Prevention Council

The National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) is a private, nonprofit organization whose primary mission is to be the nation’s leader in helping people keep themselves, their families, and their communities safe from crime. NCPC manages public service advertising under the National Citizens’ Crime Prevention Campaign—symbolized by McGruff the Crime Dog® and his “Take A Bite Out Of Crime®” slogan—and acts as secretariat for the Crime Prevention Coalition of America, more than 400 national, federal, state, and local organizations representing thousands of constituents who are committed to preventing crime. NCPC is funded through a variety of government agencies, corporate and private foundations, and donations from private individuals. For more information on crime prevention issues, visit www.ncpc.org.

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UPS Fedex virus important!!!!

The newest virus circulating is the UPS/Fed Ex Delivery Failure. You will receive an email from UPS/Fed Ex Service along with a packet number.. It will say that they were unable to deliver a package sent to you on such-and-such a date. It then asks you to print out the invoice copy attached. DON’T TRY TO PRINT THIS. IT LAUNCHES THE VIRUS! Pass this warning on to all your PC operators at work and home. This virus has caused Millions of dollars in damage in the past few days.

Snopes confirms that it is real.
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/ups.asp

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