Actually, it is probably legitimate. While I will disclaim all knowledge, I have safely ignored these in the past. My theory is that I have to fill out and file tax forms, but nobody pays me to fill out other government garbage. No one has ever called me and thanked me for giving them information. HJF On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 8:40 AM, Chris Hoogendyk <hoogendyk at bio.umass.edu> wrote: > ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > My gut reaction is that it is bogus. The financial penalties just don't > make sense except as an > attempt at intimidation from a scammer. > > I would independently look up the U.S. Census Bureau and call them. > > Was the notice paper mail or email? If email, look at the full headers and > see where it really came > from. > > > On 6/5/14, 8:56 PM, Charles D. Lappen wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > > > Today I received a notice from the Census Bureau that I’ve been > “selected to participate in the > > 2012 Survey of Business Owners and Self-Employed Persons (SBO). > > > > In big bold letters it says that it is MANDATORY to participate and goes > on to state that Title > > 13, USC, Sections 131 & 224 requires my response. > > > > According to Section 224, I can be fined up to $500 if I don’t > participate and up to $10,000 if I > > falsify information. > > > > I’m not willing to provide the Census Bureau financial information about > myself. The IRS already > > has all of it. > > > > Has anyone else ever received one of these? > > > > Has anyone “failed” to participate and what happened, if anything? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Charles > > > > Helping those who LOVE their work, but HATE their paperwork. > > > > Charles D. Lappen, M.Ed. > > The SOHOrganizer > > Small Office / Home Office > > Administrative Support Services > > > > Office: 413-624-5507 1 Gilbert Drive > > Cell: 617-797-7646 Colrain, MA 01340 > > Fax: 413-726-6821 > > > > PPlease consider the environment before printing this email > > > > -- > --------------- > > Chris Hoogendyk > > - > O__ ---- Systems Administrator > c/ /'_ --- Biology & Geology Departments > (*) \(*) -- 347 Morrill Science Center > ~~~~~~~~~~ - University of Massachusetts, Amherst > > <hoogendyk at bio.umass.edu> > > --------------- > > Erdös 4 > > _______________________________________________ > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members > -- Harry J Flood Chief Financial Officer Mediaspectrum, Inc. 20 Gatehouse Road Amherst, MA 01002 Office phone: 413.323.7200 Office fax: 413.323.7208 Mobile phone: 413.626.2020 Email: Hjflood at Mediaspectrum.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20140606/3b068ba5/attachment.html