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BBB Census Alert: Know the facts
"C
Ridg~land. MS - Due toa current
rash of email messages being sent
falsely under the name of the
Cen sus Bureau, the Better
Business Bureau (BBB) Serving
Mississippi offersthe following
factoids about the 2010 census:
The U,S, Census Bureau will
not send email messages to obtain
or verify information or to solicit
donations.
Census workers will not begin
going door-to-door until April.
The campaign will end in July.
Fie!d representatives will never
ask for your Social Security
number. bank account infor­ claiming to be working for th
mation, or credit card numbers, Census Bureau before April, the
The information requests will are probably trying to obtain you
be in the form of 10 simple personal information illegally,'
questions relating to name, gender, said B ill Moak, President/CEO 0
age, race, ethnicity and home the Mississippi BBB
ownership. Your answers are "Remember, too, that all vali
protected by law and not shared door- to-door census workers wil
with anyone outside ofthe Census have proper' identification.
Bureau. handheld device for gatherin
Citizens are required by law to information and a confidentialit
respond to the census information notice. "
requests. The data collected is used More information about th
in allocation of federal funds and upcoming 2010 census can b
in determining each S,tate' s .found online at census.gov
Congressional representation. 201Ocensus.
"If someone contacts you