[Nfbc-info] NFBC-Info Digest, Vol 150, Issue 13

Sat Nov 18 03:13:22 UTC 2017

Hi everyone, 

  I relate to what we are all talking about here. I've been receiving calls from someone in the 314 area code. I call it back, and they ask you whether you wish to talk to them in English, and to press one if that's the case. I always hang up, because like all the rest of us, I think it's also a scam. Just hope it's not some kind of creditor trying to get ahold of me, but I leave the line anyway, just as a precaution. Let's all stay away from those scammers! 

             Dennis Russak 

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>    1. Fwd: [Nfbnet-members-list] November 15, 2017 Legislative
>       Alert and Washington Seminar (Shannon Dillon)
>    2. Scam Alert (Peacefulwoman89 at cox.net)
>    3. Re: Scam Alert (nfb frida)
>    4. Re: Scam Alert (Veronica Martinez)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 09:51:31 -0800
> From: Shannon Dillon <shannonldillon at gmail.com>
> To: nfbc-info at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Nfbc-info] Fwd: [Nfbnet-members-list] November 15, 2017
>	Legislative Alert and Washington Seminar
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> Good morning,
> Please call or email your two senators
> and urge them to cosponsor S. 732, the Access
> Technology Affordability Act of 2017. Please see John Pare's message
> with information and directions below. Please make calls regarding S
> 732.
> Thanks.
> Shannon
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> From: "Pare, John via NFBNet-Members-List" <nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org>
> Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 20:34:33 -0600
> Subject: [Nfbnet-members-list] November 15, 2017 Legislative Alert and
> Washington Seminar
> To: nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org
> 
> 
> Dear Fellow Federationists:
> 
> Thank you for all of your calls and emails
> regarding the elimination of the increased standard deduction for blind people.
> So, here is where we stand as of today
> (Wednesday, November 15). The House bill has gone
> to the House floor and will most likely be voted
> on and passed tomorrow, November 16. It
> eliminates the additional standard deduction for
> the blind. The Senate Committee on Finance is
> currently debating the Senate version of the
> bill. The Senate version does not modify the
> existing additional standard deduction for the
> blind. The next key step will be when the Senate
> bill goes to the floor of the Senate for a final
> vote. It is possible that Senator Boozman will be
> permitted to offer an amendment to include the
> Access Technology Affordability Act in the
> Senate"ness version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
> This is what we have been hoping for since
> January. The number one thing we can do to help
> this effort is to add cosponsors to the Access
> Technology Affordability Act in the Senate (S.
> 732). There are currently three cosponsors on the
> bill, Senators Cardin and Van Hollen from
> Maryland and Senator Coons from Delaware.
> Therefore, please call or email your two senators
> and urge them to cosponsor S. 732, the Access
> Technology Affordability Act of 2017. The best
> way to contact your senators is to call the
> Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask for
> the office in question. If you email your
> senators, please copy me at <mailto:JPare at nfb.org>JPare at nfb.org.
> In other news, we are expecting the Accessible
> Instructional Materials in Higher Education bill
> to be introduced in the Senate in the very near
> future. Also, I have received some questions
> regarding hotel reservations for Washington
> Seminar. The following information is published
> in the
> <https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm17/bm1710/bm171010.htm>November
> 2017 issue of the Braille Monitor.
> Washington Seminar will be held January 28
> through February 1, 2018, with the Great
> Gathering-In taking place on Monday, January 29.
> You can now reserve a room at the Holiday Inn
> Capitol (550 C Street, SW, Washington, DC 20024)
> for Washington Seminar for check-in beginning
> Friday, January 26, and check-out Friday,
> February 2. The rate is $192.00 per night; this
> rate does not include DC sales tax, which is
> currently 14.8 percent. You may begin booking
> reservations directly online by clicking on the
> weblink below:
> <http://ichotelsgroup.com/redirect?path=rates&brandCode=HI&regionCode=1&localeCode=en&GPC=FB8&hotelCode=WASSM&_PMID=99801505>http://ichotelsgroup.com/redirect?path=rates&brandCode=HI&regionCode=1&localeCode=en&GPC=FB8&hotelCode=WASSM&_PMID=99801505.
> You may also make reservations by calling (877)
> 572-6951 and referencing booking code FB8. Credit
> card information is needed at time of
> reservation. Individual cancellation policy
> requires notification seventy-two hours prior to
> date of arrival to avoid one night's room plus
> tax cancellation charge on the credit card
> provided. If your departure date changes, you
> must inform the hotel seventy-two hours in
> advance of departure to avoid a $100 fee; call
> (877) 572-6951 and reference your confirmation
> number. Please obtain a cancellation number when
> cancelling a reservation. The firm deadline date
> to make a reservation is Tuesday, January 2,
> 2018. Reservation requests received after the
> deadline date will be subject to availability and prevailing rate.
> Warm regards,
> 
> John
> 
> John G. Par?? Jr.
> Executive Director for Advocacy and Policy
> 200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230
> (410) 659-9314, extension 2218 | <mailto:jpare at nfb.org>jpare at nfb.org
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 14:55:09 -0800
> From: <Peacefulwoman89 at cox.net>
> To: his'NFB of California List'" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [Nfbc-info] Scam Alert
> Message-ID: <007301d35f2d$f3d33ab0$db79b010$@cox.net>
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> Hello All: 
> 
>  
> 
> If you receive the following automated robocall which indicates you have
> been awarded a $9,000 grant from Health and Human Services, and to call
> back, please know this is a scam! The phone number that shows up is a
> Fredricks, MD phone number. (240) 436-1301. Online posts indicate the
> possibility the number is oversees and is a cluster of folks answering
> phones. 
> 
>  
> 
> Lisa Irving 
> 
> 
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> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 18:16:37 -0800
> From: nfb frida <nfbfrida at gmail.com>
> To: NFB of California List <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] Scam Alert
> Message-ID: <4667ABFF-82D6-4809-9AF9-D2C274BBD2CA at gmail.com>
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> I have to laugh when a foreigner called me one evening at seven o"clock and told me that he was calling from the Social Security Company.
> 
> LOL and more LOL.
> Frida 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Nov 16, 2017, at 2:55 PM, Lisa Irving via NFBC-Info <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello All: 
> 
> 
> 
> If you receive the following automated robocall which indicates you have
> been awarded a $9,000 grant from Health and Human Services, and to call
> back, please know this is a scam! The phone number that shows up is a
> Fredricks, MD phone number. (240) 436-1301. Online posts indicate the
> possibility the number is oversees and is a cluster of folks answering
> phones. 
> 
> 
> 
> Lisa Irving 
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> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 18:59:14 -0800
> From: Veronica Martinez <preciousminny32 at att.net>
> To: NFB of California List <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] Scam Alert
> Message-ID: <96AB12A5-5CF1-48BB-8DF1-CE68653D611D at att.net>
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> what a joke! I had someone call me one time and say that they were from the IRS? Really? LOL
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Nov 16, 2017, at 6:16 PM, nfb frida via NFBC-Info <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I have to laugh when a foreigner called me one evening at seven o"clock and told me that he was calling from the Social Security Company.
> 
> LOL and more LOL.
> Frida 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Nov 16, 2017, at 2:55 PM, Lisa Irving via NFBC-Info <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello All: 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> If you receive the following automated robocall which indicates you have
>> been awarded a $9,000 grant from Health and Human Services, and to call
>> back, please know this is a scam! The phone number that shows up is a
>> Fredricks, MD phone number. (240) 436-1301. Online posts indicate the
>> possibility the number is oversees and is a cluster of folks answering
>> phones. 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Lisa Irving 
>> 
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