MPD Media Release on E-mail Scam
MPD Media Release on E-mail Scam
(Note: This media release has been verified that it is from the Memphis Police Dept. Thanks go to Councilman Myron Lowery and Col. Billy Garrett.)
EXTORTION E-MAIL LANDS
IN THE INBOXES OF MEMPHIS CITIZENS
Memphis Police robbery investigators have received a number of complaints concerning an emailed extortion attempt. The sender of the email is a con artist that has allegedly been paid to assassinate the recipient. The sender will agree to foil the assassination plot in exchange for a payment of money from the recipient. Once the payment is received, the sender may also agree to provide information regarding the person or persons who paid to have the recipient assassinated.
There have been a total of eleven such incidents reported in Memphis since July of 2007. This email scam has picked up in the Memphis area once again. Citizens should be made aware that these emails are a scam. They should not send any money to the sender, nor should they provide any personal information such as names, telephone numbers, or bank account information. Providing personal information in response to unsolicited emails can compromise one’s identity and open that person up to having their identity stolen.
If a citizen has experienced this situation, they may notify the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) by filing a complaint at www.ic3.gov. The Internet Crime Complaint Center is a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), and the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA).
Due to the threat of violence inherent in some of these emails, anyone receiving extortion emails which contain any personally identifiable information is urged to contact their local, state, or federal law enforcement agency immediately.
Contact:
Officer Karen Rudolph
Office of Public Information/Media Relations
201 Poplar Room 12-08
Memphis, TN 38103
Office: (901) 636-3224
Cell: (901) 568-3079
Fax: (901) 636-3740
MEDIA RELEASE June 22, 2009
Lost Dog? Do you know where he belongs?
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on June 24th, 2009
Lost dog Botanic Garden
Nevermind- Found him!! Runaway kitty
Neo somehow got out and ran off today- he was new to us, just brought him home yesterday- we are devastated. He is bigger than this picture from the shelter- this was about a month or so ago, I think. The tail is more striped-looking now. He looks like a teenager instead of a kitten now.
Please call Cliff @ 763-0999 or email cliff.heegel@gmail.com
2009 NSNA summer picnic photos are online
NSNA Newsletter for April, 2009 is online
Posted by Christy in NSNA, Newsletter on May 4th, 2009
Here is the newsletter for April2009
It is an Adobe PDF file. If for some reason you do not have adobe reader, you can get it here.
The Normal Station annual picnic! Saturday, May 16th, 11am-1pm
Posted by Cliff in Event, NSNA, U of Memphis on May 1st, 2009
The Normal Station annual picnic is almost upon us again! It will be held on Saturday, May 16th on the U of M Alumni Center lawn (Normal and Spottswood) from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The picnic is a great event to bring the whole family to as there will be games and activities for children, including a moon bounce. The alumni center lawn is a perfect spot to bring a lawn chair and a blanket to enjoy the great atmosphere there! Normal Station will cook hot dogs and have lots of good food for all neighbors, residents, and friends who come.
Normal Station has invited many city and county elected officials to the event, including Councilmen Jim Strickland, Shea Flinn, and Kemp Conrad. The Memphis Fire Department will be present and will have a fire truck on display at the picnic. There may possibly be a demonstration by the Memphis Police Department’s K-9 unit as well.
Also, there will be an information table providing information about the neighborhood, its activities, and how to get involved in the Normal Station Neighborhood Association. Membership dues are $15 per person per year, and we strongly encourage you to join! Normal Station is committed to recruiting/renewing at least 150 members this year.
For more information on how you can help, contact Christy Leard at 324-3732. We look forward to seeing you on the 16th!
Audubon Park – Help keep our park nice
The weather is getting warmer and that means Audubon Park will become busier. We are lucky to have such a beautiful park within walking distance of our neigborhood. However, the park needs your help to maintain it’s integrity. More use during the spring and summer months means more vehicles and some of them parking on the grassy areas.
Every year, parking on the grass in the park causes significant and costly damage to sod, tree roots and to the underground services beneath. This is illegal.
Recently a NS neighbor called our councilmen’s office (Jim Strickland) to complain about all the cars parked in the grass at Audubon Park. She was informed that Col Jeff Clark had requested that all shifts watch the park and issue tickets for illegal parking. They were out in full force this past weekend doing just that. Yea!
Going forward, if you see cars parked on the grass at the park, call 545-COPS to report it. Hopefully the word will get out that parking illegally in the park will not be tolerated.
Thanks for your help and support.
Christy Leard
www.normalstation.org
U of M Electronic Recycling Event
Posted by Cliff in Event, U of Memphis on April 21st, 2009
A major recycling event sponsored by Apple Inc. that resulted in tons of old and unused electronic equipment being properly disposed of last year is returning to campus May 14-16.
The public, including University of Memphis employees, will be able to drop off e-recyclables on Saturday, May 16, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the Southern Avenue Parking Lot near the recreation center. Professional movers will be on hand to unload recyclable items from vehicles. May 14-15 is set aside for institutions and businesses to drop off material en mass. This location is also on the Southern Ave. parking lot.
Steve Terry, who coordinated last year’s successful event, said it speaks volumes that Apple is returning to Tennessee and the U of M two years in a row.
“This is a big deal for the University and for the city,” said Terry, U of M director of Technology Utilization. “It will give the University a chance to show that it is committed to ensuring a sustainable future for not only the campus, but for the surrounding area.”
The University’s commitment to sustainability has grown dramatically since President Shirley Raines signed the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment two years ago.
“To address environmental challenges, we are becoming a leader in sustainable technologies and practices while acting as a model for the community,” Dr. Raines said.
The U of M has formed a Sustainability Committee that is currently defining a strategic plan for campus.
The May 16 public day will offer an opportunity to recycle CPUs, all-in-one computer systems, laptop/notebook computers, televisions, cameras, printers, copiers, PDAs, keyboards, computer monitors, speakers, audio devices, FAX machines, cell phones and pagers, and other related equipment.
All items including hard drives will be ground down to confetti-like material to ensure information security prior to being recycled.
The world is experiencing a crisis in electronic waste. Toxic materials such as lead, mercury, chlorine and bromine are commonly used in producing computers and other electronics, and if these devices are dumped into solid waste systems after they have outlived their usefulness, the toxins can seep from landfills into groundwater.
About 50 to 90 percent of e-waste collected in the United States is often sent to developing countries for recycling. Once there, local laborers, who are paid only a few dollars a day to extract the precious metals from these materials, compromise their personal health and pollute their local environments by the release of toxins, a by-product of their extraction process which involves the burning of this e-waste material.
Contact Steve Terry at 678-2194 for additional information on the electronic equipment recycling effort or visit the U of M e-recycling website.