RED ALERT! heads up Quick security alert

Thu Feb 27 08:05:57 UTC 2003

SRI if this is OT, BUT, its a security related subject.

>Since most of us deal with UPS this info may be helpful.
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>Quick security alert: $32,000 worth of UPS uniforms have been purchased
>over the last 30 days by person(s) unknown on eBay. Law enforcement is
>working the case however no suspect(s) have been identified. Subjects may
>try to gain facility access by wearing these uniforms.
>If anyone has suspicions about a UPS delivery (i.e., no truck but driver,
>no UPS identification, etc.), contact UPS to verify employment.
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>URGENT
>N.J. OFFICE OF COUNTER-TERRORISM ADVISORY
>Re: POSSIBLE IMPERSONATION OF UPS PERSONNEL SEEKING ACCESS TO
>BUILDINGS
>The New Jersey Office of Counter-Terrorism has received a report of an
>attempt by an unknown individual to enter a government facility by
>falsely posing as an employee of the United Parcel Service. Based on
>this incident, security personnel should exercise heightened vigilance
>when screening all delivery personnel at the entrances to all buildings and
>when accepting deliveries. Such measures should include careful inspection
>of credentials and identification of all delivery personnel to ensure that
>they are who they purport to be.