Um...this is the first I've heard of this. Apparently this directive was issued in '04, and I retired in '08 after 32 years in DOJ and DHS.
>From what I see on the 'netz, the order is about consistency of credentials; so to be able to confirm identity from looking at credentials. I'm not sure how this could be done by phone. When I was "on the job" I would sometimes ask for their boss's name, then call the publicly available number and ask to speak to that person. One time a manager asked me to help a female Interpol agent. My spidey senses were tingling a little, so I told her I had never seen Interpol creds and was curious. She was a phony! Greg > I just ask them for their HSPD-12 ID information. > > U.S. Government employees, such as with the IRS or other agencies are > provided an HSPD-12 upon employment for verification of their employment. > On the HSPD-12 is a number you can call to give the information on the > HSPD-12 to and get a confirmation that the person is a real U.S. > Government employee. > > They typically donât have any idea of what Iâm talking about so they > hang up. > > -D > >> On Jun 15, 2021, at 3:24 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> So I just got a robocall from the Federal Reserve, there has been some >> illegal activity on my accounts, press 1 to speak to a Federal Reserve >> Officer. >> >> OK, this could be FUN! I press 1... >> >> And they drop the call. Darn! I was all ready with "Special Agent >> Kellog >> here, FBI Charleston, what seems to be the problem?" >> ------------- >> Max >> Charleston SC >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
