Comments on: Beware of Census Scams

By: pkw versicherungscheck

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By: MB

MB — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:23:26 +0000

We filled out census and milled it in. I received a phone call and the girl said I had to answer questions to verify my answers. I guess what I need to know is do I have to answer her questions because she said if I don’t that I could be fined or even jail time if I didn’t anwer her. I don’t know the law so can someone whom knows answer this for me.

By: Melinda

Melinda — Tue, 11 May 2010 03:15:20 +0000

I filled out the form for my household on time and sent it out, but just today I got a phone call asking to confirm the information I filled out on my census form. I don’t know why, since the form was filled out and just as true now as it was when it was sent out. Is there a possibility the call could be a scam?

By: Anita Marie Colbert

Anita Marie Colbert — Tue, 04 May 2010 14:45:34 +0000

I received and returned my census form prior to April 1st. Last night, May 3rd a woman appeared at my door saying that she was requesting my census return. I informed her that I had mailed it back some time ago, and I woudl not open my door to her. If there some way to verify the fact that I did indeed send the form back? Thank you.

By: Campbell

Campbell — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:31:31 +0000

I have the same question as Frederica Winston.
I know the response rate of mailed surveys is tracked to allow for in-person follow up as needed. I received a notification letter stating that shortly I would receive the census form. Approx. a week letter I received the form, but I’m 100% certain it asked for full SS#, but it also did *not* ask for bank acct, income or other info (I suppose a birth date and SS# is really all a scammer needs). The letter and survey looked official, and I have not received anything else from the US Census Bureau. It should be fairly straight forward to check 1) whether an official form was mailed to my address, and 2) whether USCB received a response from that address.
How can we find this out?

By: Frederica Winston

Frederica Winston — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 02:38:45 +0000

What do I do if the form I filled out asked for my SS#? Is there a way to find out if the Census Bureau has received my form?

By: Phil Cooper

Phil Cooper — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:03:47 +0000

Seventy percent of the questions on the “official” 2010 U.S. Census form are fraudulent. Since age, sex and race discrimination are now and have been illegal for decades, the government has no business asking. Questions about what kind of house you occupy are irrelevant and just plain nosiness on the part of meddling bureaucrats. The only thing they need to know is how many people live at the address for the purposes of apportioning representation in Congress. Ages of occupants may be of peripheral interest, only to the extent of how many of those occupants will achieve voting age before the next Census.

The U.S. Census Bureau tries to allay our suspicions and fears about prying by telling us that certain data have been collected since 1890, or whatever. I don’t care. If it’s not in the U.S. Constitution, they have no business asking it, even if they’ve been doing so for the last 120 years. Their radio ads now urge people to return their forms so that we can get our fair share of goodies from the Federal Government. That, too, is NOT a function of the government under the Constitution. Congressional apportionment is the sole function of the Census. The government needs to butt out of our lives and go back to minding its business, which is clearly delineated and restricted by the Constitution.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:58:20 +0000

Yasminn, the survey you speak of is actually the American Community Survey. It gets sent out to 3 million households on a random basis per year. Here’s the link

http://www.census.gov/acs/www/SBasics/acs_2010.htm

Click on the survey and a PDF version will appear. Is this the survey you filled out?

By: mark

mark — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:17:53 +0000

Not to worry Joan Cooper – the American Community Survey is legit.
http://www.census.gov/acs/www/SBasics/acs_2010.htm

By: Daddy Paul

Daddy Paul — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:59:33 +0000

Good article. I’m sure a lot of crooks are thinking of new ways to use the census to steal.