Military Sentinel Presentation November 19, 2008
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Military Sentinel Presentation
November 19, 2008
John Krebs, AttorneyConsumer Sentinel Network Program ManagerFederal Trade Commission
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What is Military Sentinel?
• Military Sentinel is a project of the FTC and DOD to identify and target consumer protection issues that affect members of the United States Armed Forces and their families.
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How does filing a complaint with Military Sentinel help?
• Complaints become part of the Consumer Sentinel Network (“CSN”) – a secure online database of millions of consumer complaints available only to law enforcement.
• In addition to Military Sentinel complaints, CSN contains consumer complaints filed with the FTC and other data contributors (e.g., BBBs, IC3, USPIS, ITAC).
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Filing a complaint
• Military personnel and their families or counselors working with them can file complaints through Military Sentinel by going to www.consumer.gov/military
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Example Complaint
• Example of the process for filing a complaint related to debt collection practices.
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Benefits to filing a consumer complaint using Military Sentinel
• Near immediate access by law enforcement
• Unique reference number for each complaint
• Relevant consumer educational materials
• For identity theft complaints, ability to print out the IDT universal complaint form
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Another Example Complaint
• Another example of the interactive complaint process for a complaint related to credit repair practices.
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Consumer Sentinel Network• Consumer Sentinel is the unique investigative cyber tool that
provides members of the Consumer Sentinel Network with access to millions of consumer complaints. Consumer Sentinel includes complaints about:
• Identity Theft • Do-Not-Call Registry violations • Computers, the Internet, and Online Auctions • Telemarketing Scams • Advance-fee Loans and Credit Scams • Sweepstakes, Lotteries, and Prizes • Business Opportunities and Work-at-Home Schemes • Health and Weight Loss Products • Debt Collection, Credit Reports, and Financial Matters
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Consumer Sentinel Network• Consumer Sentinel is based on the premise that sharing
information can make law enforcement even more effective. To that end, the Consumer Sentinel Network provides law enforcement members with access to complaints provided directly to the Federal Trade Commission by consumers, military personnel and their families, as well as providing members with access to complaints shared by data contributors, who include:
• Participating Better Business Bureaus (BBBs) • The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) • Phonebusters • The US Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) • The National Fraud Information Center (NFIC) • The Identity Theft Assistance Center (ITAC)
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FTC and DOD working together
• Goals– Greater use of Military Sentinel as a means of
reporting consumer related complaints– Working with the BBB Military Line to make
those complaint easily accessible to military law enforcement through the CSN
– Registering DOD law enforcement agencies for access to the CSN
– Improving the CSN to better suit the needs of military law enforcement