In the eternal scam involving phone calls "verifying" mailing addresses and
then billing libraries: the latest name we have had is "UPA: United
Publications of America". This is, naturally, not any of the many groups
and companies that use the same initials. As with all the other similar
scams, they attempt to get a confirmation of address, and this one does ask
if the individual is authorized to approve the purchase. The nature of the
call can easily confuse anyone, so it is best to remind all personnel that
such calls for address verification should be referred to one person who
can weed out these scams.
Linda K. Lewis
Director, Collection Management & Resource Acquisitions
University of New Mexico Libraries
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131-0001
505 277-7828
505 277-4446 (fax)
llewis_at_unm.edu
Received on Fri Dec 03 2004 - 17:50:58 EST