I am not too sure how true this message is but I wanted to forward it to everyone I knew just incase there was some merit to it. Joy -----Original Message----- Date: Wednesday, February 24, 1999 10:34 AM >*************************************************************************** * >If you don't agree with this petition in concept or in application, simply >delete this email. > >*************************************************************************** * >*** >I'm participating in an Internet campaign to stop a regulation which >would require your bank to spy on you, and I'd like to invite you to >join me. > >We now have less than 20 days to contact the FDIC and demand that it >kill its proposed "Know Your Customer" rule. Please forward this >message to any friends, family, co-workers, neighbors, or other people >you know who may be interested, then go to http://www.defendyourprivacy.com >and sign the petition. It will be submitted directly to the FDIC. Plus, a >copy will be sent to your representative in the U.S. House and to both your >U.S. Senators. > >The FDIC's Know Your Customer rule would force banks to "monitor" your >checking and savings account and report any "unusual transactions" to >the federal government. This frightening threat to your financial >privacy would force your bank to: > > * Discover your "source of funds" > > * Determine your "normal and expected > transactions" > > * Report any "suspicious activity" to federal > investigators > >The government claims it is trying to thwart money launderers and drug >dealers. But what this law will do is turn every bank teller into a >government informer and everyone with a bank account into a criminal >suspect. > >In a free society, the government has no business asking where you get >your money or how you spend it -- and politicians have no right to >force your bank to monitor your account. > >But that's exactly what's going to happen, unless we can generate >enough opposition before the FDIC's comment period expires on March 8. >Outraged Americans have already flooded the FDIC with over 20,000 >comments against the Know Your Customer regulation -- but the agency >hasn't backed down yet. > >Let's keep up the pressure. > >Please forward this e-mail to everyone you know who might be interested >in helping, but please don't send it indiscriminately -- spam will only >hurt our campaign. > >Then go to http://www.defendyourprivacy.com and sign the petition. > >Thank you. > > >Rudolph Fulgham >Member Technical Staff II >Sealevel Systems, Inc. >rudy@sealevel.com >www.sealevel.com >864.843.4343 Phone >864.843.3067 Fax