Office of the Maine Attorney General

Consumer Fraud Alert: Fake Recession Stimulus Payments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJanuary 22, 2009

Contact: Kate Simmons, Phone: 626-8577Jim McKenna, Phone: 626-8842

CONSUMER FRAUD ALERT Fake Recession Stimulus Payments

Consumers should be aware of a new scam being circulated via email. While the federal government is debating government stimulus payments to fight our economic recession, the IRS is not sending citizens e-mails announcing that you are eligible to receive a stimulus payment.

Janet T. Mills Sworn In as Maine's 55th Attorney General

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Kate SimmonsPhone: (207) 626-8577

Janet T. Mills Sworn In as Maine?s 55th Attorney General

Augusta ? Today, Janet Trafton Mills was sworn in as Maine?s 55th Attorney General and is the first woman to hold the office. Attorney General Mills was born and raised in Farmington, daughter of S. Peter Mills and Katherine Coffin Mills. She graduated from Farmington High School and earned a BA degree from the University of Massachusetts-Boston and a J.D. degree from the University of Maine School of Law, where she served on the Maine Law Review.

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