2008 Annual NABI Seminar
Virgnia Beach, Virginia, 19-23 October 2008

The 2008 NABI Seminar will be held at the Hilton Oceanfront Hotel in Virginia Beach, Virginia on October 19-23, 2008. Click here for the announcement.

Regional Information Sharing Systems

The Regional Information Sharing Systems (RISS) site provides information about the RISS Program and services. This is for law enforcement use only.

NABI Website

Pete Robinson of the Seminole County Sheriff's Office volunteered to maintain the web site for NABI. He has done a tremendous job of setting it up and populating it with helpful information. The web site has a public site for all to view and secure sites for Associate and Law Enforcement members. Following is a break down on some of the information that is available on the site. We are continually adding new features to the web site and any suggestions for improvement are encouraged and welcomed. Pete is currently working on developing a search engine for the entire site.

User names and passwords are being sent to all members via e-mail as they join or renew their membership. We discovered that several members do not have current e-mail addresses listed with NABI. If you would like a user name and password for the secure site, please send a message requesting them to info@nabihq.org.

Public Site

The public site consists of the following sections:

• ABOUT US. An overview of what NABI is and does along with information about the Officers and Board of Directors.
• CONS AND SCAMS. A brief description of many prevalent swindles currently being committed.
• LINKS. Web links to several other organizations that share common problems and goals with NABI.
• NABI APPLICATION. NABI application information and a means to facilitate new member applications.
• SEMINARS, TRAINING AND CONFERENCES. A list of upcoming conferences available to all.
• NEWS. A listing of recent news articles on swindles and cons.

Secure Site

ACCESS FOR NABI ASSOCIATE MEMBERS AND NABI MEMBERS (LAW ENFORCEMENT). Associate members will have access to everything in the secure site except, Bulletins, Gallery and Logs which contain Law Enforcement sensitive information.

• CRIMES. An in-depth description of many crimes currently being committed throughout the country.
• INVESTIGATIVE RESOURCES. Numerous documents designed to assist in the investigation of the crimes we investigate.
• LINKS. Web site links for many organizations that can be helpful when investigating various crimes.
• MEMBERSHIP ROSTER. The membership roster for NABI members listed alphabetically and by state order.
• NABI NEWS. This section contains articles and updates about NABI that are not considered suitable for the general public such as pertinent information and bulletins from past seminars, law enforcement only training, etc
• SUBMISSION FORM. This section contains a submission form that may be used to submit articles for the bulletin and a convenient submission format.
• VIDEO LIST. This section contains a list of videos available for sale from NABI. The videos are currently available on VHS video tape and plans are being made to convert them to a DVD format.

Access for NABI Members (Law Enforcement Only)

• GALLERY. Color photographs of criminals featured in recent NABI Bulletins separated into the crime categories they are known to commit, i.e. Home Repair, Pigeon Drop, Latin Bunco, etc. The section also includes color photographs of subjects that appeared in the bulletins since bulletin 04-5.
• BULLETINS. All NABI Bulletins since 2000 in PDF format. The bulletins can be searched with the Adobe utility which is present in that program. The section also includes color photographs of subjects that appeared in the bulletins since bulletin 04-5.
• LOGS. This section contains all NABI logs dating back to 1989. These logs are in word documents and are easily searched with that program.

Notices

We have added to the links section, a list of inmate search sites which ontain links to free public inmate search sites in the various State Departments of Corrections websites and some counties within the states. The county sites listed are only those counties that will provide you with a photo.

If you wish to become a member of NABI, please click on the NABI Application tab above, complete the application, and mail it to NABI HQ as indicated on the application.

Has Caller ID become a convenient service for consumers or is it an avenue for a con artist to rip you off? See the answer written by a retired NYPD fraud detective.

Lottery Winner Robs Prospective Ticket Buyer See the Bay City News, Inc. Republican news article article submitted by Lieutenant Ken Lee, San Francisco Police Department.

Medicare Prescription Fraud Alert

The US Department of Health & Human Services issued a consumer alert for seniors and people with disabilities. A scam known as the "$299 Ring" has emerged. This is where a telephone call is received by an elder who is asked for $299 and checking account information in order to enroll in a fake prescription drug plan. The victims are talked into giving bank account and other personal information over the telephone.

Legitimate Medicare drug plans will not ask for payment over the telephone or Internet. The drug programs bill for the monthly premium, typically as an automatic withdrawal from the monthly Social Security Check.

Any questions or concerns about Medicare or a drug plan can be answered by calling 1-800-MEDICARE.

All aspects of the data presented herein and the information contained in the links to which they refer are susceptible to a degree of error due to the complexities of the process involved in compiling and presenting the data. No warranty, representation, or guaranty is made or implied regarding the content, sequence, accuracy, timeliness, or completeness of the data provided herein. We are providing a visual presentation of data as a courtesy, and not as an obligation to viewers and is made available to the public in the interest of public safety.

Clicking certain links in this section will transfer you to a non-NABI website that is solely under the control of another entity. NABI shall not be responsible for any content, product, or service offered on such websites