Got this at work. You might want to pass it on to any military personnel you know. As for the rest of us, NEVER give out info like Social Security Numbers to people you don't know. The SSN is the single most useful piece of info for identity thieves.

SUBJECT: NACEC.org Website.

1. THREAT: This website may be used for information gathering on US soldiers and family members for nefarious purposes.

2. BACKGROUND: The NACEC.org website is claiming to provide emergency
notifications in order to support military families. This site requests; service members names, addresses, Social Security Numbers (SSN) as well as the names and addresses of family members, and other privacy act information. The site also request the service member provide the content of a message which is to be sent to family members.

3. Website Quote: "With the drastically increasing numbers of U.S. Armed Forces overseas, the North American Center for Emergency Communications (NACEC) has put their military family support 'Flash Mail Service' back on line, as of this week. This will help those members of the military stationed overseas and the military families that have members serving overseas."

4. This site is NOT associated with the federal government and should NOT be trusted. The site represents itself as being owned by a not-for-profit corporation (which means they haven't filed for non-profit status and made the necessary disclosures). The registrant for the website is an individual in Minnesota who may or not be an American national. DoD personnel should not enter any personal information on a non-federal website for emergency notification of families or any other reason.

5. Any information provided to this site could be used for identity theft, intelligence gathering by a foreign nations or terrorists and could pose a threat to service members, their families and their privacy.