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Warden Message - Phishing Emails claiming to be sent by the IRS
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| Posted by Sandy on Friday, November 20 2009 @ 14:14:12 CET (105 reads) |
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Dear American Citizen:
It is come to the Consular Section's attention that U.S. citizens living
abroad are receiving e-mail messages purportedly from the Internal
Revenue Service requesting personal financial information. Please note
that the IRS never requests information from taxpayers in this manner.
There is a new phishing scheme which is targeting non-resident aliens
(NRAs) by requesting that you complete an attached but fraudulent
W-8BEN. The official form W-8BEN does not request bank account details.
A correct copy of the W-8BEN can be found on the IRS website:
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw8ben.pdf.
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U.S. Consul to Gothenburg September 21, 2009
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| Posted by Sandy on Saturday, August 29 2009 @ 15:27:04 CEST (215 reads) |
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Consul to Gothenburg on September 21, 2009
Consul Martin Tatuch will be in Gothenburg on September 21 to take applications for reports of births and passports, and to notarize documents that will be used in the U.S. Please note that we will not be able to accept applications for immigrant visas.
Appointments
In order to obtain an appointment, you must send the required documents for the service you need (passport, report of birth, notarization, etc.) to the Embassy in Stockholm in advance.
The appointments will take place on September 21, from 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
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Stockholm OPEN GYM: Basketball
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Completed-The 2009 Amerikanska Donation Drive
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| Posted by Sandy on Sunday, May 24 2009 @ 22:41:08 CEST (393 reads) |
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Current: 1500 SEK
Goal: 1500 SEK
We have reached our goal, thanks to Kelly Larsson, Thomas Bengtsson, Ingrid Brandt and 5 anonymous donors.
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Those who've been here a while know what this is. It's an annual thing this time of year, started by the founder of the site, Flame. I am continuing on in that tradition, since Amerikanska is really your site.
Amerikanska is a non-profit and ad-free site. All work on the site is done voluntarily.
However, hosting a website costs money.
Currently, it's 1500 SEK per year. That includes costs for hosting the site and the domain, which comes due again in September. We had been talking about moving the website to another host, but decided that the excellent service provided by Datakultur could not be rivaled.
If you're able, please help keep Amerikanska going with a donation to help cover these costs. All donations go to the cost of hosting only, no one is paid to maintain it, not even myself. Only a maximum of 1500:- in donations will be accepted. In the event it happens to go over that, additional donations will be held to pay for the domain name and/or held for next year's costs.
Donations are voluntary, helping to keep the site both ad-free and free to use, which it has been since 2001.
Read on for details on how to help out...
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| Posted by Sandy on Tuesday, February 24 2009 @ 16:37:16 CET (511 reads) |
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On 02-19-2009, the U.S. Embassy was notified that there were reports on Stockholm Radio P4 regarding possible threats to American interests. A reporter on the radio apparently stated that individuals were passing out leaflets in Ronna, Södertälje encouraging the public to make Molotov cocktails and use them on shops selling American products.
The Regional Security Office of the U.S. Embassy has been in contact with the local police and other sources to determine the validity of the reports. At this time, this report has not been verified. However, due to the specific nature of the report, U.S. Embassy officials decided to share this information with the public.
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| Posted by Sandy on Thursday, February 05 2009 @ 01:14:09 CET (424 reads) |
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To try to stem the ever increasing flow of SPAM on the site, we upgraded from PHPNuke 7.9 to 8.1 earlier in the evening. It went relatively well, with only one period of panic when we got a database error. That problem was quickly resolved and the site was back up in just a couple of hours. |
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Bringing Pets to Sweden/EU from US
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From the U.S. Embassy: Consul to Gothenburg September 1 - 3
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From the U.S. Embassy - Warden Message
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| Posted by Sandy on Tuesday, May 20 2008 @ 21:35:43 CEST (911 reads) |
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The U.S. Embassy in Stockholm alerts American citizens residing in and traveling to Sweden that the Iraq Compact Annual Review Conference will take place in Stockholm from May 28 to 30, 2008. According to the official website (www.icistockholm.se ), the conference is an intergovernmental conference at the ministerial level. Invitations to all Member States of the UN have been issued by Iraq and the UN. A number of international and regional intergovernmental organizations have also been invited. During this period, expect some street closures and traffic restrictions around major hotels.
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Article Archive
| Monday, May 12 | | · | Site Upgrade - PHP Nuke 8.1 |
| Wednesday, April 30 | | · | The 2008 Amerikanska Donation Drive - CLOSED! |
| Friday, March 07 | | · | U.S. Embassy Consular trip to Gothenburg postponed |
| Friday, February 29 | | · | Warden Message from the U.S. Embassy |
| Friday, January 25 | | · | WORLDWIDE CAUTION January 2008 |
| Friday, September 21 | | · | Getting A Swedish Driver's License |
| Monday, September 03 | | · | Antikskolan (Antique School) |
| · | Site Code Changes |
| Wednesday, August 22 | | · | Consular Officer to Gothenburg September 24-26 |
| Wednesday, May 30 | | · | State of the Site |
| Friday, May 18 | | · | The 2007 Amerikanska Donation Drive (CLOSED) |
| Friday, May 11 | | · | Worldwide Caution |
| Monday, May 07 | | · | Shipping to Sweden is Changing - USPS Simplifies International Shipping Options |
| Friday, May 04 | | · | Do You Have an Amerikanska E-mail Address? |
| Wednesday, May 02 | | · | Amerikanska Under New Management |
| Tuesday, May 02 | | · | Overseas Voter Registration - U.S. Midterm Elections November 7, 2006 |
| Wednesday, April 05 | | · | The 2006 Amerikanska Donation Drive (CLOSED!) |
| Tuesday, April 04 | | · | Previous site theme now available |
| Wednesday, March 15 | | · | Whoa, Those Reds are Blue! |
| Friday, November 25 | | · | Your Money Will Soon Be Worthless? |
| Monday, October 03 | | · | Dual citizens of U.S./Sweden - which passport to use |
| Saturday, June 04 | | · | Sweden may propose scrapping residence permit for EU citizens |
| Friday, October 22 | | · | Humans using more than the Earth can produce |
| Wednesday, October 20 | | · | Site Code Upgrade Complete |
| Wednesday, June 30 | | · | Journals have been shut off |
| Sunday, May 30 | | · | Shipping to Sweden |
| Saturday, May 08 | | · | New Recipes Section! |
| Tuesday, March 30 | | · | New Regulations For Sending Food, etc. to the USA |
| Tuesday, March 16 | | · | Citizenship Applications-Long Processing Times |
| Thursday, February 12 | | · | Long handling times for applications by reason of family ties |
| Tuesday, February 03 | | · | TV3 adds John Ritter and other sitcoms |
| Thursday, January 15 | | · | Permanent Residence Permit sticker valid until passport expires |
| Tuesday, January 06 | | · | Winter Tips for Newbies |
| Thursday, October 23 | | · | Stuff you should know about electricity before the move |
| Sunday, October 12 | | · | Huge increase in fees for purchasing recordable media |
| Friday, October 10 | | · | The Invalid_Session Nightmare Continues |
| Thursday, October 09 | | · | Site Future and the Trouble With Content |
| Monday, August 25 | | · | Summer's Over, Back To Work! ;-) |
| Sunday, July 13 | | · | Site upgrades done... |
| Wednesday, July 09 | | · | Invalid Session? |
| Monday, June 23 | | · | General Updates |
| Saturday, June 21 | | · | Site downtime today caused by Telia |
| Wednesday, June 18 | | · | Law proposed to allow easier prosecution of P2P users |
| Tuesday, June 17 | | · | Council of Europe to propose internet 'right of reply' |
| Sunday, June 15 | | · | A Few of My Favorite Things (aka, What Should I Bring Along to Sweden) |
| Wednesday, June 11 | | · | Shipping a Car |
| Tuesday, June 10 | | · | Updates done... for now |
| Saturday, June 07 | | · | Semi-Scheduled Downtime |
| Tuesday, May 27 | | · | Breaking the Silence and the Website |
| Saturday, May 10 | | · | Getting around long waiting lists for treatment of injuries |
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