SIPC Warns Investors of New Identify Theft “Phishing” Scheme Involving Phony Request for Confidential Financial Information / Securities Investor Protection Corporation, July 2008
http://www.sipc.org/media/release072108.cfm
"The Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC), which maintains a special reserve fund authorized by Congress to help investors at failed brokerage firms, today cautioned investors about a new identity theft scam designed to extract confidential information and cash from unwary individuals."