Bryan Slater Director of Education	Distribution
	ALL HEADTEACHERS

The attached document is provided for your information:

INFORMATION	Title	JOHN CRAIG SCAM
	Summary of contents	Again school are receiving chain letters requesting compliment slips or letter headings to be sent to John Craig. It is claimed that he is a seven year old with terminal cancer and the compliment slips and letterheads are required to gain entry into the Guinness Book of Records. It is believed that John Craig did originally exist but he would now be over 20 years of age. Information that is often contained on a compliment slip or business card, particularly if signed, could probably enable someone to assume an identity, set up a bank account or falsify transactions. If you receive one of these letters do not pass it on. It is not genuine; the child is not terminally ill and has been seven years of age since he came to our attention around 1990.
	Associated documents	MI 20/02, MI 89/99, Risk News
	Date	10^th December 2003
	Effective from	Immediate
	LEA Contact	Janet Evans	(	01603 222377
	E-mail address	Janet.evans@norfolk.gov.uk
	Norfolk Self Review reference	7. How well is the school led and managed?
	Document reference	MI 260/03