NY pols eye 9/11 vic scam

Three New York congressional representatives are asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate reports that scammers are posing as Sept. 11 Victim Compensation Fund staffers to get first responders’ and survivors’ personal information.

Reps. Carolyn B. Maloney, Jerrold Nadler, both Democrats, and Peter King, a Republican, publicized their effort on Sunday.

The fund currently benefits people with health problems believed to be related to the 2001 terror attacks. An alert on the fund’s Web site says unknown people are making calls claiming to be staffers and requesting information, supposedly to help with claims. The fund urges people to report such calls to the FTC.

King, Maloney and Nadler want the FTC to open a formal investigation.

FTC representatives didn’t respond to an e-mail inquiry.