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Fraud & Abuse

Phone Scams Against the Elderly

January 17, 2016 Washington State Senior Citizens' Lobby

The Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing on the increase in the number of unwanted telephone calls, often pressure-laden scams, targeting the elderly. These types of calls had increased, despite the enactment of laws allowing consumers to opt out of unsolicited telephone marketing calls.

http://www.c-span.org/video/?326507-1/hearing-unwanted-telephone-calls-scams

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