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Midnight Writer

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5. Perhaps in addition to public warnings, we could track these miscreants down and jail them.

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Mon Jan 13, 2020, 02:30 PM

Jan 2020

The government has resources to trace e-mails and phone calls. If enough folk are given high profile perp walks and prison sentences maybe scammers would look for other ways to make money.

I am a senior who gets from 5 to 20 robo calls per day. Surely stopping these calls would engender good will from a grateful electorate. Maybe a savvy democrat could promote this as a campaign issue.

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Inspector General Warns Public About New Twist To Social Security Phone Scams [View all] at140 Jan 2020 OP

I think I have received every internet or phone scam out there. Farmer-Rick Jan 2020 #1

I get spoof emails all the time about my Paypal account, at140 Jan 2020 #2

Good advice Farmer-Rick Jan 2020 #3

I got a call last week CountAllVotes Jan 2020 #4

Loneliness is a problem among seniors at140 Jan 2020 #6

Perhaps in addition to public warnings, we could track these miscreants down and jail them. Midnight Writer Jan 2020 #5

k and R riversedge Jan 2020 #7

Posted to the wrong forum, but always a good warning. ManiacJoe Jan 2020 #8