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Predators are targeting your parents.
The volume of scam phone calls targeting elderly people in the US is insane.
If you've visited an aging person, you know what I'm talking about.
If not, just ask any retired person you know.
Several calls a day on their landline isn't out of the ordinary.
Every time the phone rings there's a chance that the person faces a risk of wiping out their savings.
Foreign scam call centers are running on an industrial scale.
The situation is like an opportunistic infection.
It is a symptom showing that the US phone system's defenses aren't up to the task.
With increasingly clever AI/ deepfake voices & automation, the #Scam call problem is set to get worse.
Last year we got a hearing on phone scamming of seniors by
the Senate Aging Committee.
We need many more.
We need lawmaking with teeth.
And we need accountability at every level.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CMhzgQdz_I
The volume of scam phone calls targeting elderly people in the US is insane.
If you've visited an aging person, you know what I'm talking about.
If not, just ask any retired person you know.
Several calls a day on their landline isn't out of the ordinary.
Every time the phone rings there's a chance that the person faces a risk of wiping out their savings.
Foreign scam call centers are running on an industrial scale.
The situation is like an opportunistic infection.
It is a symptom showing that the US phone system's defenses aren't up to the task.
With increasingly clever AI/ deepfake voices & automation, the #Scam call problem is set to get worse.
Last year we got a hearing on phone scamming of seniors by
the Senate Aging Committee.
We need many more.
We need lawmaking with teeth.
And we need accountability at every level.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CMhzgQdz_I