A senate agent on robo call fraud. A pennsylvania sheriff, u. S. Postal inspector and Telecommunications Consultant testify on the impact of robo call scams and how to better educate the public. An hour and 45 minutes. The hearing will come to order. Good morning. Protect american seniors from scammers who seek to defraud them is a central goal of this committee. In the past six years we have held 23 hearings on fraud and scams targeting our seniors. Using phones and the internet, they have proven to be relentless. To protect our nation seniors, we must continue not only to prosecute con artists who steal literally billions from our seniors, but to also find new, more effective ways to block a legal spoofing and robo calls at the network level. Last year robo callers generated more than 26 billion unwanted calls that reached American Mobile phones. When land lines are included, the number soars to 48 billion. In may alone, our residents received an astonishing 93 million robo calls las
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