People, including seniors, one of whom was recently threatened with a home foreclosure home foreclosure if they do not pay specified amount. Mr. Cook, i would like my constituents to be prepared when they receive a phone call from an irs imposter. Can you confirm that an irs agent would never call to demand immediate payment, asked for credit or debit card numbers over the phone, or threaten arrest for not paying. Yes i can absolutely confirm that. Those are scams in a consumer should hang up and not provide any information. Okay i appreciate that. Im probably going to repeat what you just said so people understand that in my district. Ill wanted to ask also about reporting incidents. Many consider financial exploitation to be a silent crime as victim are often too ashamed or embarrassed to report what is happen. Additionally can be a challenge for seniors to serve as a criminal witness. Bob forstmann talk about challenges of both identity and financial exploitation. Can you explain th
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