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National Senior Fraud Awareness Day: Boosting Protection Against Scams.

The U.S. Senate supports designating May 15 as National Senior Fraud Awareness Day to highlight the increasing financial scams targeting older Americans. This resolution aims to boost public awareness about common threats, such as impersonation and tech support scams, and encourages the implementation of stronger policies to protect seniors from losing billions of dollars annually to fraud.
Key points
Designation of May 15 as National Senior Fraud Awareness Day to increase public education and prevention efforts.
Encouragement for implementing new policies to better protect seniors from online and telephone fraud schemes.
Recognition of the vital role played by law enforcement, financial institutions, and consumer groups in combating senior financial exploitation.
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Additional Information
A resolution supporting the designation of May 15, 2023, as "National Senior Fraud Awareness Day" to raise awareness about the increasing number of fraudulent scams targeted at seniors in the United States, to encourage the implementation of policies to prevent those scams from happening, and to improve protections from those scams for seniors.
Print number: SRES 217
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Process start date: 2023-05-17