First, there has been an epidemic of financial assaults against the people of the USA. According to clerks at drug stores such as Walgreens and CVS, as well as local police, these computer assaults are coming from overseas, from countries such as India. I am sure Homeland Security is aware of these problems that are mounting by the day.
In an interview of store clerk I was told there was a young man in his 20s that came into the store to purchase $3000 of American Express Gift Cards. The clerk immediately called the manager and the manager conveyed to the young man the problem being experienced by more and more customers to their store. She was unable to influence him as the exploitive caller continued to call to the cell phone and plead for money. At one point the store manager got on the phone to talk to that person. Nothing changed the sad story being told that was to facilitate the purchase of $3000 in gift cards.
The police were called and given all the information and the $3000 remained with the young man and he did not purchase the gift cards. The store manager would not sell them to him.
Something must be done. Everytime I stop at stores and ask clerks if the fraud has slowed, they say no, that it has gotten worse. They do everything they can to stop the abuse, but, it is not ending. Person after person, many elderly are involved with scams that are absolutely incredible.
Another example is when an older woman purchaed $1500 to give to her grandson who stated he was in jail and needed bail money. The caller knew him and anyone connected to him because he found information on social media that allowed him to concoct a story based on intimate details. The grandmother would not be pursued differently and passed on the $1500 to the caller whom she thought was her grandson. Two days later, the daughter came in with the grandmother to ask the clerk to end the spending on the card. Well, then it is too late. The grandson is fine and doing well without a criminal record, but, that is not what the problem was, how did all the information the faux-grandson provided get into the story.
These fraudsters use a computer connection to communicate. They generate local phone numbers that have no traceable footprint. This has to stop. It is time to create an online site where victims can report all the facts they have and allow law enforcement to locate the country where the fraudsters are located. The country in question must provide monies back to the victims. The orginating country is getting a bump from this in their economy. That is the only way this fraud it going to happen. Law enforcement can follow incoming overseas activity. The online website has all the reports and/or the police reports and monies can be paid back to the USA to settle the debt created by fraudsters. The countries in question will have to move against these criminals and end it or continue to pay the USA back for the money stolen from it's people.
No more excuses. End this mess.
Secondly,
The US House January 6th Committee needs to build their case, based in truth, around these people from evidence that is available. The topic is too important to ignore and dismiss. The committee must use the information that is available and go forward. I would think there were listening posts everywhere while Trump was in the Oval Office. I would ask anyone with a listening post to provide whatever they can to round out the report. It is going to be highly classified information that cannot be released by the public, but, it will provide for a report that clarifies the activities of that day and why the American people have a very good reason to suspect Trump was manipulating the election to over throw their votes.
