The fraudsters have got to be stopped! Many of our seniors and elderly have been victimized by fraudsters both domestically and internationally online and also face to face. Broad methods of fraud have been used against our seniors who are possibly vulnerable to suggestion, easily roused and threatened, and fooled by professional criminals.
Just like computer hackers, these criminals feed upon innocence through confusion intimidation, and forced suggestion technics.
Many State and Provincial Governments are organizing task forces, and committees, allied with their Police Forces experience to study the multiple ways these predators attack our most vulnerable, and the needed procedures to protect the innocent and capture these criminals while in the act. This is very difficult, for instance, 31% of such frauds are domestically driven, while the remaining are foreign-controlled or online. How can domestic police forces challenge organized criminals overseas? Our Governments are partnering with various international police organizations to take the fight to the very center of this criminal den of thieves. The RCMP, O.P.P., and several Provincial Police Departments are joining forces with Interpol, the United Nations Anti-Crime Directorate, Hong Kong Police, The E.U.’s multiple Police Forces, and Several Caribbean and Latin American Forces too.
The long arm of the law may well pursue these criminals on their home turf. This will incorporate diplomatic challenges, a little give and take among organizations to find a way to stop these criminals, and hopefully tighten the noose of justice while giving these criminals nowhere to hide.
The management of electronic platforms is under question, with the electronic giants asked to comply with some basic rules that may make fraud more difficult to do.
Authentication Strategies Essential
Use Data Analytics, Machine learning, and Artificial Intelligence models with Biometrics Solutions
Reduce Identification fraud by requiring electronic providers to fully educate their customers when buying.
Identifying Revenue Financial Fraudsters and promoting their identities to the public.
Stopping Wangiri Fraud.. Fraudster calls and hangs up. The receiver calls back only to be unwittingly charged large minute charges.
End calls to the public by so-called charities asking for donations. The public does not know much about these so-called charities while providing their credit card # all the same.
Purifying/securing unsecure phone networks.
Our electronic providers make large profits on their services and charges, while not giving all that is needed to provide education and instruction to the buying public. That has to stop. Charge top dollar and provide Real Full-Time Customer Service.! Retail Telecom/Electronic Providers must be required by the Government to provide education and instruction on all methods that can prevent or stop fraud! Several Firms have a monopoly provided to them by their governments, allowing them to sell their products and services to the public. There should be a large array of responsibilities placed upon these profiteering firms.
Many of our seniors use technology that they do not fully understand. They do not ask when purchasing the right questions, and the provider will not respond. Seniors fault for not asking, but the onus should be upon those who provide the technology to fully provide education firsthand.
Steven Kaszab
Bradford, Ontario
skaszab@yahoo.ca
