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The victim over the telephone that his or her grandchild or another relative is in jail, is in the hospital or stuck in a foreign country and needs money to get out of the predicament. And since the beginning of 2012, the federal trade commission has received more than 30,000 complaints about scammers who claim to be a friend or a Family Member in distress. And its costing americans more than 42 million. Just since the beginning of 12. Now, this doesnt tell the whole story. Since a majority of these crimes go unreported. What we do know is that the ftc reports that imposter scams have double d...

Next a Senate Aging Committee hearing on phone scams targeting seniors. Witnesses talked about a particular scam where someone pretended to be a Family Member or loved one to get a victim to wire them money. Americans lost more than 73 million to phone scams last year. This is about 50 minutes. Good afternoon. Ive asked all of you to join the table instead of two panels, because we have a vote that is being called around 2 20. So i want to take the advantage of going ahead and getting all of your testimony. This hearing is the latest in a series of investigations the committee has conducted on...

The department of Homeland Security to get us to march. That is, in my judgment, a very bad idea for Homeland Security. Because, during that period of a c. R. We cannot engage in new starts. Weve got some Homeland Security priorities that need to be funded now. For example, were back in a president ial election cycle. I cannot hire new secret Service Agents until i get an appropriations bill passed by this congress. Not another c. R. For a couple of months. I cannot continue to fund our enhanced detention capability in texas with another c. R. That gets me to march. I need the help of congress...

The law. And when they see that 50 , 50 , 49 ill give you that, of the illegals in this country are visa overstays, these are people that are were not chasing a footprint in the desert, we know who they are. Weve got their name. Theyve had an interview at a consulate or an embassy, they came here on a visa. We know who they are. Thats lowhanging fruit for enforcement. So, i ask you this how many of the visa overstays are granted immunity through the president pasha action . Any . Offhand, i dont know. I dont know the answer to that. Congressman, i will say this i would like to see this Congres...

Denied as fraudulent. 93 1993nd 1990 world trade bombers exploited the amnesty law. What are you going to do to verify that these people are not fraudulently entering the country, including what could be security threats to the country . Congressman, that is something that i am also concerned about. Fraudulent applications have the potential to undermine the whole process. In the implementation, in the planning for the ample mentation, i want to be sure that we take a hard look at best practices to avoid fraudulent applications, fraudulent misuse of the program. That is a priority of mine. We ...