Dear
Editor,
AARP
Maine hosted a “Scam Jam” in Bangor on June 1st and we were pleased
to welcome over 200 Bangor residents to the event. Scams and fraud in Maine are
unfortunately on the rise and we hope through events like these to raise
awareness and help Maine residents become great fraud fighters.
On
behalf of all of us at AARP Maine, I want to thank our keynote speaker, Senator
Susan Collins, whose leadership as Chair of the Senate Special Committee on
Aging has helped propel the fight against these crimes across the country and
right here in Maine. We also wish to thank Penobscot County Sheriff Troy
Morton, Sergeant Kyle Willette of the Maine State Police Computer Crimes Unit,
Superintendent Will Lund of the Maine Bureau of Consumer Credit Protection, and
Sergeant Pat Hood of the Maine State Police for delivering speeches and scam
awareness workshops at the event.
As
they did at our Scam Jam last year, MPBN broadcast Maine Calling live
from the event featuring panelists Judith Shaw of the Maine Office of
Securities, David Leach of the Maine Bureau of Consumer Credit Protection and
Jane Margesson of AARP Maine.
Crimes
related to scams and fraud have reached numbers that are out of control. Literally
millions of Americans are losing billions of dollars to scammers every year and
many of these crimes go unreported. As residents of Maine, we must become a
united army of fraud fighters.
Scammers
are relentless individuals who thrive on stealing any way they can. It is up to
us to raise awareness about these crimes through proactive community awareness
initiatives. We hope that the Bangor Scam Jam can be one of those very
initiatives and thank our community and state partners for making it such a
success.
Rich
Livingston
AARP
Maine Volunteer State President
Biddeford
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