About Those SCAM Calls Pummeling Americans…

You know — the ones that cause you to run for the phone only to hear that familiar ‘BLOOP’ before a notably foreign accent in butchered English asks to speak to that next name on their list.

You’re being SCAMMED and, should you provide ANY information to these individuals, you need to know you’re almost GUARANTEED to be providing sensitive information to a myriad of ‘call centers’ that are just ‘phishing’ for your information so they can take advantage of you.

READ: Multiple India-based call centers and their directors indicted for perpetuating phone scams affecting thousands of Americans | DOJ

It’s gotten so far out of control that Americans are experiencing some 50% IF NOT MORE of their incoming calls are attributable to these illicit ‘call centers’. With almost all Americans owning cell phones as well as cars, the number of accidents these incoming calls are causing is literally inestimable.

READ: Distracted Driving Statistics & Facts In 2024 – Forbes Advisor

Have you noticed the number of advertisements across virtually ALL venues are about attorneys suing over accidents?

Did you know that if you are found guilty of distracted driving resulting in a fatality that your insurance company is very likely to pay only a tiny percentage of the charges involved?

Guess what happens after that?

READ: Insurance Policy Limits Not Enough to Cover Claim? | James Scott Farrin

Consumers need to understand the risks and ramifications of their actions and, since this type of ‘education’ is the ‘self-taught’ kind, many people don’t understand risk.

This goes for the parents of teen drivers, the elderly, the cognitively impaired, the person who takes a prescription medication that can impact everything from their thinking to their reaction times: everyone that chooses to get behind the wheel of virtually anything on wheels.

READ: State of the RISK