PUBLIC LAW 106-534—NOV. 22, 2000
114 STAT. 2555
Public Law 106-534
106th Congress
An Act
To protect seniors from fraud.
Nov. 22, 2000
[S. 3164]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled.
Protecting
Seniors From
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
Fraud Act.
This Act may be cited as the "Protecting Seniors From Fraud ^^^^^ ^^°^
Act".
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
15 USC 6101
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Older Americans are among the most rapidly growing
segments of our society.
(2) Our Nation's elderly are too frequently the victims
of violent crime, property crime, and consumer and telemarketing fraud.
(3) The elderly are often targeted and retargeted in a
range of fraudulent schemes.
(4) The TRIAD program, originally sponsored by the
National Sheriffs' Association, International Association of
Chiefs of Police, and the American Association of Retired Persons imites sheriffs, police chiefs, senior volunteers, elder care
providers, families, and seniors to reduce the criminal victimization of the elderly.
(5) Congress should continue to support TRIAD and similar
community partnerships that improve the safety and quality
of life for millions of senior citizens.
(6) There are few other community-based efforts that forge
partnerships to coordinate criminal justice and social service
resources to improve the safety and security of the elderly.
(7) According to the National Consumers League, telemarketing fraud costs consumers nearly $40,000,000,000 each
year.
(8) Senior citizens are often the target of telemarketing
fraud.
(9) Fraudulent telemarketers compile the names of consumers who are potentially vulnerable to telemarketing fraud
into the so-called "mooch lists".
(10) It is estimated that 56 percent of the names on such
"mooch lists" are individuals age 50 or older.
(11) The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Federal
Trade Commission have provided resources to assist privatesector organizations to operate outreach programs to warn
senior citizens whose names appear on confiscated "mooch
Usts".
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