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4	4	STSESSION S. RES. 118
5	5	Designating March 6, 2025, as ‘‘National Slam the Scam Day’’ to raise
6	6	awareness about pervasive scams and to promote education to prevent
7	7	government imposter scams and other types of scams.
8	8	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
9	9	MARCH6, 2025
10	10	Mr. S
11	11	COTTof Florida (for himself, Mr. KELLY, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Ms. COL-
12	12	LINS, Mrs. MOODY, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, and Mr. ROUNDS) submitted the
13	13	following resolution; which was considered and agreed to
14	14	RESOLUTION
15	15	Designating March 6, 2025, as ‘‘National Slam the Scam
16	16	Day’’ to raise awareness about pervasive scams and to
17	17	promote education to prevent government imposter scams
18	18	and other types of scams.
19	19	Whereas hundreds of thousands of individuals in the United
20	20	States are targeted by government imposter scams each
21	21	year, including government imposter scams related to So-
22	22	cial Security, Medicare, the United States Postal Service,
23	23	and the Internal Revenue Service;
24	24	Whereas scams cost United States consumers billions of dol-
25	25	lars annually, disproportionately affecting older adults;
26	26	Whereas, in 2023, the Federal Trade Commission reported
27	27	losses totaled over $10,000,000,000, which is
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31	31	$1,000,000,000 more than those reported in 2022, and
32	32	the highest losses ever reported to the agency;
33	33	Whereas 1 in 4 people in the United States reported losing
34	34	money to scams, with a median loss of $500 per person;
35	35	Whereas, since 2013, the fraud hotline of the Special Com-
36	36	mittee on Aging of the Senate has received more than
37	37	12,300 complaints from individuals in all 50 States, the
38	38	District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto
39	39	Rico regarding possible government imposter scams;
40	40	Whereas, according to the Federal Trade Commission, in
41	41	2023, older adults reported larger median individual
42	42	losses as a result of government imposter scams than
43	43	younger adults;
44	44	Whereas government imposter scams involve scammers con-
45	45	tacting individuals in the United States and claiming to
46	46	resolve a government-related problem or impersonating
47	47	employees of government agencies, such as the Social Se-
48	48	curity Administration, the Department of Health and
49	49	Human Services, the United States Postal Service, and
50	50	the Internal Revenue Service, to demand payment or per-
51	51	sonal information, which defrauds the people of the
52	52	United States and erodes trust in the government agen-
53	53	cies that the scammers impersonate; and
54	54	Whereas increased awareness of, and education about, gov-
55	55	ernment imposter scams help to thwart government im-
56	56	poster scammers: Now, therefore, be it
57	57	Resolved, That the Senate— 1
58	58	(1) designates March 6, 2025, as ‘‘National 2
59	59	Slam the Scam Day’’; 3
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62	62	•SRES 118 ATS
63	63	(2) recognizes National Slam the Scam Day as 1
64	64	an opportunity to raise awareness and amplify the 2
65	65	messaging about scams that involve individuals im-3
66	66	personating government employees by any means, 4
67	67	including by mail, telephone, text message, electronic 5
68	68	mail, social media, or internet websites (referred to 6
69	69	in this resolution as ‘‘government imposter scams’’); 7
70	70	(3) recognizes that law enforcement agencies, 8
71	71	consumer protection groups, telephone companies, 9
72	72	area agencies on aging, and financial institutions all 10
73	73	play vital roles in— 11
74	74	(A) preventing government imposter scams 12
75	75	from targeting the people of the United States; 13
76	76	and 14
77	77	(B) educating the people of the United 15
78	78	States about government imposter scams; 16
79	79	(4) encourages— 17
80	80	(A) the implementation of policies and pro-18
81	81	grams to prevent government imposter scams; 19
82	82	and 20
83	83	(B) the improvement of measures to pro-21
84	84	tect the people of the United States from gov-22
85	85	ernment imposter scams; 23
86	86	(5) encourages members of the public to— 24
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90	90	(A) ignore solicitations from individuals 1
91	91	falsely claiming to represent government agen-2
92	92	cies; 3
93	93	(B) share information about government 4
94	94	imposter scams with family and friends; and 5
95	95	(C) report government imposter scams 6
96	96	to— 7
97	97	(i) the corresponding agency, such as 8
98	98	the Office of the Inspector General of the 9
99	99	Social Security Administration; 10
100	100	(ii) the Treasury Inspector General 11
101	101	for Tax Administration; or 12
102	102	(iii) the Federal Trade Commission; 13
103	103	and 14
104	104	(6) honors the commitment and dedication of 15
105	105	the individuals and organizations that work tirelessly 16
106	106	to fight against government imposter scams. 17
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