The Iowa Insurance Division, Attorney General’s office and A-A-R-P Iowa are once against holding a “Stop the Scammers” tour across the state. Iowa Insurance Commissioner Doug Ommen (O-man) says scammers haven’t let up in trying to take your money.
“They use a lot of common themes, but what is so different now is the accessibility that they have through telephones through cell phones, as well as electronic media, social media to get access to people,” Ommen says. He says scammers can be doing business from around the world, and that makes investigation and prosecution very difficult. Ommen says the tour is intended to educate people on how the scams work.
