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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 584 

Designating March 7, 2024, as ‘‘National Slam the Scam Day’’ to raise 

awareness about pervasive government imposter scams and to promote 

education to prevent government imposter scams. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 8, 2024 

Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. KELLY, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. 

SCOTT of Florida, Mr. RUBIO, and Mr. BRAUN) submitted the following 

resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Designating March 7, 2024, as ‘‘National Slam the Scam 

Day’’ to raise awareness about pervasive government imposter scams and to promote education to prevent government imposter scams. 

Whereas hundreds of thousands of individuals in the United 

States are targeted by government imposter scams each 

year, including Social Security-related and Internal Revenue Service-related government imposter scams; 

Whereas government imposter scams involve scammers contacting individuals in the United States and impersonating employees of government agencies, such as the 

Social Security Administration, to demand payment or 

personal information, which defrauds the people of the 


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United States and erodes trust in the government agencies that the scammers impersonate; 

Whereas, since 2013, the fraud hotline of the Special Committee on Aging of the Senate has received more than 

10,000 complaints from individuals in all 50 States, the 

District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto 

Rico regarding possible government imposter scams; 

Whereas there were more than 228,000 government imposter 

scams reported to the Federal Trade Commission in 

2023; 

Whereas the Federal Trade Commission has estimated that 

victims lost more than $617,000,000 to government imposter scams in 2023; 

Whereas, according to the Federal Trade Commission, in 

2023, older adults reported larger median individual 

losses as a result of government imposter scams than 

younger adults; 

Whereas, according to the Federal Trade Commission, in 

2023, individuals reported losing more than 

$126,500,000 to Social Security-related imposter scams; 

Whereas, in 2023, Social Security-related imposter scams 

represented the largest category of complaints received by 

the fraud hotline of the Special Committee on Aging of 

the Senate; and 

Whereas increased awareness of, and education about, government imposter scams help to thwart government imposter scammers: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) designates March 7, 2024, as ‘‘National 

3 Slam the Scam Day’’; 


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1 (2) recognizes National Slam the Scam Day as 

2 an opportunity to raise awareness about scams that 

3 involve individuals impersonating government em4 ployees by any means, including by mail, telephone, 

5 electronic mail, or internet websites (referred to in 

6 this resolution as ‘‘government imposter scams’’); 

7 (3) recognizes that law enforcement agencies, 

8 consumer protection groups, telephone companies, 

9 area agencies on aging, and financial institutions all 

10 play vital roles in— 

11 (A) preventing government imposter scams 

12 from targeting the people of the United States; 

13 and 

14 (B) educating the people of the United 

15 States about government imposter scams; 

16 (4) encourages— 

17 (A) the implementation of policies to pre18 vent government imposter scams; and 

19 (B) the improvement of measures to pro20 tect the people of the United States from gov21 ernment imposter scams; 

22 (5) encourages members of the public to— 

23 (A) ignore solicitations from individuals 

24 falsely claiming to represent government agen25 cies; 


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1 (B) share information about government 

2 imposter scams with family and friends; and 

3 (C) report government imposter scams 

4 to— 

5 (i) the Office of the Inspector General 

6 of the Social Security Administration; 

7 (ii) the Treasury Inspector General 

8 for Tax Administration; or 

9 (iii) the Federal Trade Commission; 

10 and 

11 (6) honors the commitment and dedication of 

12 the individuals and organizations that work tirelessly 

13 to fight against government imposter scams. 

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