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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 543 

Designating March 10, 2022, 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 10 (legislative day, MARCH 7), 2022 

Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. KELLY, Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina, Mr. 

CASEY, and Mr. WARNOCK) submitted the following resolution; which was 

considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Designating March 10, 2022, 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 individuals 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, of which one-third were reporting possible government imposter scams; 

Whereas there were nearly 400,000 government imposter 

scams reported to the Federal Trade Commission in 

2021; 

Whereas the Federal Trade Commission has estimated that 

victims lost over $442,000,000 in government imposter 

scams in 2021; 

Whereas, according to the Federal Trade Commission, in 

2021, 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 

2021, individuals in the United States reported losing 

$23,150,000 to Social Security-related imposter scams; 

Whereas, in 2021, 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— 


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1 (1) designates March 10, 2022, as ‘‘National 

2 ‘Slam the Scam’ Day’’; 

3 (2) recognizes National ‘‘Slam the Scam’’ Day 

4 as an opportunity to raise awareness about scams 

5 that involve individuals impersonating government 

6 employees by any means, including by mail, tele7 phone, electronic mail, or internet websites (referred 

8 to in this resolving clause as ‘‘government imposter 

9 scams’’); 

10 (3) recognizes that law enforcement agencies, 

11 consumer protection groups, telephone companies, 

12 area agencies on aging, and financial institutions all 

13 play vital roles in— 

14 (A) preventing government imposter scams 

15 from targeting the people of the United States; 

16 and 

17 (B) educating the people of the United 

18 States about government imposter scams; 

19 (4) encourages— 

20 (A) the implementation of policies to pre21 vent government imposter scams; and 

22 (B) the improvement of measures to pro23 tect the people of the United States from gov24 ernment imposter scams; 

25 (5) encourages members of the public to— 


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1 (A) ignore solicitations from individuals 

2 falsely claiming to represent government agen3 cies; 

4 (B) share information about government 

5 imposter scams with family and friends; and 

6 (C) report government imposter scams 

7 to— 

8 (i) the Office of the Inspector General 

9 of the Social Security Administration; 

10 (ii) the Treasury Inspector General 

11 for Tax Administration; or 

12 (iii) the Federal Trade Commission; 

13 and 

14 (6) honors the commitment and dedication of 

15 the individuals and organizations that work tirelessly 

16 to fight against government imposter scams. 

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