It links seniors across the country through telephone contact, educational material and speaking engagements. Mr. Scott told delegates of the first National Forum on Scams and Frauds that telemarketing fraud is a serious problem that will be addressed in a national action plan on organized crime. Mr. Scott officially opened the day-long forum, hosted by the Canadian Association of Retired Persons.
Elderly people are too often the targets of telemarketing scams.
This forum is an excellent example of the kind of action seniors and others can take against organized crime. Seniorbusters is a volunteer service that was launched in 1997 to help seniors protect themselves against telemarketing fraud. The Ontario Provincial Police developed it under Project Phonebusters, a national task force established in 1993, which is a central source for telemarketing complaints across Canada.