Scams range from the traditional efforts to sell swamp land as prime real estate to a scheme to sell investments in ostriches as a meat alternative. The gathering of state attorneys general is particularly important to enhance cooperative law enforcement efforts, as boiler room telefraud operations shut down in one state often just move to another. One element of the program is a quiz. Telefraud is a crime. In fact, many types of telemarketing fraud can be prosecuted as felonies.
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