You may be a special target of those selling bogus products and services. It's easy enough to fall prey.
Telemarketing fraud is a multi-billion dollar business in the United States.
Every year, thousands of consumers lose from a few dollars to their life savings to telephone con artists. Legitimate businesses that sell by phone understand this. Older women living alone are special targets of these phone calls. Often it's hard to know whether a sales call is legitimate. Sometimes telephone con artists reach you when you are feeling lonely.