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AARP Arizona Is Participating in the Recently Launched 'Fraud Watch Network'
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(OPEN):
IDENTITY-THEFT AND SCAMS ARE A SERIOUS PROBLEM IN ARIZONA--AND ACROSS
THE COUNTRY. IN AN EFFORT TO HELP CONSUMERS PROTECT THEMSELVES
FROM BECOMING VICTIMS, "A-A-R-P" RECENTLY LAUNCHED ITS
"FRAUD WATCH NETWORK"--WHICH GIVES PEOPLE ACCESS TO INFORMATION, TO
HELP PROTECT THEM FROM FRAUD. SHAWN TROBIA [AS IN
"PHOBIA"], OF "A-A-R-P ARIZONA", EXPLAINS...
(TROBIA):
"THE 'FRAUD
WATCH NETWORK' IS FREE. IT ALLOWS PEOPLE WHO SIGN UP TO RECEIVE
WATCHDOG-ALERTS ABOUT SCAMS IN THEIR LOCAL AREA. THERE ARE ALSO
IMPORTANT RESOURCES AVAILABLE, THROUGH THE NETWORK, TO HELP PEOPLE SPOT
AND AVOID CON-ARTISTS. HERE IN ARIZONA, AS PART OF OUR 'FRAUD
WATCH NETWORK'-ACTIVITIES, WE'LL BE HOSTING A SERIES OF
'SHRED-A-THONS'--ACROSS THE STATE, THIS YEAR--WHERE PEOPLE CAN BRING
THEIR PERSONAL DOCUMENTS, FOR SHREDDING."
(CLOSE):
TO SIGN UP TO RECEIVE WATCHDOG-ALERTS ABOUT SCAMS AND FRAUD IN YOUR AREA,
VISIT
"A-A-R-P"-DOT-ORG-SLASH-"FRAUD-WATCH-NETWORK"--OR CALL
1-877-908-3360.
