Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Recent posts of interest on Elder Abuse Prevention Blog
Powers of Attorney, Elder Justice, Help Hiring Helpers, and No More Minnesota Nice
I like the latter in particular:
No More “Minnesota Nice"
As
a native Minnesotan, I got a kick out of the Minnesota Department of
Public Safety’s anti-scam campaign, “No More Minnesota Nice,” which
warns Minnesotans about lottery and sweepstakes scams. I’d assumed that
the point of the campaign was to urge us Minnesotans to eschew our
notorious niceness and hang up on fraudsters as quickly as possible or
tell them where to go. Which makes sense since criminal telemarketers
know that the longer they can keep someone on the phone, the more
likely they’ll be able to complete a scam. But the campaign’s
promotional materials fall short of actually promoting or scripting
rudeness. So, I thought I'd do it for them:
“The next time you’re contacted by a telemarketer, just say “!!#$%!!#!!”
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