Honestly this is the biggest mistake.

My wife recently got a voice mail from a dude claiming to be a police officer. She was suspicious and instead of calling him back she called the police office directly and found out no officers there have that name or number.

Scamming is increasing on many fronts. People have to be skeptical and careful. It seems like I have a friend of family member telling me about a scam attempt every couple of weeks.

Law enforcement is both inequiped and unmotivated to stop it. That is not gonna change. I don't see legislation fixing this either. We just have to be educated and help those in our circles.

I'm active in my small community and we hear our local community contact from the county Sheriff warn us about scams every month. The weaknesses aren't unfixable. People just don't understand it yet. I think most just still think there should be some easy fix that doesn't require thinking and changing behavior.

I've been thinking about offering a free workshop for my church regarding online security. Basic stuff. Not sure how many would be interested but I think it's worth trying.