re: Ascension resident scammed out of $275,000, Houston man arrested.

Every one needs to watch the movie "Bee Keeper" to fully understand my rage at the incessant scams thrown at the elderly. It's much more than an illegal immigrant problem. There is a large part of society that believes scams are just another form of business.

We get 5-6 phone calls a week some from scammers representing them selves as police, insurance adjusters, car warrantees , tax resolution, magic pills, etc.

the worst are the internet marketers that offer a one time purchase of a product and set up a subscription account that keeps sending crap and billing for it, you have to shut it down by closing your account its billed to.

Internet purchasing is something we do a lot and Amazon is 90% of our supplier activity because they are a responsible company. The next 9 % supply comes from companies that have a proven history. The last 1 per cent supply is random and has a 90 per cent chance of being a fraud.

Watch the "Bee Keeper". It an all American fraud company at play.