Fraud is a huge issue everywhere and will continue to be so as long as there are gullable people who believe everything they read (email) or hear (phone call). I get so many scam emails any more and each one of them is so easy to detect but each and every day people fall for them. I take the approach to report everything and if I get a reply back that says "Yes, that is a valid email" then I'll reply to the original but so far my "Excrement Detector" hasn't failed me yet.

I've even gotten checks in the mail that they wanted me to cash that looked exactly like the real check. I called the bank (I had no association with them previously) and asked them about it. Everything on the check (including the signatures) were valid except the color of the check. I wonder how many people they caught with that one?

The only way to reduce (I don't think we'll ever eliminate it) fraud is to educate the public on what to look for and what action to take if it is a bogus offer, call, etc.

Chris