Although telemarketing calls should diminish, especially if you’ve registered for national do-not-call list, scam artists are still out there hoping to con you out of your hard earned money. Scam artists don’t care about breaking telemarketing sales rules because most are fly-by-night operations that change names and locations quickly before they are caught by authorities.

Fraudulent telemarketers’ favorite victims are elderly and those on fixed incomes. Why? Because it’s easy for phony telemarketer to get them to let their guard down especially when they hear “you’ve won a prize!” After all, we all like to win things don’t we? The problem here is that caller asks you to send them money in order to claim your prize.

Don’t send any caller money if they :

1) refuse to stop “selling” when you say “no”.

2) ask for a credit card number in order for you to claim your prize.

3) offer to send a representative or courier to pick up a fee associated with winning a prize.

Kermit sings, “It seems you blend in with so many other ordinary things and people tend to pass you over cause you’re not standing out like flashy sparkles in water or stars in sky.” Often, our children’s disability interferes with their ability to establish and maintain friendships. As a result, each day is as lonely and isolated as day before. Friendships aren’t developed and our children blend in and go un-noticed; further injuring their feelings of self-worth and putting them at a higher risk for depression and suicide.