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Tennessee cracking down on scammers
Scammers who target Tennessee consumers with caller id ‘spoofing’ or use deceptive advertising to sell motor vehicle warranties now face additional punishments as the result of new legislation passed by the General Assembly. The Tennessee Division of Consumer Affairs supports the new legislation which deepens the State of Tennessee’s commitment to protecting and enforcing the Consumer Protection Act. “As scammers become more sophisticated and sharpen their deceitful tactics, we must adapt in order to continue to protect consumers, especially the vulnerable and elderly,” says Commissioner Julie Mix McPeak. “These new protections give our partners in law enforcement more ways to punish bad actors and, hopefully, prevent scammers from hurting our senior population.” The legislation makies it a crime to send inaccurate or misleading caller ID information with the intent to defraud, harm or steal. Under the legislation, the Attorney General may seek a court order and recover a penalty of up to $10,000 per violation. It also adds deceptive advertising of a motor vehicle warranty that insinuates the warranty originated from the original manufacturer of the vehicle or from the dealer that sold the vehicle.
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