ps. Take a look at the what the person is offering or trying to sell you. Make sure that it is plausible. If the person or organization you are dealing with has an eight hundred number, call it and request information. Be very weary of anyone who will not comply. Use caution around people who try to do quick deals or say that you must act now. Do not give out your credit card number by phone to someone whom you are not comfortable with. If you discover a scam being run with a legitimate company’s name, let the company know so they can fix the problem. (from Young A1+) These tips, along with using old fashioned common sense should help keep anyone out of the grips of a scam or any other sort of fraudulent business encounter. The most obvious way to help stop these crimes is to impose stricter penalties for committing them. This would scare off anyone considering committing a white collar crime. If someone knows that if they get caught, they will face a long prison sentence, it would make them less likely to even consider it. A couple of problems with this possible solution is that sentences for white collar crimes are already strict and prisons in our country are beginning to become overcrowded. Taking those two factors into consideration, harsher sentences on white collar crimes does not seem to be the answer. Possibly the answer to slowing down the growth of white collar crimes is to make them harder to commit. In the case of embezzlement, if everyone at a particular business or company would keep a an eye out for anything suspicious, that alone would detour potential thieves. The real solution to this problem is going to have to come from the people who are being affected by it. They are the most likely to stop it. They cannot let anyone take advantage of them anymore. Keep Phillips 5 an eye out for yourself, and let everyone know that you are keeping an eye out. A person with this attitude will be a less likely target. White co...
