Since January 2000, James Perry has been counseling consumers on a variety of cons ranging from telemarketing to Internet-based scams. As NCL’s Consumer Services Coordinator, James monitors complaints submitted to NCL through the complaint form at Fraud.org and serves as a representative on the Consumer Federation of America’s Fake Checks Working Group. James works with law enforcement agencies to transmit consumer fraud complaints to more than 200 agencies in the United States and Canada. Prosecutors have charged actor Alec Baldwin with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in 2021 on the set of the film “Rust.” Disgraced Rep. George Santos allegedly conned a disabled, homeless veteran out of thousands of dollars donated to save the man’s dying service dog, according to a stomach-turning report.

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