A correction to last week’s discourse on children in Africa, instead of northwest Africa, the region is the band of countries between the Sahara Desert and the equator. 

July must be the month for scammers; IRS email asking you to verify your identity and financial details for a refund, usually under $1000.00 - red flag, tax year is 2023 – red flag and response period is 24 hours – red flag.  If you get an email with one or more red flags, forward the email to phishing@irs.gov.  Geek Squad email saying that a payment for PC Care services has been charged to your bank account. Check all your bank and credit card accounts for any unauthorized charges, if not you are to call within 24 hours and forward the email to phishing@irs.gov. Scammers are hijacking legitimate phone numbers for their swindle. If you get a call from an unfamiliar number, let it go to the missed call register, they will call back, tell them that you do not need their services. Call the number in the missed call register and tell the rightful owner that hackers are using their number for scamming. The most aggravating is the process service scam, if the server demands you pay him, server calls constantly and intimidates you and the server will not give you details. If any or all red flags are evident, call the police. Area code 877 is a toll-free number set up for small business and charities, scammers are using this toll-free number because it is hard to check.

This is a response to feedback regarding the traffic. The drivers from Kansas, Missouri and New Mexico are speeders who observe the “Rules of the Road” whereas the drivers from Texas think they owned the road. The present administration’s “Open Borders” leaves no control over who enters the country.  The vehicles appear new, have similar body style, black in color and heavily tinted windows. When they stop at truck stop for fuel, most are wearing sandals from a specific region. This situation is outside of normalcy of the traveling public and leads to the speculation that majority are non-residents driving vehicles furnished by the cartels for moving drugs, people, weapons, and money throughout the country. US 287 is a major corridor for illegal trafficking and has been since the 1960s.