5 Financial Scams Targeting Seniors Right Now That Often Begin With a Text or Phone Call
Adults age 60 and older reported a record $7.7 billion stolen in internet and financial crimes nationwide. That’s billion with a B. Oftentimes, these scams...
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Adults age 60 and older reported a record $7.7 billion stolen in internet and financial crimes nationwide. That’s billion with a B. Oftentimes, these scams...
Scammers are becoming more aggressive, more convincing, and far more technologically sophisticated, and retirees are increasingly in their crosshairs. Older Americans often have ac...
Although scammers target people of all ages, people 65 or older lose more money on average because they have spent more time saving up funds.
I was at the grocery store last week and the senior citizen behind me had a handful of $100 bills and some gift cards or prepaid credit card... read more...
Older Californians are once again being targeted by scammers, but this latest trick is especially convincing because it plays directly into fears about identity theft...
People reported over $390 million in losses to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from payment app scams in a single year. As payment apps...
Older adults lost over $2.4 billion to scams in 2024. Find out how to recognize and avoid these dangerous scams. The post Fighting Scams: Top 5 Categories to Watch in 2026 appeared...
Property taxes have become one of the fastest-growing financial pressures for older homeowners living on fixed incomes. Across the country, seniors are desperately searching for...
Most of the time, families assume that their biggest fear is their concern over aging parents falling or having a medical emergency. However, more and...
A retired couple is speaking out after they were scammed out of $845,000 in a scheme involving a U.S. Postal Service worker impersonator.
For many Ohio seniors, the biggest financial fear is no longer just inflation or rising healthcare costs. Increasingly, retirees are worried about scams, fake bank...
The phone rings, and the caller ID shows a number you don’t recognize. Do you answer, ignore it, or risk picking up because it could...
According to the AARP Fraud Resource Center, the FTC received more than 64,000 reports involving travel, vacation, and timeshare fraud in 2025, and AI-generated fake...
More than 80% of attendees in a recent ENGAGE session reported they’ve had at least one client compromised by a financial scam. The presenter explains how CPAs can be “fraud gateke...
Scammers target retirees during the six-week stretch from Memorial Day to the Fourth of July using fake rentals, grandparent scams and public Wi-Fi traps.
The Jefferson County Area Agency on Aging hosted its annual "scam jam" seminar at the Heritage House in Brookville on Wednesday.The event brought together multi
From AI-cloned voices to fake IRS threats, modern phone scams are exploiting fear and technology with alarming success. Shortly after I had just taken my first bite of dinner, my a...
From AI-cloned voices to fake IRS threats, modern phone scams are exploiting fear and technology with alarming success. Shortly after I had just taken my first bite of dinner, my a...
The scammers however demand personal information or upfront payments to claim their prize. Continue reading…
A frantic phone call from your daughter saying she was in a car accident used to sound believable because you trusted her voice. In 2026,...
The victim was scammed out of at least a quarter of a million
Berea seniors try their hand at the game Scam-O to learn about common scams and how to avoid becoming a victim.
Financial abuse cost older victims nearly $2.4 billion in 2024, according to incidents reported to the Federal Trade Commission.
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