Incidents of fraud have exploded, with older adults suffering the greatest financial impact from fraud last year, according to the FBI’s 2025 IC3 Annual Report. Americans age 60 and older reported losses of $7.7 billion — about a 60 percent increase from 2024. In comparison, those in their 30s and 40s reported $4.6 billion in...Read More
Tejasvi Manoj, a 17-year-old from Texas, was named in 2025 as Time magazine Kid of the Year. Her claim to fame? Teaching seniors how to avoid cyber scams. Her reasoning for the task was personal — her grandfather was nearly hit by a scammer who was pretending to be a relative demanding money. Thankfully the...Read More
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — Several workshops are set to be held on SilverShield, an artificial intelligence tool designed to help protect users from scams, according to the office of Dutchess County Executive Sue Serino. According to a news release from the county, SilverShield uses artificial intelligence to help users identify and respond safely to potential scams....Read More
A retired school principal in Delhi receives a video call from a man claiming to be a police officer. He tells her that her Aadhaar number has been linked to a money laundering case and warns her not to disconnect because she is under “digital arrest”. Over the next few hours, fear slowly replaces reason....Read More
A former senior CIA official with top secret-level clearance is accused of stealing hundreds of gold bars worth more than $40 million from the federal government and stashing them in his home.Related video above: Gold scams surging nationwide, costing victims hundreds of millionsDavid Rush was arrested and charged with criminal theft of public money last...Read More
District Attorney Jason D. Herring said he attended the Prentiss County TRIAD and Sheriff’s Department Senior Citizens Appreciation Day and used the event to warn seniors about rising scam activity. Herring said he attended the event with Assistant District Attorneys Kyle Robbins and Joel Baldwin, whom he said share felony-prosecuting responsibilities in Prentiss County for...Read More
By Ana B. Ibarra, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California has emerged as the epicenter of a sweeping hospice fraud crisis, one that is costing taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars and putting vulnerable seniors at risk. Yet years after the state acknowledged the problem, key regulatory...Read More
BRADENTON, Fla. – A 2024 investigation into a gold bar scam by the Bradenton Police Department helped uncover a nationwide conspiracy defrauding older adults out of millions of dollars. Federal investigators discovered there were at least 12 victims who lost a total of more than $6 million. Bradenton financial fraud network What we know: A...Read More
A North Carolina man has been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison after authorities said he sold the personal information of millions of elderly Americans to Jamaican lottery scammers over a seven-year period. – Advertisement – The U.S. Department of Justice said Troy Murray, 57, of Hickory, North Carolina, was sentenced Thursday to...Read More
Prentiss County Sheriff Randy Tolar showed off some line dancing skills at the event. Sheriff Tolar has organized the special day, with the help of TRIAD, an initiative made up of police, sheriff’s departments, and senior citizens. The goal is to keep older adults safe and educated about scams targeting the elderly. ‘We have a...Read More
