MUMBAI: Acting on a tip-off, when the South Cyber police arrived at the Grant Road home of a 75-year-old to protect him from a fake cop or digital arrest scam on July 25, the victim refused them entry choosing to call the fraudsters instead for advice. It took much persuasion and coordination between the local...Read More

A free fraud prevention summit in Guntersville aims to combat rising scams against older Americans, with FBI data revealing a 60% increase in losses in 2025. GUNTERSVILLE, Ala. — A free fraud prevention summit is coming to Guntersville next month as new FBI data shows older Americans lost more money to scams than any other...Read More

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) – The Bradenton Police Department’s Elder Fraud Unit is warning senior citizens about the growing threat of financial scams targeting older adults, offering a free resource guide to help residents identify and avoid fraud. The unit, formed in early 2024, focuses solely on financial crimes targeting victims aged 60 and older —...Read More

Montana is a graying state, Attorney General Austin Knudsen told a crowd of around 70 in Kalispell at an “Elder Justice Summit,” hosted Wednesday morning at Logan Health. Along with a rising elderly population come challenges unique to aging citizens, whose risk of being victims of abuse, financial exploitation, neglect and manipulation are high. Often,...Read More

Phone scams have been around for decades, but they are getting harder to screen. Caller ID can be spoofed, texts can imitate trusted companies, and AI voice cloning can make a stranger sound exactly like a loved one in a fabricated family emergency. Fraud affects Americans of all ages, but older adults can face especially...Read More

DANVILLE, Ill. (WICS/WRSP) — Seniors in Vermilion County will have an opportunity to learn how to recognize and report common scams at an upcoming fraud prevention seminar in Danville. The event will focus on protecting older adults from scam artists, fraudulent businesses, identity theft and phone spoofing. Organizers say scammers often rely on tactics such...Read More

Man allegedly scams elderly woman by posing as Chase bank employee PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man suspected of scamming an elderly woman by posing as a bank employee, with investigators linking him to other fraud cases. According to investigators, the scam began with a phone call...Read More

The police said the cyber crooks are posing advertisements on social media and making calls to netizens for the promotion of the fake pension card, citing benefits for senior citizens Visakhapatnam: Senior citizens are losing lakhs to cybercrooks after falling for a fake offer of a private bank’s pension card that promised travel discounts and...Read More

(WDRB/InvestigateTV) — Financial scams targeting older adults are evolving, and researchers say the combination of traditional fraud tactics and new technology — including AI-generated voice calls — is making them harder to detect. Julie Brancale, an assistant professor at Florida State University, and Dean Thomas Blomberg study the causes and consequences of financial exploitation against...Read More

Gila Herald Staff Reports WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an effort to protect older adults from increasingly sophisticated artificial intelligence scams and deceptive digital tools, U.S. Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) joined Senator Jim Justice (R-WV) to introduce the Senior Chatbot Protection Act. The legislation aims to establish transparency and security standards across the AI industry, requiring...Read More