Financial scams are everywhere these days and no one is immune. And sometimes it leaves us older adults with no way to recoup our losses. Worldwide, people age 60 and over lose billions of dollars combined to fraud each year.1 Behind that shocking figure? Tens of thousands of very real people who have been robbed of their...Read More
We’d all like to believe we could spot an online scam a mile away. But the truth is that con artists and cybercriminals are getting craftier and more sophisticated by the day. It’s their full-time “job” to deceive, exploit, and swindle consumers. It happened to Alice Lin. As reported by KCAL News, the 80-year-old widow...Read More
Alicia Stanley, 35, is accused of scamming a 92-year-old woman in Glasgow, Kentucky, police stated in a news release. The 92-year-old told the Glasgow Police Department she received phone calls between March 3 and 5 from Stanley stating she had won the lottery, according to the account shared by police. The senior was told she...Read More
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A Maricopa County judge has sentenced a man for his role in a 2024 scam that prosecutors say stole tens of thousands of dollars from elderly residents across the Valley. Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell announced Monday that 21-year-old Jixiong Zhang was sentenced to three and a half years in prison after...Read More
Frauds and scams are specifically targeting older adults these days and are being more and more difficult to detect with the advent of artificial intelligence tools. The group Minnesota Aging Pathways will offer help for Bemidji area seniors on the topic next week. The group is hosting a presentation on fraud prevention and scams from...Read More
FLINT, Mich.— A free seminar is coming to Flint to help protect seniors from scams and cyber fraud. Online scams are getting particularly more sophisticated due to the usage of AI, according to Attorney General Dana Nessel. Scammers can clone a person’s voice using audio data collected from public social media posts or videos. They...Read More
WASHINGTON TWP., N.J. (WPVI) — Police are warning residents about what they describe as an unusually bold scam targeting a senior citizen, in which a caller impersonating TD Bank not only spoofed the bank’s number but also sent someone to the victim’s home to collect cash. Police say the victim received a call Friday that...Read More
Business Law Section launches ‘Senior$mart$’ initiative to help seniors avoid scams Judge Lori Vaughan: ‘As you can imagine, a big portion of our presentation is how to recognize and avoid financial scams; they’re everywhere now. I feel like every time we identify something and get the word out, the scammers come up with a new...Read More
March 24, 2026, 5:01 a.m. ET ALFRED, Maine — What color is the yield traffic sign? Well, folks of a certain age tend to say yellow. Except, of course, it isn’t. Tom Baran, AAA Northern New England’s traffic safety education specialist, said the yield sign shape – the familiar triangle – remains the same, but...Read More
NESBIT, Miss. (WMC) – DeSoto County has launched a new initiative to support the growing older adult population. On Wednesday, the county hosted the “Safety in the Numbers: Senior Safety Bingo Bash” at the Agri-Education Center in Nesbit. County leaders say local data between January 2024 and January 2025 showed older adults in the county...Read More
