HARRISBURG — Attorney General Dave Sunday — during Identity Theft Awareness Week — met with older Pennsylvanians in Dauphin and Luzerne counties to discuss trending scams, how scammers were successful in 2025, and how targets can protect themselves. The advancement of technology, including artificial intelligence, has resulted in more sophisticated scams — and bigger payouts...Read More
District 5 Councilwoman Teri Castillo filed a counsel consideration request Wednesday asking the city to strengthen protections against financial exploitation on older residents, including door-to-door, telephone and online scams. The proposal directs city staff to evaluate strategies aimed at reducing elder financial exploitation — a growing public safety concern in San Antonio. According to state...Read More
NEW YORK (WBNG) — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is calling for reform and stronger safeguards to protect seniors from scams this holiday season. The senator said more than 4 in 10 Americans have lost either money or their personal information, and on average, seniors have lost $83,000 to scams. “For seniors, scraping by on social security...Read More
“Your Microsoft account has been compomised [sic]. Click this link to reset your connecton [sic].” Does this message look familiar, typos and all? We’ve all seen suspicious emails or calls attempting to steal personal information. One unfortunate drawback of our tech-enabled world is that scams are increasingly common. According to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint...Read More
Taking advantage of a generous New York state program to aid his ailing mother, Ballal Hossain signed up a dozen family members to work as her caregivers. Over six years, they were paid $348,000 to look after the elderly woman at a Manhattan apartment. Except the mom was in Bangladesh the entire time. Incredibly, Hossain...Read More
The web can be a rich source of information, connection, and community. Still, as with any public space, it’s important to be aware of your surroundings. Online scams that target older adults are shockingly common—and their number and sophistication continue to grow. In 2024 alone, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) reported that people age...Read More
Medicare fraud is one of the big scams that thieves love. Approximately $60 billion per year is stolen from taxpayers through Medicare theft and fraud. Your job is to be the intermediary and foil their attempts. Here’s how: • Treat your Medicare number as though it’s as valuable as a credit card or access to...Read More
A retired insurance adjuster in Mississippi lost the bulk of his life savings—to the tune of $500,000. An older widow in San Jose, California, believed she was talking to a new love interest online. But in reality, she’d been speaking with crypto scammers who defrauded her of nearly $1 million, leaving her nearly destitute. What...Read More
Welcome to Spot the Scam with our sponsor, Clearwater Credit Union. SVP of Payment Operations Brittany DeVries and Detective Ethan Smith with the Missoula Police Department joined NBC Montana Today anchor Jason Hurst to talk about the increase in romance scams targeting the elderly. Smith explained that scammers often target elderly or recently widowed individuals,...Read More
TLDR Online scams targeting seniors are on the rise, with fraudsters exploiting trust, urgency, and emotions to steal money and personal information. In recent years, Canadian seniors have reported millions in losses to scams such as phishing, tech support fraud, and the “grandparent scam.” Elder fraud can take many forms and is a growing problem...Read More
