Police in Chicago issued a warning about scammers going after senior citizens in a number of ways, including impersonating customer service representatives or even government officials in an attempt to drain victims of their life savings. The Chicago Police Department sent a community alert warning seniors about the scams Tuesday. “Imposters impersonating tech or customer...Read More
SeniorSafe™ AI fraud prevention and intervention service launches to combat $60 billion in annual phone fraud, delivering affordable protection to America’s 62 million seniors by autonomously stopping 99% of scam and fraud calls. News Summary: Answers Industry Need for Safe, Fraud-Free Calling for America’s Seniors. SeniorSafe Users to Benefit: Worry-free Calling, Saving $ Billions Lost to...Read More
ALEXANDRIA — St. Mary’s Education Center in Alexandria was a busy place to be on Wednesday, June 17. That’s because it was the site of the 24th annual Senior Expo. The event featured vendor booths and education sessions on avoiding financial scams. In addition to speakers, the Senior Expo also featured informational booths from a...Read More
This is painful to write: The FBI’s 2025 report says that seniors lost over $7.7 billion to scams — in one year. Complaints to their Internet Crime Complaint Center, also called IC3, showed losses had increased by 59% — again, in one year. The information was grim. Where IC3 used to get a few thousand...Read More
Consumer advocates and hearing experts are warning that scammers are increasingly targeting older adults with cheap devices that look like legitimate hearing aids but often don’t work as advertised or aren’t hearing aids at all. And those irresistible Facebook and Instagram deals promising miracle hearing restoration for under $100? That’s often where the trouble starts....Read More
U.S. Attorney Melissa Holyoak is bringing her Fraud Prevention Initiative for Older Americans to the Midvale Senior Center, focusing on protecting seniors from increasingly sophisticated scams. The effort is part of a broader push to raise awareness and reduce elder fraud across Utah.—- Socials for KSL TV:Posts by KSL5TVhttps://www.facebook.com/ksltvhttps://www.instagram.com/kslnews/ Socials for KSL NewsRadio:Posts by kslnewsradiohttps://www.facebook.com/KSLNewsradio/https://www.instagram.com/ksl_newsradio/...Read More
INDIANAPOLIS – As Indiana recognizes World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales is reminding Hoosiers that protecting seniors from financial exploitation requires awareness and education. As financial exploitation reaches record highs, state and provincial securities regulators are reaffirming their commitment to protecting senior investors from increasingly sophisticated threats. According to the...Read More
Seeing older relatives share obvious AI slop —like fake movie posters or martial-arts cats —is mostly just a harmless social media quirk. Unfortunately, there are much darker applications of AI targeting older adults. According to the FBI’s 2025 IC3 Annual Report, Americans aged 60 and older lost a staggering $7.7 billion to cybercrime — a...Read More
SINGAPORE – Android users have lost at least $69,000 in less than three months to scams targeting seniors. The scams involved the impersonation of government officials and the use of malware on Android devices. At least eight such cases have been reported since April 1, said the police in a statement on June 18. In...Read More
PARMA, Ohio — A woman in her late 90s nearly lost thousands of dollars to scammers — until a group of people at a Parma senior center joined forces to stop it. Staff at the Donna Smallwood Activity Center in Parma grew suspicious after a center transportation driver noticed the woman had purchased large amounts...Read More
