WASHINGTON, D.C. (25News Now) – A proposed bipartisan act is aiming to protect senior citizens from becoming targets of financial scams. The proposed bill, known as the Guarding Unprotected Aging Retirees from Deception (GUARD) Act, would target complex financial fraud. One major scam the act addresses is called “Pig Butchering.” Pig Butchering is where criminals...Read More
Scams targeting the elderly in San Diego County resulted in losses of more than $130 million over the course of a single year, San Diego County’s multi-agency Elder Justice Task Force announced Wednesday. Officials released the statistics Tuesday as part of an ongoing outreach campaign regarding increasingly sophisticated internet and phone scams that are leading...Read More
When Miray Kaplangi, 29, visited her grandparents in Istanbul, they would often pull out their smartphones and ask her to help them adjust their settings or check their bank balance online, small tasks that carried big anxieties. Like many seniors, they had heard plenty of horror stories about people falling victim to online scams, making...Read More
PORTAGE, Mich. — The Portage Zhang Senior Center makes it a priority to protect older neighbors from scammers, offering ongoing education and partnering with local law enforcement to keep neighbors informed. Rose Liddell knows how to handle scammers. “Absolutely not. I don’t give any information out, ever. Click! End of conversation,” Liddell said. The senior...Read More
Senior citizens are losing money to online scams at an alarming rate, and it will take a collective effort to reverse the trend. At the 2026 RSAC Conference in San Francisco last month, experts proposed curbing elder fraud through systemic intervention. Let’s take a look at these fraud-fighting proposals and learn how everyone can protect...Read More
A phone call that feels completely normal is costing hotel guests across the United States hundreds of thousands of dollars. It comes through the room phone, sounds like the front desk, and often includes real booking details, which makes it easy to believe in the moment. Banks and fraud experts have started flagging a rise...Read More
A recent story of a California woman scamming seniors is shining a light on a troubling trend for U.S. seniors. According to NBC-4 Los Angeles (1), Candice Dale Patrick, 47, targeted the personal information of five residents over 70 in a fraud scheme that spanned from September 2021 to April 2024. Allegedly, Patrick used these...Read More
Senior phone call scam A recent story of a California woman scamming seniors is shining a light on a troubling trend for U.S. seniors. According to NBC-4 Los Angeles (1), Candice Dale Patrick, 47, targeted the personal information of five residents over 70 in a fraud scheme that spanned from September 2021 to April 2024....Read More
The head of the State Office for the Aging told lawmakers Tuesday a new tool that will launch in 2026 will help reverse an uptick in the number of older adults who fall prey to financial exploitation. The financial exploitation of New Yorkers over age 60 is a rising issue that state lawmakers want to address...Read More
RENO, Nev. (KOLO) – Nevada, New Hampshire, and Arizona had the largest surges in fraud reports from seniors in the nation, up 52% year-over-year, according to a www.theseniorlist.com/ study. The study is titled, “Holiday Scams Put Seniors at Risk: How to Shop Securely and Stay Safe Online.” It shows how fraud is impacting seniors in...Read More
