Neighborhood Connections will be hosting a discussion by the Senior Medicare Patrol from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 25 at its offices, 5700 Vermont Rte 100 Suite 1500, in Londonderry. The discussion will focus on the latest healthcare scams and how you can protect yourself, your loved ones and neighbors from those...Read More
FRISCO, Texas – After initially losing thousands from an international gold theft scam, an elderly Frisco resident assists police in catching one of the scammers tied to the ring that has taken over $250 million from elderly victims. Elderly Frisco victim aids police Local perspective: An elderly Frisco resident, who prefers to remain anonymous, tells...Read More
“It was a third party scam,” said the attorney representing the claimants. A divided panel of arbitrators under the aegis of FINRA Dispute Resolutions Services on Thursday awarded a client of Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. close to $1.34 million in compensatory damages over a dispute centered on wire transfers from an elderly client’s account...Read More
Scams targeting senior citizens are nothing new. But Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma is warning seniors that scammers are getting better at what they do, and they don’t feel bad about it. Senior citizens are the most targeted demographic for scams, according to Legal Aid attorney Kevin McMahon. He warns that Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace...Read More
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A North Carolina high school student has turned a scam that devastated his grandfather’s business into an effort that now sends more than 30 teenagers into senior communities to help older adults recognize fraud. Viraj Shah, a junior at Green Level High School in Cary, told WRAL that his grandfather fell for a phishing email...Read More
Purr-Tecting-You PurrtectMe.com lets anyone 60+ paste a suspicious email, text, or call script and get an instant, plain-language scam verdict — free, no account needed. Seniors deserve a tool that protects them without costing them money or asking them to learn new technology. That’s what PurrtectMe.com was built to do.” — Tariq, Founder, purrtectme.com SAMMAMISH,...Read More
LAWRENCE, Mass., Sept. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — September 12 was National “Report Medicare Fraud” Day, an opportunity to remind Medicare beneficiaries, families, and caregivers that reporting suspected Medicare fraud, errors, and abuse can help protect not only individual beneficiaries but the Medicare program as a whole. While preventing Medicare fraud is critical, prevention alone cannot...Read More
Investigators in North Carolina say they’re seeing more older adults become the target of fraud schemes, resulting in millions of dollars in losses. According to the IRS’s 2025 Internet Crime Complaint Center’s report, individuals over the age of 60 filed the most complaints out of any age group, highlighting a 59% increase from the previous...Read More
A man was arrested in Sonoma County on Monday for allegedly participating in a plot to scam an elderly woman out of money, authorities said Tuesday. The Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety said in a community alert that detectives learned on Monday that the woman was targeted by an organized criminal network with a...Read More
