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  2. Top 15 financial scams targeting older Americans — and what ...

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    The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received more than 101,000 reports of scams and fraud against people ages 60 and older in 2023, causing seniors to lose over $3.4 billion. And those ...

  3. Scams targeting KY seniors are getting ‘more sophisticated ...

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    In 2022 there were 88,262 people over the age of 60 in the United States who were victimized by online scams mainly targeting seniors, according to a report from the FBI’s Internet Crime ...

  4. Elderly in Columbus have lost thousands to scams, fraud. Why ...

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    Internet scams have caused over $3.5 billion in losses for the elderly across the U.S. In Columbus, the person stealing is often close to home.

  5. Seniors, Beware of These Scams - AOL

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    Selling Anxiety. What to look out for: Scams often start with unsolicited phone calls offering products aimed at easing a person's fears. Calls such as these were at the heart of a case in which a ...

  6. Blessing scam - Wikipedia

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    The blessing scam, also called the ghost scam or jewelry scam, is a confidence trick typically perpetrated against elderly women of Chinese origin. The scam originated in China and Hong Kong and victims have fallen to it worldwide including in Chinatowns and overseas Chinese communities. The object of the scam is to persuade the victim to put ...

  7. Voice phishing - Wikipedia

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    Voice phishing. Voice phishing, or vishing, [1] is the use of telephony (often Voice over IP telephony) to conduct phishing attacks. Landline telephone services have traditionally been trustworthy; terminated in physical locations known to the telephone company, and associated with a bill-payer. Now however, vishing fraudsters often use modern ...

  8. Think Scammers Only Target Seniors? 4 Money Scams Gen Z ... - AOL

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    Over the past 18 months, we’ve seen a concerning uptick in the number of Gen Zers falling prey to employment scams — in particular, jobs promising remote work,” said Christine Durst, co ...

  9. Elder financial abuse - Wikipedia

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    Elder financial abuse is a type of elder abuse in which misappropriation of financial resources or abusive use of financial control, in the context of a relationship where there is an expectation of trust, causes harm to an older person. The Older Americans Act of 2006 defines elder financial abuse, or financial exploitation, as “the ...

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