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  2. 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 ...

  3. Surge in fraud for those 60 or older costs them billions, FBI ...

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    The FBI's report on fraud schemes targeting the elderly found that Americans over 60 lost more than $3.4 billion to scams in 2023, with tech support and data breaches the most common.

  4. Sixteen charged in 'grandparent scam' that targeted elderly ...

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    April 30, 2024 at 6:22 PM. Sixteen individuals have been charged in connection with a "grandparent scam" in which hundreds of elderly people were defrauded out of millions of dollars, said U.S ...

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

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    Lee said that, according to Sift’s just-released first quarter Digital Trust & Safety Index, 33% of Gen Z consumers in the U.S. know someone who has participated, or have personally participated ...

  6. Voice phishing - Wikipedia

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    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 Voice over IP ...

  7. Elder Fraud Dupes Seniors Out of Billions — Why They’re ...

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    Defrauding seniors has long been a favorite pastime of scammers -- especially during the holiday season -- but it has really picked up steam in recent years. Elder fraud losses have increased ...

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