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  2. Mentoring for older adults about online scams is crucial in ...

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    Stay informed about common scams — Learn about the latest scams targeting older adults, such as fake lottery winnings, grandparent scams, or tech support scams. Share that information with older ...

  3. Americans think their older loved ones are more vulnerable to ...

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    Some 90% of U.S. adults believe they’re able to spot financial scams–but more than a quarter (27%) report having fallen victim. Today's scammers are nimble and aided by sophisticated tools.

  4. How to talk to older people in your life about scams

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    This summer, Daniel Goldstein’s 86-year-old mom got an email that looked like it was from her bank. Instead, she lost $600 to a scammer. While everyone wants to protect their parents and ...

  5. Romance scam - Wikipedia

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    A romance scam is a confidence trick involving feigning romantic intentions towards a victim, gaining the victim's affection, and then using that goodwill to get the victim to send money to the scammer under false pretenses or to commit fraud against the victim. Fraudulent acts may involve access to the victim's money, bank accounts, credit ...

  6. Phishing - Wikipedia

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    Email scams posing as the Internal Revenue Service were also used to steal sensitive data from U.S. taxpayers. Social networking sites are a prime target of phishing, since the personal details in such sites can be used in identity theft ; [69] In 2007, 3.6 million adults lost US$3.2 billion due to phishing attacks. [70]

  7. Ray and Faye Copeland - Wikipedia

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    Date apprehended. October 17, 1989. Faye Della Copeland (née Wilson; August 4, 1921 – December 23, 2003) and Ray Copeland (December 30, 1914 – October 19, 1993) became, at the ages of 69 and 76 respectively, the oldest couple ever sentenced to death in the United States. They were convicted of killing five drifters at their farm in ...

  8. Grandparent Scams: How To Protect Older Adults From Being ...

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    The National Council on Aging recently reported that 92,731 older adults were victims of fraud and scams in 2021, leading to $1.7 billion in total losses. These scams may be especially prevalent...

  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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