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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. 'Better safe than sorry': AG Dana Nessel teaches Monroe ... - AOL

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   Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel was in Monroe on Tuesday to provide information about common scams targeting seniors. ... In addition to phone calls, text messages and emails, Nessel said ...

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

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   According to AARP (American Association of Retired Persons), popular scams targeting older adults in 2023 include COVID-19 fraud, bills for diabetes supplies, flimsy medical equipment sales, bogus ...

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. Latest Social Security Scam To Steal Retirees ... - AOL

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   In 2022, the total number of fraud complaints received from seniors was 88,262, according to the FBI’s Elder Fraud Report. Total losses of $3.1 billion were reported — a whopping 84% increase ...

7. Elder financial abuse - Wikipedia

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   Scams and fraud targeting seniors. Seniors are also often deliberately targeted by scams, fraud, and misleading marketing – often by otherwise legitimate businesses. This may include: 419 scams; Charitable giving scams, including pressure to rewrite wills; Fake pharmaceutical or diet/health products

8. 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 ...

9. List of scams - Wikipedia

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   Another, targeting the elderly, claims a free medical alert device has been ordered for a patient by a family member or medical doctor. An automated message says "that someone has ordered a free medical alert system for you, and this call is to confirm shipping instructions" before the call is transferred to a live operator who requests the ...