On Tuesday, local advocates visited the East Wake Senior Center in Wendell to teach a session on the most common scams and how to avoid them. Chapel Hill man faces 10 years in prison for targeting ...

In this scam, people pose as tech support or home repair professionals from reputable companies like Amazon, offering to fix non-existent issues. Seniors should be wary of unsolicited calls and ...

Though scams can victimize consumers of any age, financial crimes against senior citizens ages 60 and older are on the rise. The number of victims and amount lost to scams in various reports ...

Spokeo warns to watch out for these 10 senior citizen scams that target their hard-earned savings. Flattery has no expiration date, and many a lonely or bereaved senior has found themselves on the ...

It seems like a week doesn't go by that we aren't being warned about a new scam, and for the police departments ... and they're preying on senior citizens, typically." More frequently than reports ...

When Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney’s daughter was away at college, his father-in-law received a frantic call in the middle of the night. “Poppy, this is Kaitlin,” the caller ...

So it’s upsetting to know that seniors often are targeted for scams that could swindle them out of significant amounts of money. Mentor Senior Center Recreation Manager Renee Ochaya recently ...

Dear Savvy Senior: What tools can you recommend to help protect seniors from scam calls? My 74-year-old mother gets tons of unwanted telemarketing and robocalls and has been duped out of hundreds ...

In today's digital age, financial scams have become increasingly sophisticated, with seniors often being prime targets. These ...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation's latest elder fraud report found U.S. senior citizens were robbed of more than $1 billion through cryptocurrency scams last year, a staggering 78% increase ...

KUALA LUMPUR: The number of scam victims among senior citizens has been on the rise in recent years. Malaysians aged above 60 are prime targets for scammers given most of them are retirees with ...