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

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   And seniors are taking the brunt of it. 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 ...

3. The #1 Elder Financial Scam And How To Protect Your Loved ...

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   October 29, 2023 at 4:45 PM. ... the top scam targeting seniors is tech support scams—hackers claiming that the victim has a virus on the device and requesting money to fix it," Amishav explains.

4. 'Be aware': Scammers are attacking everyone from older adults ...

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   "Scams targeting individuals aged 60 and older caused over $3.4 billion in losses in 2023 − an increase of approximately 11% from the year prior," an FBI news release reads. "The average victim ...

5. ‘People are losing their life savings’: Seven Maryland ...

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   Fraud is endemic across the U.S., but seniors are a favorite target of scammers. The FBI’s 2023 Elder Fraud Report says that people over 60 reported more than $3.4 billion in losses to cyber ...

6. 10 unscrupulous scams that target senior citizens - AOL

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   Spokeo warns to watch out for these 10 senior citizen scams that target their hard-earned savings. 1. Romance Scams. Flattery has no expiration date, and many a lonely or bereaved senior has found ...

7. Kupuna lost nearly $28M to fraud in 2023, FBI reports - AOL

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   Elder fraud victims in California suffered the most, losing $643 million. Nationwide, scams targeting people 60 and older caused over $3.4 billion in losses in 2023, an increase of about 11% from ...

8. List of scams - Wikipedia

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   Scams and confidence tricks are difficult to classify, because they change often and often contain elements of more than one type. Throughout this list, the perpetrator of the confidence trick is called the "con artist" or simply "artist", and the intended victim is the "mark".

9. 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 ...