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

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    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 seniors to lose over $3.4 billion. And those ...

  3. Bereavement group - Wikipedia

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    Bereavement groups are typically one of the most common services offered to bereaved individuals, [1] [2] encompassing both formalized group therapy settings for reducing clinical levels of grief as well as support groups that offer support, information, and exchange between those who have experienced loss.

  4. Lenawee Department on Aging holding scam prevention workshop ...

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    “Empowering Seniors: Scam Prevention Workshop” will be held at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, March 14, at the Morenci Senior Center, 800 W. Chestnut St.

  5. Consumer Reports - Wikipedia

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    Consumer Reports (CR), formerly Consumers Union (CU), is an American nonprofit consumer organization dedicated to independent product testing, investigative journalism, consumer-oriented research, public education, and consumer advocacy.

  6. Elder financial abuse - Wikipedia

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    Based on only fraud reported in the press. The report acknowledges that making an estimate based only on press reports will produce an underestimate by a factor of five, though other estimates suggest it may be closer to a factor of forty. Federal Trade Commission [14] 2007 14% of people (all ages) experience fraud loss of $50 billion in total

  7. AAA warns of scam emails and texts targeting members. What ...

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    You can also report texting scam attempts to your wireless service provider by forwarding unwanted texts to 7726 or "SPAM." Emily Barnes is the New York State Team consumer advocate reporter for ...

  8. Hospice, Inc. - The Huffington Post

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    A HuffPost analysis of more recent data, from the years 2009 to 2012, found that the percentage of inspection and complaint reports citing a deficiency was even higher: 55 percent. Twenty hospice providers, including Vitas’ Atlanta operation, were cited for more than 70 violations over that span.

  9. Telemarketing fraud - Wikipedia

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    Older people are disproportionately targeted by fraudulent telemarketers and make up 80% of victims affected by telemarketing scams alone. Older people may be targeted more because the scammer assumes they may be more trusting, too polite to hang up, or have a nest egg. [3] Many older people have money to invest and are in need of profit.