The National Council on Aging – NCOA, has some wonderful resources for all of us, especially those of us with aging parents. The number of scams, financial ones in particular, that target the eldest among us with the most to lose, is staggering. Did you know that financial scams directed older adults are so prevalent […]

According to the FBI there are very specific reasons why seniors in particular are targeted by scammers. Very often our older citizens are most likely to have a retirement account, rainy day fund or financial nest egg. They are more likely to own their home and have a good amount of equity in it. As a rule […]

How can we protect our parents when can just as easily fall victims ourselves? This post picks up a story already in progress as told by a friend of mine about the time she and her 70-year-old Mother fell victim to a phone scam. Think it can’t happen to you? It TOTALLY can! My friend […]

My friend and her 70 year old Mother were caught up in this scam. You can read the first part of the story here.   What Scam? What Fraud? To catch you up….  My friend’s mother unknowingly had her email hacked and the personal information from those emails was used to perpetrate one whammy of […]

Financial scams targeting seniors range from Medicare and health insurance scams to others featuring counterfeit prescription drugs. We are all likely aware of email ransom-scams, the IRS scams making the rounds as well as funeral/cemetery scams and investment schemes. But did you know that your email, text messages and other communications can be hacked and […]