Scholars discuss how senior citizens should be protected from various forms of elder fraud. Last year, over 88,000 seniors reported being victims of elder fraud. Together, these victims lost over $3 billion. And the number of victims is likely higher. Seniors might not report abuse due to fear of being…

Several Tucson-area seniors who thought they’d found love online had their hopes crushed when their sweethearts turned out to be foreign scammers who only wanted their money, Arizona’s attorney general says. Nine Pima County residents aged 65 to 90 — seven from Tucson, one each from Sahuarita and Oro Valley…

This is a file photo of a person typing on a keyboard. (FILE) PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — A Texas woman was sentenced Wednesday for defrauding senior citizens of over $2.6 million through an internet scheme. Dominique Golden, 31, admitted to collecting and banking over $1.26 million that she and co-conspirators…

 PHOENIX — Online lovers can crush Arizonans financially through romance scams, according to a Monday announcement from the Phoenix FBI office. “Unfortunately, they prey on folks who might be lonely,” according to Kevin Smith, a spokesperson with the office. “They tend to develop a online relationship whereby the victim…

We’ve been seeing more scams lately and unfortunately, it’s not uncommon for our senior citizens to fall victim to a scammer.  Washoe County wants to help our local seniors from falling victim to scams, so they invited the Better Business Bureau to talk about scams and scam prevention. They are…

Bukit Aman’s commercial crime investigation department director Ramli Yoosuf said the scammer had claimed to be a businessman from the US. KUALA LUMPUR: A senior citizen fell victim to a love scam and lost RM2.21 million over seven years to her online boyfriend. Bukit Aman’s commercial crime investigation department director…

Police report of the romance scam targeting Nancy.Omar Vega Then there was Dr. Wesley Robeson, a “diplomatic surgeon” who, according to police and neighbors, professed his love to Nancy — at least online. He promised to set her up in a New York penthouse if she helped fund his travel…

Online scammers swindled the elderly in the U.S. out of a lot of money last year. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s annual Internet Crime Report, seniors lost nearly $5 billion to online scams in 2024 alone. Overall, the FBI said there were 859,532 reports filed last year to…

File photo While senior scams are decreasing, they are still prevalent and costly, according to panelists who testified before the Pennsylvania Aging and Older Adult Services Committee. Rep. Meghan Schroeder, a Republican from Central Bucks County, is sponsoring House Bill 1061, which would require the State Attorney General’s Office to…

One day Jimmy Love of Wichita Falls received a phone call that his grandson was in trouble. He didn’t think twice about sending $9,000 to help but soon realized he had been swindled. “I thought my grandson was really in trouble,” Love, 81, says. “[The caller] said he had a…