NEW YORK (AP) — This summer, Daniel Goldstein’s 86-year-old mom got an email that looked like it was from her bank. She was alarmed because she hadn’t spent the money it mentioned, so she called a help number on the email. The person on the other end of the line…

WCCO digital update: Morning of Nov. 17, 2023 WCCO digital update: Morning of Nov. 17, 2023 01:00 MINNEAPOLIS — A Twin Cities man will spend years in prison and must pay back more than a million dollars for swindling senior citizens in “an online romance fraud scheme,” according to the…

It started with a friend request on Facebook in February. The handsome Army officer stationed abroad liked Alicia Bultez’s profile and wanted to be friends. She accepted. Single for seven years, the 81-year-old Bultez was lonely. She craved companionship. “The walls just don’t talk to you,” she said in the…

Protect yourself from these common real estate scams Real estate scams are on the rise. Here’s how to protect your home and your wallet from the most common cons. PROVIDENCE – He preyed on the losses of their husbands, their Christian faith, their loneliness and, above all, their inclination to…

Ghanaian businessman Joseph Kwadwo Badu Boateng, popularly called Dada Joe Remix, has been charged with fraud According to court documents available online, five other Ghanaian individuals were involved in similar cases Some social media users have reacted to the news after Hajia4reall was seen flaunting her opulent lifestyle on Instagram…

For family members and caregivers, Brewer-Montero said there are a couple of things you should look out for in your older adult. She said if you see the older adult with a stack of gift cards or a pile of gift card receipts, that’s a red flag. She also said…

article Aerial view taken of the city of Medellin. (Credit: Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images) MEDELLIN, Colombia – The U.S. Embassy in Bogota issued a security alert Wednesday stating that it is aware of eight suspicious deaths of private U.S. citizens in Medellin, Colombia, between November and Dec. 31, 2023.  …

Hajia 4Real aka Mona 4Real Ghanaian influencer Mona Faiz Montrage aka Hajia 4reall has been sentenced to one year and one day in prison for her role in a series of romance scams and laundering the proceeds from those schemes. The sentencing took place in New York under U.S. District…

Source: 497608/Pixabay Are you lonely? Have you been looking for love online? Please use caution. Romance scammers hang out in droves on dating websites and social media. According to a Pew Research survey, about half of Americans in their 50s and older have used an online dating platform. Of those,…

The scammers are winning. Sophisticated overseas criminals are stealing tens of billions of dollars from Americans every year, a crime wave projected to get worse as the U.S. population ages and technology like AI makes it easier than ever to perpetrate fraud and get away with it. Internet and telephone…