Fraud

No one wants to think of themselves as vulnerable to being scammed or swindled, but the reality is, if you’re an older adult, you likely have a target on your back. We’ve already published many posts on scams and frauds perpetrated against those aged 60 and beyond, but despite the…

Perhaps you think you’re too smart to be scammed. Or believe you’re immune from being the target of fraud. Or you’re sure you’d never fall for some kind of swindle. Well, it’s nice to be confident but in the current environment, you’d also have to be really lucky not to…

Regardless of how smart, savvy or sophisticated you think you are, none of us is immune from being scammed, especially in such turbulent times. Whether you’re dealing with a loss due to COVID or have been seriously affected by any of the natural disasters that have wreaked havoc in the…

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know it’s both tax prep season and the start of the upcoming 2020 US census. Given that both of these activities involve you handing over personal data to 3rd parties, it’s also a perfect opportunity for scammers to fraudulently take advantage of…