family scams

Fake Tech Support Scams: How They Trick Seniors Into Paying

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Tech support scams racked up over $1 billion in reported losses in 2025, and older adults bear an outsized share of that — FTC data consistently ranks it among the five costliest fraud categories for adults 70 and up. What makes this particular scam sneaky is that it doesn’t need a phone call to get … Read more

What Is a “Grandparent Scam” and How Does It Work?

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The grandparent scam has been around forever, and it’s stuck around because it goes after something scammers know works better than greed ever does: love, mixed with panic. Someone calls claiming to be a grandchild in trouble, and that jolt of hearing a “family member” in distress is often enough to override judgment that would … Read more

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