They pretend to be from a consumer group or law enforcement agency and trick you into thinking they'll help get your money back — for a fee." 3. This is personal info you willingly divulge by entering giveaways and sweepstakes, or when filling out surveys."Scammers use all this to create profiles for who they want to target," Nofziger says. According to Microsoft, in 2015 an estimated 3.3 million people — many of them seniors — were victimized by a tech-support con, at a total cost of
They pretend to be from a consumer group or law enforcement agency and trick you into thinking they'll help get your money back — for a fee." 3. This is personal info you willingly divulge by entering giveaways and sweepstakes, or when filling out surveys."Scammers use all this to create profiles for who they want to target," Nofziger says. According to Microsoft, in 2015 an estimated 3.3 million people — many of them seniors — were victimized by a tech-support con, at a total cost of $1.5 billion.
||They pretend to be from a consumer group or law enforcement agency and trick you into thinking they'll help get your money back — for a fee." 3. This is personal info you willingly divulge by entering giveaways and sweepstakes, or when filling out surveys.
"Scammers use all this to create profiles for who they want to target," Nofziger says. According to Microsoft, in 2015 an estimated 3.3 million people — many of them seniors — were victimized by a tech-support con, at a total cost of $1.5 billion.
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En español | According to a survey by True Link Financial, older Americans are criminally defrauded of $12.76 billion annually. Subscribe to the AARP Money Newsletter for more on work, retirement, and finances The next scam victim could be you. Abagnale, a long time FBI consultant whose early life as a con artist was portrayed in the film "Catch Me If You Can," equates it with playing roulette. But AARP Foundation's Amy Nofziger, who has degrees in criminology and sociology, cites three additional reasons. "They'll use the same methods legitimate marketing companies do, but for nefarious purposes." 2. "If you've been a victim of a fraud or scam, you're put on a so-called sucker list," Nofziger says.
This includes identity theft and all those crazy scams you hear about but smugly think will never work on you. Here's what to watch out for in the new year and, most important, how to protect yourself. "The lists are bought, sold, traded and stolen among scammers because they're perceived as potential gold mines.
"I left my heart out there, and this guy took advantage of it," the 51-year old Best said.
In 2011, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center received 5,600 complaints from victims of so-called "romance scammers" -- criminals who scan online dating sites, chat rooms and social networking sites for potential victims.
It's impossible to catalog all the perpetrators but most scams are the same old song, slightly different verse.
Scam Alerts editor Mark Huffman says it's trite but true – if a deal sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
Tennessee seniors deserve better than to be victimized in what should be their golden years.
The best defensive strategy is knowledge and awareness of criminal behavior.
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"Often they'll target older adults, who they perceive as holding the majority of wealth in this country." This just might be the biggest consumer scam in the U. That's one American duped out of an average 4 nearly every 10 seconds.