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pragativadi.com
· 2025-12-08
Sanjukta Bhuiyan, wife of an SOG constable, was arrested for impersonating a senior police officer and defrauding a couple of Rs 8.75 lakh. She exploited her access to police credentials and uniforms, creating fake social media personas to befriend victims and convince them to transfer money under the pretense of official assistance and financial returns. The fraud was discovered when the victims filed a complaint with Cyber Crime Police, and authorities are investigating whether additional victims exist.
bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com
· 2025-12-08
The Karnataka Criminal Investigation Department released a report revealing that cybercriminals tailor scams to exploit specific age groups' vulnerabilities: young adults (18-20) are targeted with fake job offers, working professionals (30-45) with investment and crypto scams, and senior citizens (50-70) with digital arrest threats impersonating law enforcement. Karnataka receives 100-200 cybercrime reports daily, with metro cities accounting for 20% of India's cybercrime cases, prompting authorities to intensify awareness campaigns and deploy advanced technological tools to combat the rising white-collar crime.
goldrushcam.com
· 2025-12-08
The Modesto Police Department issued a scam alert warning residents about fraudsters impersonating police officers and calling community members to solicit donations for youth programs. The department emphasized that legitimate law enforcement does not solicit donations over the phone and advised residents to hang up on suspicious calls, never share personal or banking information, and report such incidents to non-emergency dispatch.
hometownnewsbrevard.com
· 2025-12-08
**Event Type:** Educational Resource Expo
Platinum Events Productions is hosting the Viera Boomer Bash, a free senior resource expo on April 24, 2024, featuring scam and fraud prevention workshops, health screenings, and information from medical, financial, and legal representatives. The event includes lunch-and-learn sessions on topics such as scams targeting seniors and protecting medical information, along with memory screenings, fitness demonstrations, and social club information.
cowboystatedaily.com
· 2025-12-08
Employer impersonation scams and company spoofing fraud are increasingly prevalent in Wyoming, with scammers using stolen logos, emails, and AI-generated content to impersonate legitimate companies like PayPal, Amazon, USPS, and Best Buy's Geek Squad. The scams typically trick victims into clicking malicious links or submitting personal and banking information by exploiting psychological vulnerabilities through fear, emotions, and false job opportunities offering high pay. Experts recommend never clicking links in unsolicited emails or texts and instead verifying directly with companies through their official websites.
outlooknewspapers.com
· 2025-12-08
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calgaryjournal.ca
· 2025-12-08
Pamela Nutter, a 75-year-old Calgary resident, nearly fell victim to an e-transfer scam on Facebook Marketplace when selling a vintage dish; the scammer requested her banking information through a fake e-transfer email with a suspicious link, but Nutter refused after questioning the legitimacy. The article highlights that seniors across Canada are frequent fraud targets, with the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre reporting $638 million in fraud losses in 2024, approximately 10 percent attributed to seniors who may be less technologically savvy and vulnerable to exploitation due to isolation and loneliness. Experts recommend that seniors attend online safety education sessions, exercise caution with unsolicited communications
fox6now.com
· 2025-12-08
A 24-year-old Indian national living in California was arrested on April 9, 2025, in Washington County, Wisconsin, after attempting to defraud an elderly woman through a tech support email scam that gained access to her bank account. The suspect convinced the victim that a large refund had been accidentally deposited and instructed her to prepare $26,500 in cash for courier pickup, but the victim became suspicious and contacted authorities, leading to the suspect's arrest during the coordinated pickup. The suspect confessed to conducting similar fraud operations across multiple states under instructions from relatives in India, with travel and expenses covered by the fraud operation.
paymentsjournal.com
· 2025-12-08
Consumers face increasingly common scams such as fake toll bill texts and fraudulent service provider listings, yet many financial institutions fail to adequately budget for scam prevention and detection technology. While the Federal Reserve's free ScamClassifier system helps standardize fraud documentation and tracking, many banks remain unaware of or reluctant to adopt it due to the significant integration costs and legacy system modifications required. The article emphasizes that prioritizing fraud prevention in organizational budgets is essential to combating the growing sophistication and persistence of scam tactics.
patch.com
· 2025-12-08
San Ramon student Adya Gupta founded Impactt Kids, a volunteer-driven nonprofit that provides scam education training to seniors and caregivers to help them recognize and avoid phone and internet fraud. The initiative, inspired by Gupta's grandmother who frequently receives scam calls, has trained seniors at local living centers on identifying scam calls, phishing emails, and fraudulent IRS, Medicare, and lottery schemes, with participants reporting successful fraud prevention as a result. The program plans to expand by integrating AI-powered scam detection tools and establishing a hotline for seniors to verify suspicious calls.
aol.com
· 2025-12-08
Criminals are increasingly targeting older adults by directing them to cryptocurrency ATMs to deposit funds, with the FTC reporting a tenfold increase in losses since 2020 and Rhode Island State Police documenting cases rising from 3 in 2023 to 40 in 2024 and 23 in the first three months of 2025—all victims over age 50, with individual losses ranging from $15,000 to $40,000. Crypto ATMs are attractive to scammers because victims are unfamiliar with them, there are no daily transaction limits, and cryptocurrency's decentralized nature makes funds nearly impossible to recover, unlike
wptv.com
· 2025-12-08
Weikai Zhang, 43, was arrested in New York and charged with running a computer pop-up scam that defrauded a Palm City senior citizen of $50,000, with additional victims losing $613,000 total while he was in Florida. Zhang, part of a larger criminal organization targeting elderly people, posed as tech support through fake Microsoft pop-ups, convincing victims their accounts were compromised and persuading them to withdraw cash and attempt Bitcoin conversions. He is being held on $700,000 bond and faces charges including organized fraud, exploitation of persons 65 and older, and conspiracy to commit grand theft.
forbes.com
· 2025-12-08
The Department of Justice recovered $8.2 million in Tether cryptocurrency stolen through romance baiting scams, including $663,352 from an Ohio woman who fell victim after responding to a wrong-number text in 2023. Romance baiting is a psychological manipulation scheme that builds false intimacy through casual conversation before introducing cryptocurrency investment opportunities with fake trading dashboards and fabricated returns, ultimately trapping victims unable to withdraw their funds. The article also references an 80-year-old Maryland retiree, Judith Boivin, who was targeted by scammers impersonating FBI agents using spoofed caller IDs and forged government communications to extract money under false pretenses of a
prioritymarketing.com
· 2025-12-08
coinfomania.com
· 2025-12-08
Kauai police issued an alert about "pig butchering" scams targeting elderly citizens, where fraudsters build romantic or friendly relationships online before convincing victims to invest in fake cryptocurrency schemes with fabricated profit screenshots. The scammers, often operating from Southeast Asia, manipulate victims through dating apps and social media, eventually disappearing with their money; one documented case involved a Maryland woman losing over $3 million. Police advise seniors and their families to recognize warning signs—including rapid relationship escalation, crypto investment pitches, and pressure to keep investments secret—and to never send money to online-only contacts without verifying with trusted family members or advisors first.
sciotocountydailynews.com
· 2025-12-08
Four individuals were indicted by the Scioto County Grand Jury for defrauding elderly victims in two separate cases, with at least two defendants having prior records of similar offenses. The cases involved telecommunications-based schemes targeting vulnerable seniors, reflecting growing concerns about financial crimes against this population.
paymentsjournal.com
· 2025-12-08
The Social Security Administration implemented a permanent anti-fraud program that conducts identity verification checks on phone applications for benefits, with approximately 70,000 of the 4.5 million annual phone claims expected to be flagged for in-person verification. The agency also prohibited beneficiaries from changing direct deposit information over the phone, requiring updates through the website or in-person visits, as phone-based account changes account for about 40% of Social Security direct deposit fraud.
aarp.org
· 2025-12-08
A Nigerian-based scammer used fake photos of a German life coach to catfish Liza Likins, a widow in her mid-70s, during a 19-month online romance on Facebook Dating, eventually exploiting her for money. Catfishing—creating fraudulent identities on dating apps and social media to deceive victims—has become the top dating scam, with Meta removing 1.4 billion fake accounts in late 2024 and a Norton survey finding 40% of dating app users targeted by such scams. Scammers typically use stolen photos, AI-generated images, or celebrity identities to build trust before requesting cash or promoting bogus
investopedia.com
· 2025-12-08
This educational article explains romance scams, which involve scammers creating fake dating profiles to build romantic relationships with victims—particularly older Americans—before requesting money for fabricated emergencies or opportunities. Older people are targeted because they typically have more savings, less familiarity with online scams, and may experience isolation, making them vulnerable to the emotional manipulation of promised romantic connections. The article provides guidance for adult children whose parents fall victim, including stopping communications, reporting to authorities and platforms, attempting to recover funds through banks and financial institutions, and protecting against identity theft.
thestar.com
· 2025-12-08
**Summary:**
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre announced a plan to protect older Canadians from fraud by imposing fines up to $5 million on banks and telecommunications companies that fail to implement real-time scam detection technology, mandatory reporting, and 24-hour holds on high-risk transactions for seniors. The proposal requires financial institutions to deploy latest anti-fraud tools including automatic flagging of suspicious activity and robocalls, along with mandatory reporting of fraud prevention statistics. This announcement comes as Poilievre trails among senior voters in polling.
ctvnews.ca
· 2025-12-08
I cannot provide a meaningful summary of this content. The article appears to be a political headline about elder fraud protection, but the body text provided contains only unrelated shopping and product recommendation links rather than actual article content. To create an accurate summary for the Elderus database, I would need the full article text discussing Poilievre's specific policy proposals or statements regarding senior fraud prevention.
nationalpost.com
· 2025-12-08
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre announced plans to introduce the "Stop Scamming Seniors Act," which would impose mandatory scam detection systems on banks and telecom companies, stricter sentences (one to five years depending on fraud amount), and fines up to $5 million for non-compliance. The legislation targets the growing sophistication of senior-targeted scams, particularly "grandparent" scams and AI-enabled voice impersonation fraud, with Canadian authorities reporting that victims lost $638 million to fraud in 2024, though only 5-10% of cases are reported.
conservative.ca
· 2025-12-08
This is a policy announcement rather than a news report of a scam incident. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre outlined a proposed plan to combat senior fraud in Canada, which would require banks and cell phone companies to implement mandatory scam detection systems, real-time blocking of suspicious transactions, and a 24-hour transaction delay for high-risk senior accounts. The proposal also includes enhanced criminal penalties for fraudsters (mandatory minimum sentences ranging from one to five years depending on fraud amount) and substantial fines for financial institutions that fail to implement adequate fraud prevention measures.
cbc.ca
· 2025-12-08
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre announced a proposed "Stop Scamming Seniors Act" that would require banks and telecommunications companies to detect, report, and block suspected fraud in real time, or face fines up to $5 million per violation and criminal charges. The plan addresses seniors as the primary targets of digital scammers using phishing, robocalls, and other tactics, and includes measures such as mandatory AI-powered fraud detection systems, 24-hour holds on high-risk senior transactions, and increased minimum prison sentences for fraud convictions (1-5 years depending on amount defrauded). Additionally, convicted fraudsters would be required to pay fines equal to ten times the amount they de
bnnbloomberg.ca
· 2025-12-08
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre announced a plan to protect older Canadians from fraud by requiring banks and telecoms to implement real-time scam detection technology, with fines up to $5 million for non-compliance, while criticizing the Liberal government for inaction on senior fraud prevention. The proposal includes mandatory suspicious activity flagging, automatic blocks on high-risk transactions, and required reporting of fraud prevention statistics. The announcement came as part of Poilievre's broader tough-on-crime campaign messaging.
cbc.ca
· 2025-12-08
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre announced a proposed "Stop Scamming Seniors Act" that would mandate banks and telecom companies to detect and block fraud in real time or face fines up to $5 million per violation and criminal charges. The plan targets seniors, identified as the primary victims of digital scammers using phishing texts and robocalls, and includes enhanced Criminal Code penalties (minimum 1-5 year sentences depending on fraud amount) and requirements for companies to implement AI-based fraud detection, 24-hour holds on high-risk senior transactions, and quarterly public reporting on fraud prevention metrics.
theglobeandmail.com
· 2025-12-08
**Summary:**
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre announced a proposed "Stop Scamming Seniors" act to combat fraud targeting seniors, including mandatory minimum jail sentences (1-5 years depending on fraud amount) and fines of 10 times the amount defrauded, along with penalties up to $5 million for banks and cellphone companies that fail to detect suspicious activity. The announcement highlighted recent scams including "grandparent scams" and fraud schemes involving impersonation of banks, with Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre data showing Canadians lost $638 million to fraud in 2024, though only 5-10 percent of incidents are reported.
ca.news.yahoo.com
· 2025-12-08
**Summary:**
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre announced plans to introduce the "Stop Scamming Seniors Act" to combat fraud targeting seniors, proposing stricter sentences (one-year minimum for fraud over $5,000, five years for over $1 million), fines up to $5 million for non-compliant companies, and mandatory scam detection systems for banks and telecom firms. The legislation addresses the growing sophistication of phone and digital scams, including AI-enabled voice replication schemes like the "grandparent" scam, with Canadian authorities reporting 34,621 fraud victims lost $638 million in 2024, though only 5-10% of victims
wtkr.com
· 2025-12-08
In 2023, Americans aged 60 and older lost over $3.4 billion to fraud, making them high-risk targets due to increasingly sophisticated scam tactics and technological advances. Residents of Lake Prince Woods, a 55-plus community in Suffolk, Virginia, are combating this trend by publishing scam alerts in their neighborhood publication to educate and protect their community members.
tucson.com
· 2025-12-08
Margaret Gastelum, a 59-year-old caretaker, was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for defrauding a 92-year-old homebound widow of approximately $184,648 in restitution-ordered losses (nearly $200,000 total exploited). Working with her daughter Mona Lisa Rodriguez, Gastelum fraudulently accessed the victim's bank accounts and credit cards, overcharged for care services, and made unauthorized personal purchases between June 2016 and January 2018, with much of the stolen money coming from proceeds of the victim's home sale.
ca.finance.yahoo.com
· 2025-12-08
Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre announced a "Stop Scamming Seniors Act" to combat telephone and online fraud targeting Canadian seniors, who lost over $137 million to scams in 2022. The proposed legislation would mandate real-time fraud detection by banks and telecoms, impose fines up to $5 million per violation, create mandatory jail terms up to five years for million-dollar frauds, and introduce a new criminal offense for executives who knowingly allow fraud to continue. Poilievre also highlighted emerging threats like AI-generated voice scams and proposed additional senior-focused measures including a 15% income tax cut for older Canadians.
publicnewsservice.org
· 2025-12-08
Policy changes to Social Security's appointment requirements have created confusion among Virginians that may increase vulnerability to scams, which typically begin with urgent-sounding phone calls, texts, or emails falsely claiming to be from the Social Security Administration. Over 1.6 million Virginians depend on Social Security benefits, and proposed in-person-only signup requirements would have particularly burdened seniors, especially the 9% of Virginia seniors living more than 45 miles from the nearest Social Security office.
cordcuttersnews.com
· 2025-12-08
AARP, Amazon, Google, and Walmart launched the National Elder Fraud Coordination Center (NEFCC), a public-private partnership designed to combat elder fraud through coordinated investigation, pattern identification, and prosecution of fraud rings targeting older Americans. The FTC estimated elder fraud cost older consumers $61.5 billion in 2023—approximately $117,000 per minute—with common scams including robocalls, tech support schemes, and deceptive location data collection. Led by former FBI Supervisory Special Agent Brady Finta, the NEFCC will share resources across sectors to help law enforcement agencies identify and shut down larger fraud operations while returning stolen assets to victims.
finance.yahoo.com
· 2025-12-08
Fraud losses nationwide reached $12.5 billion in 2024, with New York State accounting for $534 million in losses across 118,933 reported cases; older adults were disproportionately affected, with those over 50 reporting 28,578 fraud cases totaling $159 million in losses. AARP New York, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, and local officials launched "The Big Shred NY!" — a statewide initiative offering 27 free document shredding locations through May 10, 2025, to help residents safely dispose of personal documents containing sensitive information that could be used for identity theft.
senatedems.com
· 2025-12-08
The Michigan Senate passed a four-bill package designed to strengthen protections for seniors and vulnerable adults facing abuse and exploitation. The legislation increases penalties for financial crimes against older adults, extends the statute of limitations for prosecuting embezzlement cases from six to ten years, allows vulnerable adults to obtain personal protection orders, and establishes multidisciplinary teams to prevent and detect elder abuse—addressing a statewide problem affecting over 73,000 older adults and costing victims more than $28 billion annually in financial scams and fraud.
buffalonews.com
· 2025-12-08
Mohamed Khaled Sakr pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy and collected over $250,000 from seniors across 16 addresses in the Northeast through grandparent scams, making Erie County, New York rank second highest for elder fraud losses statewide in 2022. Sakr, who acted as a money mule collecting funds from victims deceived by fake bail bond stories, was sentenced to three years in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence Vilardo. The case highlights the sophistication of grandparent scams, which use emotional manipulation and AI-generated voices to convince seniors to wire money urgently.
states.aarp.org
· 2025-12-08
AARP New York, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, and city officials launched "The Big Shred NY!" initiative, offering 27 free document shredding locations across New York State through May 2025 to help residents safely dispose of personal documents and prevent identity theft. Fraud targeting Americans reached $12.5 billion in 2024—a 25% increase from 2023—with New York State accounting for $534 million in losses, and older adults particularly vulnerable with $159 million lost among those over 50. The program aims to combat the rising sophistication of scams targeting seniors through document destruction as a preventive measure against financial fraud.
states.aarp.org
· 2025-12-08
On April 16, AARP, Amazon, Google, and Walmart launched the National Elder Fraud Coordination Center (NEFCC), a nonprofit organization designed to combat fraud targeting older adults by coordinating efforts among law enforcement, industry, government, and academia. The center will track and assess patterns of alleged criminal fraud to help combat criminal organizations that defraud Americans of billions of dollars annually.
press.aarp.org
· 2025-12-08
AARP, Amazon, Google, and Walmart launched the National Elder Fraud Coordination Center (NEFCC) in April 2025, a nonprofit organization designed to coordinate law enforcement, industry, government, and academia in combating fraud targeting older adults. The center will leverage private sector data to identify patterns across elder fraud cases nationwide, helping law enforcement dismantle large-scale criminal fraud operations; according to the FTC, older Americans lost as much as $61.5 billion to fraud in 2023 alone. NEFCC is led by Brady Finta, a former FBI Supervisory Special Agent with over 20 years of experience in organized crime and elder fraud investigation.
easttexasnews.com
· 2025-12-08
A writer's Facebook account was hacked by criminals from Nigeria who used it to post fake car and trailer advertisements, gaining access through a rarely-contacted friend's account. The author lost access to their 17-year-old account and experienced a fraudulent charge on an associated bank card; meanwhile, local police report that elderly victims in their area have lost entire life savings to similar scams, with approximately 300,000 Facebook accounts hacked daily. The author recommends updating privacy settings, removing personal information from profiles, and limiting social media exposure as preventive measures.
reviewjournal.com
· 2025-12-08
This educational piece advises seniors on protecting themselves from identity theft by placing either a fraud alert or credit freeze on their credit files with the three major credit reporting bureaus (Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion). A credit freeze provides stronger protection by restricting access to credit reports and preventing new accounts from being opened in one's name, though it temporarily prevents the account holder from obtaining new credit themselves. Both protections are free, do not affect credit scores, and can be easily set up by contacting any of the three bureaus by phone, online, or mail.
nanaimonewsnow.com
· 2025-12-08
A Parksville senior in his 70s lost $160,000 over several years to a cryptocurrency investment scam that began with a $2,000 deposit at a crypto machine. The victim believed he was making legitimate investments but encountered increasingly demanding requests for taxes and fees when attempting to withdraw funds, eventually realizing the entire scheme was fraudulent and reporting it to Oceanside RCMP in March.
longislandpress.com
· 2025-12-08
The Grenville Baker Boys & Girls Club is hosting an educational speaker series on May 7 featuring a Nassau County District Attorney's Major Financial Frauds Bureau representative who will teach seniors how to identify common scams, protect personal information, and respond to fraud. The session addresses the growing sophistication of scams targeting seniors and aims to help attendees recognize red flags and safeguard their finances and personal data.
harlemworldmagazine.com
· 2025-12-08
AARP New York, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, and other officials launched "The Big Shred NY!" initiative, offering 27 free document shredding locations across New York State through May 2025 to help residents safely dispose of personal documents and prevent identity theft. Fraud targeting Americans reached $12.5 billion in 2024—a 25% increase from 2023—with New York State accounting for $534 million in losses, and adults over 50 reporting $159 million in losses from 28,578 documented fraud cases.
thegermanyeye.com
· 2025-12-08
An 84-year-old woman, featured in a Netflix documentary about her fraud schemes, appeared in a Singapore court via video link from a police station, appearing in a wheelchair and struggling to comprehend the proceedings without legal representation. The case highlights concerns about her mental and physical capacity to participate in judicial proceedings and raises broader questions about the legal system's ability to protect vulnerable individuals and fairly treat elderly offenders involved in elaborate fraud schemes.
wrex.com
· 2025-12-08
Illinois Senate Bill 1551 passed the Senate 38-17, allowing financial advisors and qualified professionals to delay suspicious transactions and report suspected elder financial exploitation to state authorities while providing them liability protection if acting in good faith. The legislation aims to strengthen senior protections amid rising elder fraud, with the FBI reporting over $3.4 billion in losses to elder fraud victims in 2023 alone. The bill now moves to the Illinois House for consideration.
inmenlo.com
· 2025-12-08
A 77-year-old Menlo Park resident was defrauded of $35,000 in February 2025 through a sophisticated text message scam falsely claiming affiliation with a major online retailer and federal agency, threatening imprisonment unless funds were provided. The victim was coerced into withdrawing cash from multiple bank branches, which was collected by the suspect on February 12. A 22-year-old suspect, Arya Mehta from San Jose, was arrested in April 2025 and charged with theft by false pretenses, theft using an access card, and elder abuse; the investigation indicates additional perpetrators and international connections.
akronlegalnews.com
· 2025-12-08
A FINRA Investor Education Foundation study of 905 fraud victims (mean age 75) identified by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service found that older adults are more vulnerable to opportunity-based scams (prize, product, and investment fraud) when they engage in high-exposure activities like opening junk mail, entering sweepstakes, and answering unknown calls. Key vulnerability factors include older age, loneliness, financial fragility, and risky financial behaviors, leading FINRA to recommend educational programs addressing loneliness, financial literacy, telemarketing exposure reduction, and distinguishing legitimate from fake lotteries and sweepstakes.
justice.gov
· 2025-12-08
A 28-year-old man from China named Dongyi Guo was sentenced to 21 months in prison and ordered to repay $95,000 after stealing that amount from a 79-year-old Missouri woman as part of a coordinated wire fraud conspiracy. Guo and his co-conspirators posed as financial institution and Social Security representatives, falsely claiming the victim's accounts were compromised and pressuring her to withdraw cash in multiple pickups between March 4-7, 2024. The victim's daughter reported in court that her mother died seven months later, stating the crime "unquestionably contributed" to her death, as the victim became mentally
fiftyplusadvocate.com
· 2025-12-08
Cryptocurrency ATMs have become a prevalent tool for scammers targeting older adults, with the FTC reporting $65 million in fraud losses through Bitcoin ATMs in the first half of 2024 alone—$46 million from victims aged 60 and older. Scammers use these unregulated kiosks in various schemes including romance and grandparent scams to trick victims into depositing cash. AARP Massachusetts is advocating for legislation requiring cryptocurrency ATM operator licensing, daily transaction limits, fraud warning notices, and consumer education to strengthen protections for residents.