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Senior Scams

New Texting Scams Seniors Need to Know About Now

July 13, 2021 by CyberSenior Leave a Comment

An elderly Asian woman texting on her phone, highlighting the idea of texting scams

By now, most seniors are familiar with email, phone, and mail scams and are becoming savvier at avoiding these traps. However, scammers have found a new way to weasel their way into our wallets, and that’s through text message scams. And the numbers of these scams are going through the roof; in 2020, more than […]

Filed Under: Senior Scams Tagged With: Technology

Top PayPal Scams and How to Avoid Them

July 2, 2021 by CyberSenior Leave a Comment

The PayPal logo on the company's building under a cloudy blue sky

PayPal has been a convenient way to make financial transactions since 1998. And with more than 300 million PayPal users, it has attracted the attention of thousands of scammers looking to steal your money or identity. According to a survey by the AARP, around 50% of seniors use PayPal for their transactions, and that number […]

Filed Under: Senior Scams Tagged With: Technology

Top 6 Sweepstakes Scams of 2021

April 3, 2021 by CyberSenior 4 Comments

Someone using a tablet looking at sweepstakes

Who wouldn’t want to win a dream vacation or thousands of dollars? Scam artists know the answer is everyone wants to be a winner, which is why sweepstakes scams have cost unsuspecting victims $166,000 in 2020. And unfortunately, 80% of the victims involved in these scams were seniors. What makes sweepstakes scams so challenging is […]

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5 Tax Season Scams

March 19, 2021 by CyberSenior Leave a Comment

A selection of documents and a calculator that relate to tax season

Tax scams are far from new, but the IRS always sees a significant increase in tax scams targeting unsuspecting victims during tax season. And as we become savvier to tax scams, criminals are already working on a new way to steal our money or identity. One of the top reasons tax fraud increases during tax […]

Filed Under: Senior Scams Tagged With: Money & Finance

6 Scary Assisted Living Scams

March 4, 2021 by CyberSenior 1 Comment

Two seniors sitting outside at an assisted living facility, where the walls are brick

With billions of dollars being funneled into senior care communities, it is no surprise that scammers have weaseled their way into the industry. And though the government is cracking down on these crimes, they aren’t able to stop them. And it isn’t just billions of dollars being invested in this industry, but billions of dollars […]

Filed Under: Senior Scams

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