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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 […]

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Top 5 Telemarketing Scams All Seniors Need to Know About Now

February 21, 2021 by CyberSenior Leave a Comment

An unknown number on a cellphone, which could be a telemarketing scam

People have been talking about telemarketing scams for almost as long as the telephone has been around. Telemarketing fraud initially referred to fraudulent sales practices used over the phone. However, today telemarketing scams refer to any fraud conducted over the phone, so a more accurate title would be phone scams. Many seniors unwittingly believe that […]

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15 Ways to Avoid Ransomware Scams

December 18, 2020 by CyberSenior Leave a Comment

A padlock and computer screen showing the idea of ransomware scams

By now, most seniors have heard of malware, but what about ransomware scams? Ransomware is a type of malware that holds access to your computer hostage. And as the name suggests, keeps access to your computer locked until you pay the ransom demands. There are a variety of different malware programs, but the ransomware software […]

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4 Tips on How Seniors Can Avoid Online Shopping Scams

November 23, 2020 by CyberSenior Leave a Comment

A laptop with two square boxes indicating the idea of online shopping

Since we are coming into the holiday season, online shopping scams will hit an all-new high, which is why it is essential seniors know how to avoid these scams. Online shopping scams have been around since the beginning of online shopping; however, from 2015 to 2019, the number of online scams involving undelivered items has […]

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