Scams & Fraud

Join AARP Ohio at the Consumer Summit, sponsored by the Ohio Attorney General’s office.

Shredding confidential documents you no longer need is a good way to protect your identity. Join AARP at the Fall Fraud Watch Festival where you can bring 4-5 boxes or bags of personal or household documents for onsite shredding!

Can you catch a con artist? Learn how con artists target victims, test your knowledge to see if you’re an easy target for scammers, and pick up some free giveaways to help you stay one step ahead of the bad guy.

Every day, Americans lose money and control of their personal information to scams and fraud. Everyone is at risk, Ohioans included.

Join AARP and the Weathervane Theater for a specially-priced performance of the Pulitzer Prize Winning play, You Can’t Take It With You; a funny tale of an eccentric family, tax evasion, and love.

In the past year alone one-quarter of Ohioans 18 and older have had their personal information exposed to identity theft and fraud. And our latest research shows that older Americans are scammed out of about $3 billion every single year. Making sure that all Ohioans are not only aware of the latest fraud schemes, but are also armed with the tools and resources to prevent and recover from fraud is the goal of our AARP Fraud Watch Network. So I was pleased to represent AARP last week when the Ohio Attorney General’s Office held a press conference to launch “Ohio Protects”, a new multi-media outreach initiative to increase Ohioans’ awareness of the most common scams, fraud, and identity theft and how they can protect themselves.

By Nicole Ware, Associate State Director, AARP in Cincinnati

Enjoy time with family, friends and AARP at a Mahoning Valley Scrappers Game at Eastwood Field with tickets discounted for AARP members and households. These specially priced lower box tickets are $8 (normally $10) for the September 1st game against the State College Spikes. First Pitch is at 7:05 pm. Show us your AARP Card at our table on the concourse for a free gift (while supplies last) and for valuable information.