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When Carol B. Amos began Alzheimer's caregiving for her mother, she learned that help, organization, preparation, and education, or H.O.P.E., helped her navigate the various stages of the journey.

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If there is one constant in the criminal world it’s that scammers follow the news. Student loan forgiveness has been the focus of recent headlines, which has given scammers room for student-loan-related fraud.

Si hay una constante en el mundo de la delincuencia es que los estafadores siguen las noticias. La condonación de préstamos estudiantiles ha sido el tema principal de los titulares recientes, lo que les ha dado a los estafadores espacio para realizar fraudes relacionados con préstamos estudiantiles.

Según la Comisión Federal de Comercio, los consumidores informaron haber perdido $2,600 millones debido a estafas de impostores en el 2022. Una de las estafas de impostores más antiguas está relacionada con el IRS, por lo que la temporada de impuestos es un buen momento para enfocarnos en ella.

Ya hay cifras y el 2022 fue terrible. Si bien el total de las estafas denunciadas a la Comisión Federal de Comercio tuvo una reducción de 1 millón, la cantidad total perdida a causa de ellas aumentó en $2,000 millones, lo que equivale a un total de $8,800 millones perdidos a causa de estafas y fraudes. Y esto es solo lo que se ha denunciado; sabemos que la inmensa mayoría de los fraudes no se reportan. Los aumentos drásticos de los fraudes de inversión y las estafas que piden criptomonedas como forma de pago impulsaron el incremento.

According to the Federal Trade Commission, consumers reported losing $2.6 billion to impostor scams in 2022. One of the longest running impostor scams involves the IRS, so tax time is a good time to draw attention to it.

The numbers are in and 2022 was a doozy. While total reported scams to the Federal Trade Commission dropped by 1 million, the total reported amount lost grew by $2 billion for a total of $8.8 billion lost to scams and fraud. And this is just what’s reported – we know fraud is severely under-reported. Fueling the growth were dramatic increases in investment schemes and scams asking for cryptocurrency as a form of payment.

In the early 1900s, the Greenwood neighborhood of Tulsa, Oklahoma, now called "Black Wall Street," was a vibrant and prosperous community. Despite the challenges and racial injustices they faced, residents of this community built a thriving neighborhood filled with successful Black-owned businesses, attorneys, doctors, and real estate agents. Their achievements were nothing short of remarkable and served as a beacon of hope for Black Americans nationwide.

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares (R) says the “explosion of scams” has prompted the state to ramp up its fraud-prevention education efforts.