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School is out for the year, but for millions the bills keep on coming. More than 43 million Americans are paying off student loans and every one of them is eager to do so as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, this eagerness creates an opportunity for scammers.
The sad reality for older adults is that most financial abuse they suffer is perpetrated by someone they know.
Here are three things you can do to safeguard your loved one from financial exploitation.
If there is one thing everyone should understand, it’s that “scammers” are career criminals skilled at the art of manipulation and no one is immune.
One third of U.S. adults say they have been targeted by scams seeking payment by gift card, according to a report by the AARP Fraud Watch Network. And nearly a quarter of consumers have given or received gift cards that had no funds on them.
Rapidly changing financial technology makes it hard to stay up to speed on the latest threats
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Scammers posing as IRS agents or Treasury Department officials
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