In recent years, financial scams have grown at an alarming rate in the United States. According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in 2024 alone, there were more than 2.6 million reports of fraud ...

AIKEN — Roughly 40 residents filled the lobby at Cumberland Village on Feb. 12 for a seminar aimed at helping seniors recognize and avoid common scams. The event took place in a question-and-answer ...

S&P WAS DOWN FIVE. GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR IS TAKING NEW STEPS TO PROTECT KENTUCKIANS FROM SCAMMERS WITH THE LAUNCH OF A NEW WEBSITE. THE SITE SERVES AS A ONE STOP RESOURCE WHERE PEOPLE CAN LEARN HOW TO ...

FRIEDENSBURG — The head of the Senior Protection Unit in the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office offered advice on how to avoid being victimized by scams during a seminar Thursday in St. John’s ...

FARGO — Hundreds of older adults gathered at the Fargodome on Tuesday for Fraud Fest, an event hosted by AARP to help seniors protect themselves from scams. The program featured a former San Diego ...

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Fraud costs Americans billions every year.

“We can work together to be smarter than the scammers,” emcee and Rep. Courtenay Sprunger, R-Kalispell, told a capacity crowd at Immanuel Living ready to learn about scams — and how to avoid them.

How to recognize the latest scams. March 19, 2012 — -- I have some con artists to thank for today's column. Yes, you heard that right. This week's topic arrived by mail -- in the form of a ...

Losing your life savings to fraud is not a distant fear; it is a real and growing risk. Scams involving criminals pretending to be bank representatives have surged, with the Federal Trade Commission ...