Buying gold in retirement? Watch for the warning signs that could indicate that a scammer is targeting your money.

DENVER – Scams targeting older Americans are surging, and federal officials are warning that the tactics are becoming harder to detect. The Federal Trade Commission says scammers are posing as IRS ...

A non-profit in Newfoundland and Labrador is helping seniors navigate possible financial scams with a new focus on digital ...

Elderly people are at risk of their money being being stolen in various scams, and that risk has only increased this year. Indiana Securities Division commissioner Marie Castetter, investor education ...

Email scams have become one of the fastest ways scammers steal money from older adults. A single click can expose bank accounts, personal data and retirement savings built over a lifetime. That ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Manatee County seniors are falling victim to scams daily — and the results can be disastrous, Bradenton police say. Fraud ...

The Oklahoma Department of Securities joins KOCO to address scams targeting seniors.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Florida’s Lieutenant Governor is launching a new initiative that aims to protect seniors from scams. Florida is home to more seniors than almost any other state, and senior scams ...

Seniors tend to own their homes and have strong credit and ample savings, according to the FBI — all factors that make scams targeting seniors increasingly common. They’re also less likely to report ...

Older Americans continued to lose billions of dollars to fraud in 2024, with scams increasingly exploiting trust, urgency and new technologies. The Federal Trade Commission said impostor scams, ...

Seniors are key targets for online and phone scams, with the FBI recording 147,127 scam reports and nearly $5 billion in stolen funds from Americans age 60 and over in 2024. However, the likelihood of ...

Manatee County seniors are falling victim to scams daily - and the results can be disastrous, Bradenton police say. Fraud investigators say it's a trend that's getting worse across the nation, and it ...