Elder Scams

The VA Privacy Service and USPIS, with their continued partnership, share a common goal: to educate veterans and their families about known scams and provide simple precautions they can take to protect their identity and money.

It is lamentable that criminals come out of the woodwork whenever people are vulnerable or in need, and nobody needs reminding, these days, how many of us are in precisely that condition. The opportunities to exploit fear and need are especially rich and varied in the...

There’s a reason why, as far back as 2013, TV stations, including WTHR in Indianapolis, were warning their viewers of senior scams. (The Federal Trade Commission Consumer Sentinel network database contained almost 124,000 individual consumer complaints that year alone...