Friendly Scammers Preying on Seniors


With friends like these, who needs enemies? Most people wouldn’t want to become friends with someone who is trying to rip them off. Yet, every day, people hand over their hard-earned money to strangers who’ve become good friends – within the timespan of a single telephone call. How is this possible? Friendly Scammers Preying on Seniors Some criminals use aggressive, threatening tactics to steal money from victims over the phone. It’s easy to identify these scoundrels as enemies, people who want to cause financial harm to other people. But what about someone who calls pretending to be a friend? Friendly Scammers Preying
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Top Senior Scams of 2015 People often ask me which scams are the worst. That's easy - the ones that never go away. Top Senior Scams of 2015 Every week we hear from you about the IRS scam. It occupies the No. 1 spot in my book. Crooks who leave cryptic messages telling you that you owe money to Uncle Sam are the worst. They threaten you with going to court, being thrown in jail, or losing your house for not paying income taxes. It's a fraud. If agents believe you owe money, you'll first get a notice in the U.S.
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