Each new year brings advances in senior health and support technology, but also advances in the technology and methods of the scammers and identity thieves targeting our senior loved ones. As they are less familiar with modern technology, seniors are often the targets of fraudsters seeking to exploit unprotected information.

Our older loved ones are particularly at risk from the scams and frauds initiated by those emails, as many seniors control readily available funds, trust institutions that appear legitimate, and have little knowledge of technology and current scams. According to the FBI Elder Fraud information page our elderly population suffers more than $3 billion in losses to fraud annually.