Originally published on National Council on Aging:
Older adults are estimated to lose billions of dollars to scammers each year. But there is good news—last year the Federal Trade Commission noted that older consumers are more likely to report they’ve been victimized by financial exploitation than their younger counterparts.
Here are three scams that are notably making the rounds.
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