Many older adults grew up in an era when trusting one another was more the norm than the outlier. A solid handshake took the place of a signed contract, and locked doors weren’t...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) received more than 25,000 reports about romance scams last year alone. Data from the agency revealed that consumers reported losing $201 million to romance scams last year - up nearly 40% from...

Swindles come in all shapes and sizes – they can be massive or minuscule, hi-tech, or basic. They can originate from a knock on the front door or an identity listing on the dark web....

To avoid a potentially devastating fraud situation it’s important to talk with your aging loved ones, early and often, about how to recognize common scams and protect themselves from exploitation. I am frequently...

Frauds and scams can take many forms, and that’s one of the things that makes them so hard to detect. Your aging loved ones can be scammed on or offline, via the phone...

Very few people are able to avoid fraudulent emails, texts, or calls. If you think you are one of the lucky few, it most likely just means that at the moment, you didn’t...

According to the FTC’s “Consumer Sentinel Network Data Book” the most common categories for fraud complaints last year were imposter scams, debt collection and identity theft. Credit card fraud was most prevalent in identity...

The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) predicts that during the next 12 months identity theft protection services will primarily focus on data breaches, data abuse and data privacy. ITRC also predicts that consumers will...

The better consumers understand identity theft, the more equipped they are to protect themselves. The identity theft glossary below is regularly updated to include the most recent identity theft terms that are in the news.