As much as any other threat, recognizing and avoiding scams has become a necessary skill for today’s retirees to develop. In today’s episode, we’ll share a story of how a scam destroyed a woman’s entire retirement savings. Then, we’ll explore some crucial steps you can take to safeguard your financial well-being against the growing tide of scams and identity theft.

Here’s some of what we discuss in this episode:

• Marjorie Blum’s scamming story + the threat of scams for Americans over 60
• Phishing, vishing, and smishing techniques that are used today
• Some red flags to look out for when it comes to scams
• Protections you can put in place to protect your finances, like strong passwords and two-factor authentication

Resources for this episode:

How this 77-year-old widow lost $661,000 in a common tech scam: ‘I realized I had been defrauded of everything’ -

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/08/how-one-retired-woman-lost-her-life-savings-in-a-common-elder-fraud-scheme.html

Fraudsters targeting senior citizens with multiple financial scams –

https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en-us/posts/investigation-fraud-and-risk/senior-citizens-financial-scams/

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