Beware of Ghouls, goblins and gangsters: Scams targeting seniors

[McFurd]

USA Today - 9/8/2017 - Jenny A. Leonard, Reader submitted - Our magazine company is dedicated to helping young people like me turn our lives around and stay off the streets. Your $75 subscription will help me support my two young babies.” “Hi, Grandma. Hey, Grandpa. I’m in trouble, but please don’t tell anyone. Please. The cops arrested me and I didn’t do anything. I need $1,000 to post bail. I need you to send me money.” So goes the clever ruse of con artists intent on scamming money from America’s seniors. While Halloween season zombies and ghouls may be frightfully fun, tricking seniors out of their cash is alarmingly scary. Every year hucksters bilk almost $3 billion from older Americans, hatching increasingly elaborate plans to break into retirement nest eggs. Read more @ https://www.usatoday.com/story/getpubli ... 648739001/