End Elder Fraud

Hello Community,

We've just completed our March Fraud Awareness Bulletin. Our research cell phone received over 200 scams and unwanted calls in February.

The top 3 scam calls were:
- Medicare Benefits Scam (18%)
- Final Expense Insurance Scam (25%)
- Free Medicare COVID Test Kits Scam (17%)

The link to our March Bulletin, with charts and details on each scam can be found here: https://endelderfraud.org/bulletins-and-tips

Also, we've created a new YouTube Playlist containing live recordings of sample scam calls to help inform the community of the scammer's tactics. You can find that playlist here:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8MR1I8uLxbYB5y-wfqbcFY6lMn0F3YsP

As mentioned in my previous post, we are launching our Spring Free Fraud Awareness Presentation sessions at the Littleton Colorado Credit Union starting next week. Our list of upcoming events can be found here: https://endelderfraud.org/upcoming-events

Finally, while we are committed to providing the Scam Awareness Session Free of charge to our seniors, we rely on donations from the community and our sponsors. If you can help with the program, you can donate via our website here: https://endelderfraud.org/about-us

Thank you for your continued support and feedback. We've had the pleasure of meeting many in the community over the last year, and we look forward to sharing some exciting news about a new program in the coming weeks.
/ Ed

End Elder Fraud The mission of End Elder Fraud is to end cyber fraud in our senior community--a community that is uniquely vulnerable to the ever-evolving tactics of domestic and international scammers. 

Online Support Group for Scam Survivors

It is our pleasure to announce a wonderful opportunity for our readers. As you know, End Elder Fraud is honored to partner with Cathy Wilson LPC, ACS, who is a mental health counselor in Littleton, Colorado.

Cathy has placed tremendous effort into assisting scam survivors, including writing the book "The Emotional Impact of Being Scammed and How to Recover." Her website, listed below in the comments, holds many useful resources for people who have been victimized by scammers, including an extensive library of videos Cathy has personally created on this topic.

Cathy is beginning a new support group for scam survivors the week of January 9. Participation will be through GoogleMeet. If you have been negatively impacted by a scam/scammer, we encourage you to check out Cathy’s group. Scammers are criminals, and the effect they have on people can sometimes be long-lasting and destructive. Don’t let that happen to you! Let Cathy and her team guide you in re-orienting your point-of-view, so you can move forward in trust again. See comments below about where to find more information.