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Hosts: Mark Toohey and Joy Cheung
Guest: Andre Lingham, retired police officer from the Howard County Police Department
Topic: Money Fraud Prevention

Seniors are primary targets of widespread fraud and scams because they have retirement savings, are generous and more trusting. After seniors discover that they have lost money to scammers, they are less likely to report the scams due to shame.

We often receive telephone calls, emails, text messages, and fake impersonations from strangers or fake businesses, asking for emergency money, offering loans, or asking personal information to receive a big prize.

In this educational podcast, our guest Andre Lingham, a 33 year veteran of the Howard County Sheriff's and Police Departments, will teach us how to spot the different kinds of frauds and scams, how to protect ourselves, and how to report fraud to authorities. We will also learn how scammers use artificial intelligence to trick us to give them money.
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Grandparents scam
Foreign lottery scam
Phone scam
Nigerian Letter/email
Microsoft/computer scam
Jury duty scam
Home repair contractor scam
Telemarketing scam
IRS tax scan
Online romance scam
Sweetheart swindle scam
Sweepstakes/lottery scam
Tree-cutting scam
Known person exploitation
Acquaintances scam
Caregivers scam
Power of attorney scam
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