By Mason Crane-Bolton We’ve already given you some tips to protect yourself against the scammers we’ve listed in this series, but what else can you do? How can you best ensure you’re safe from scams and scammers? Sadly, there is no silver bullet, no perfect solution that will guarantee you’ll never be in contact with […]
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Scams and Tech, Part 2: Sweetheart Scams
By Mason Crane-Bolton In part one of our tech-scams series, we talked about the all-pervasive en-masse scams, the kinds of scams that flood your inbox and phone. Today we talk about a scam more sinister and possibly more dangerous, the romance scam. Romance scams, also known as “sweetheart” scams, are one of the most prevalent […]
Scams and Tech, Part 1: The En Masse Scams
By Mason Crane-Bolton We know about tech. We know about scams—scams where older adults are often the target. But what do we know about how tech and scams overlap? Wherever you live and however tech-savvy you consider yourself, it’s more than likely you encounter scams on an almost daily basis. Many of these scams may […]
Scammer Lingo
Scammer Lingo Here on NJFA‚Äôs blog we have featured a few posts about scams, we‚Äôve also done articles in Renaissance and posted scam warnings on Social Media. It seems there is always a new scam or the resurgence of an old scam to be on the lookout for. But that got us thinking‚Ķ do we […]
Communication
“But when I call my kids and grandkids they don’t call me back, so I have to use e-mail.”