FROM THE FTC: Fraud reports and losses: Not just a grandparent’s story AND FTC AND FLORIDA WORKED TOGETHER TO PERMANENTLY SHUT DOWN GRANT BAE BUSINESS GRANT SCAM!!!
Posted on December 10, 2022 by The Warrior


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Fraud reports and losses: Not just a grandparent’s story
By
Bridget Small
Consumer Education Specialist
December 8, 2022
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You might have heard that scams mostly affect older adults, but reports to the FTC tell a different story. Last year, adults under 60 — our Gen X, Millennial, and Gen Z neighbors — were more likely to report losing money to fraud than people 60 and over. And what did they report the most? Losing money to online shopping fraud, often when things pitched to them on social media never arrived.
Compared to older adults, those under 60 were more than four times as likely to report losing money on an investment scam, often a fake cryptocurrency investment opportunity, and more than five times as likely to report losing money to a job scam. Many college students reported losing money to phony job offers sent to their school email addresses. Overall, adults under 60 most often reported losing money to scams that started on social media, a website, or an app, and their median reported fraud loss was $500.
People over 60 were less likely to report losing money to fraud, but their reported losses were higher. The median reported loss was $800 among people in their 70s and jumped to $1,500 for people over 80. Older adults were more likely to report losing money to tech support scammers — cons who urge people to pay for unneeded computer repairs — and prize, sweepstakes, and lottery scams that demand payment but never give a prize. About one in four of the older adults’ loss reports said the scam started with a phone call.
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FROM THE FTC: Fraud reports and losses: Not just a grandparent’s story AND FTC AND FLORIDA WORKED TOGETHER TO PERMANENTLY SHUT DOWN GRANT BAE BUSINESS GRANT SCAM!!!
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