An Assisted Living Facility in Waupaca Explains Senior Scams, Part 2—As we discussed previously there is a lot of scamming that goes on. Lots of times they target the senior population on purpose. Our assisted living community in Waupaca wants to bring awareness to these issues and how to combat them. We talked briefly in part one there about how there has been a lot of activity on cell phones and emails that tell you a password has been compromised and then an unnamed party asks you to send over your password.

Many senior citizens don’t know this is a scan and typically send their info over right away. Often people scam older individuals by telling them they’ve won a contest and sometimes the fraudsters are very convincing. Here are some other things our assisted living facility in Waupaca wants our residents and any other older adult that has been victim to these calls.

An Assisted Living Facility in Waupaca Warns About Red flag #3 – Are they pressuring you to act quickly before something terrible happens?

Telemarketing fraud is another example of a scam that targets seniors. Telemarketers call and try to sell you bogus products or services. They actually pretend to sell you some product over the phone. You give them your bank number, and they drain your account. The scammers will go as far as to tell the seniors they will get free items or a prize if they just purchase now or today. Our assisted living facility in Waupaca wants to raise awareness of such devious practices.

An Assisted Living Facility in Waupaca Warns About Red flag #4 – If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

What you can do to protect yourself?

The good news is that knowledge is power, and there are a few simple things you can do to protect yourself:

1. Never act quickly. Tell them to call you back in an hour. Then call someone who has better knowledge of practices like this and act them to assist you.
2. Hang up. If someone calls claiming to be from Medicare, the IRS, or any other government agency, asking for your Social Security number or bank information to get your new card or new benefits, it’s a scam. If you have questions, call the agency directly.
3. Register your landline and cell phone with the Do Not Call Registry. You can do this by visiting donotcall.gov or by calling 1-888-382-1222.
4. If you suspect that you’ve been the victim of one of these scams, report it.

Our assisted living facility in Waupaca wants to help protect your senior in every way we can. We pay attention to phone calls coming in when we are present. We often educate residents to call us in if they are struggling with someone they do not know on the phone.

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