Elder Scam News Today

At 78 years old, Angie Olson is "right at home" in the classroom. Friends and family are now rallying around her after a scammer robbed her of much of her retirement money.

According to detectives, the victim received a phone call from an unknown male claiming to be a police officer who stated that her daughter was arrested and needed $9800 for bail.

The victim received a call from an unknown female instructing the victim he would need to provide money for his girlfriend’s bail.

Nassau Police urges the community to be on alert and to remind vulnerable family members, friends, and neighbors about potential scams or frauds.

Jeel Patel, 22, from South Carolina was part of the scheme from February to June 2020, which originated from call centres in India that disproportionately targeted elders.

She was involved in a magazine telemarketing scam that netted $300 million from 150,000 people across the nation.

She lured the man, who claimed over the phone to be a bail bondsman helping her grandson, to her home, where officers tackled him.

11 more people charged in massive magazine scam plead guilty In total, 63 people from across the U.S. were charged in what prosecutors called the "largest elder fraud scheme in the nation." Author: Eleven more people who were charged in a $300 million nationwide telemarketing fraud scheme involving fake magazine subscriptions have pleaded guilty, the U.S. Attorneys Office in Minnesota announced Friday.  Last fall, federal prosecutors in Minnesota charged more than 60 people, including 15 Minne...