t one time or another, we’ve all been the target of fraud. From internet scams threatening to hold our computers and phones hostage unless we pay a ransom, to voicemails promising we’ve won money and prizes galore, scammers are everywhere. On Wednesday, July 28, Washington’s AARP, along with the Olympia Police Department, the Lewis-Mason-Thurston Area Agency on Aging, the Washington State Senior Citizens’ Lobby, the State Attorney General’s Office, BECU and Nomorobo, hosted an online educational event called ‘Tip-Offs to Rip-Offs’ which provided valuable ways to avoid being the next victim.
The meeting opened with greetings from Doug Shadel, state director of AARP Washington. “Fraud has been a perpetual problem in the United States but has really been exacerbated in the last year during the COVID crisis,” Shadel explains. Filed complaints went up 45% last year, but AARP Washington has been working on fraud prevention for many years.
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