Who are the elder scam fraudsters?

May 22, 2019

Who are the elder scam fraudsters?

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Who's behind all those scams against the elderly? Southwest makes nice with its mechanics.

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Brains and Losses

Brains and Losses: Part IV

by David Brancaccio , Sasa Woodruff , Eliza Mills and Daniel Shin

May 22, 2019

Financial scammers are part of coordinated efforts to target victims. The Federal Trade Commission took in more than a half a million complaints of imposter scams alone in 2018. But finding and convicting perpetrators is rare. Marketplace Morning Report’s David Brancaccio looks at what federal regulators are doing to target scammers. Brains and Losses: […]

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