Older Americans lost up to $81.5B in the past year to financial fraud, FTC report says

Older Americans may have lost up to $81.5 billion to financial fraud and scams from 2024 to 2025, as the FTC works to do ...
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FTC | Older adults lost $2.4 billion in scams in 2024

The FTC reports a big increase in the number of older adults losing more than $100,000 to scammers. Total fraud losses reported by older adults quadrupled from about $600 million in 2020 to $2.4 ...

Financial fraud cost older adults up to $81.5 billion in 2024, FTC estimates — more are losing at least $100,000

From 2020 to 2024, the 60-plus age group's reported losses have jumped 300% to $2.4 billion from $600 million, according to ...

FTC Warns Senior Fraud Losses Soared In 2024 — How To Protect Yourself

The Federal Trade Commission report shows that financial fraud losses for older Americans increased sharply in 2024.

Amazon Prime customers: Are you eligible for a payout from the FTC settlement?

Eligibility is limited to U.S.-based customers who enrolled in Prime between June 23, 2019, and June 23, 2025, through ...

FTC alerts public to new job scam posing as easy reshipping work

The Federal Trade Commission is warning of a new scam circulating. It is called a “reshipping scam.”An easy work-from-home ...

Feds issue warning about Giving Tuesday: Not all charities asking for money are real

Giving Tuesday is upon us. Here's how to tell whether your donation is going to a legit organization or a scam.
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FTC Claims TV Pitchman Hiding More Money

More bad news for TV pitchman Kevin Trudeau. Officials with the Federal Trade Commission filed a court filing Monday claiming Trudeau is hiding money. The FTC is trying to get Trudeau to pay what has ...