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    Elderly Scams – 12 Popular Ways Scammers Target Your Parents

    Elderly scams target your parents to get them to part with their hard-earned cash. Imagine a panicked call from your mother who just purchased $1200 worth of Best Buy gift cards. She had just finished reading several of the gift card codes to a mysterious person on the phone. Scammers created a false website that showed a realistic but fake view of her bank account. It appears as if she had received a deposit of $2000 to pay for the cards and retain a profit. I found myself in this situation 2 years ago. This happened to our family and it could happen to yours. Aging parents become more susceptible…