3 tips to help protect older family members from financial scams

Seeing our loved ones age is not always easy, and now there is the added threat of ever-increasing financial scams that they may fall victim to. While fraudsters can and do target people of any age, seniors tend to be particularly vulnerable due to a combination of factors including less tech familiarity, greater amassment of wealth, cognitive decline and, in some cases, isolation.

Just last year, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Internet Crime Complaint Center “received nearly 150,000...