A focus on elder fraud kicks off Season 2 of the ABA Fraudcast, as Paul Benda interviews Lois Greisman, associate director of the Federal Trade Commission’s division of marketing practices. They discuss Protecting Older Consumers, 2024-2025, A Report of the Federal Trade Commission, issued in December, that reveals a big increase in the number of older adults reporting losses of over $100,000 to scams.
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ABA offers resources to help banks prevent, identify, measure and report fraud, and to serve and protect consumers and their financial data. ABA’s scam prevention campaigns #BanksNeverAskThat and #PracticeSafeChecks are newly updated as well. The ABA Foundation’s Protecting Older Americans page includes useful resources to assist the fight against elder financial exploitation and other increasing threats.
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ABA Fraudcast host is Paul Benda, EVP, risk, fraud and cybersecurity at ABA.
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