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Westchester Consumer Protection Department Warns Against Senior Scams Westchester Consumer Protection Department Warns Against Senior Scams
Westchester Consumer Protection Department Warns Against Senior Scams With families celebrating “Grandparents Day” over this past weekend, the Westchester Consumer Protection Department is hoping to help seniors avoid falling victim to scams. Each year, opportunistic fraudsters look to defraud and take advantage of older generations, utilizing what has come to be dubbed as the “Grandparent Scam.” According to police and consumer protection advocates, seniors are often targets of scammers and con artists, who prey on seniors’ potential vulnerability and take advantage of them being frequently accessible at home. One such scam sees the con man calling the seni…

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by Zak Failla
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Police in Area Issue New Advisory About Return Of Phone Scam Police in Area Issue New Advisory About Return Of Phone Scam
Police in Area Issue New Advisory About Return Of Phone Scam Beware. It's happening again.  Those scam calls with a person on the other end saying one of your grandchildren have been in an accident, arrested or is in trouble and they need money to stay "out of court" are making the rounds once again. The suspects will then put a child on the phone that is usually crying and quickly asks the grandparent for help and then has the phone taken away. The grandparents are then told not to call anybody or the deal is off. The grandparents are instructed to get cash or gift cards to turn over to suspects. According to police, a number of grandpar…

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by Kathy Reakes