10 top scams targeting seniors
<b>Number of complaints in 2018:</b> 78
Most victims of elder financial abuse — the improper use of an older person's funds, property or assets —are between 80 and 89 years old and live alone. Those responsible for elder financial abuse include family members, caregivers, financial advisers and others with fiduciary responsibility, and strangers who use the mail, phone calls or the internet to perpetrate scams.