The Financial Exploitation Prevention Act of 2025 is aimed at preventing adults age 65 or older or those with disabilities ...

Learn about the various types of financial advisor scams, warning signs to watch for, what to do, and how to protect yourself from becoming a victim.

Discovering that you may have been scammed is a stressful and overwhelming experience. Learn the exact steps to take ...

Marguerita is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP), Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor (CRPC), Retirement Income Certified Professional (RICP), and a Chartered Socially Responsible Investing ...

According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, adults aged 60 and above nationwide reportedly lost almost $7.5 billion in financial scams last year. That figure is up 59% from 2024. “The people who ...

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, ...

How scammers use voice cloning and deepfakes—and the simple steps to verify what’s real Brittany Brown is a full-time copywriter writing covering real estate and personal finance topics like budgeting ...

More Americans say they’ve experienced some form of financial fraud over the last year, according to a new Bankrate survey. The threat isn’t going away, as artificial intelligence is allowing scammers ...

Every time I sit down with a fraud leader or banking executive, I hear some version of the same sentence: “The scams just feel…different now.” Scams feel more personal. More targeted. More believable ...