Savvy 86-year-old Sees Right Through “Super Seven” Scam

Kudos to the elderly lady in Ohio who received checks as part of the “Super Seven” Scan in her mail. She knew it was a scam and did not fall for it. Read the entire story here.

Kansas Scammers Target Elderly In Tornado-torn Area

A tornado destroyed the local pharmacy in a Kansas town and resulted in the loss of Medicare and other important records. Trying to be helpful, some local pharmacies offered to help affected residents by allowing them to use their account numbers to purchase medication and not require that their membership cards be shown.

Hearing about this, scammers began making phone calls to elderly residents to “confirm” their Medicare account numbers and trying to get personal information. The full story can be seen here.

Be Careful of Moving Brokers

I admit I had never heard of a moving broker before, but they are out there and some of them are con artists. A moving broker offers to help people find a moving company to move their belongings. For all the information you could want on moving brokers as well as recommendations for honest movers, check out MovingScam.com.

Hitman E-mail Scam

I have not personally seen this one yet, but a news report from Texas tells of an e-mail scam where victims are told that a hitman has been hired to kill them, but wants to give the victim a chance to buy their way out of it and be provided with the identity of the person that supposedly hired the  hitman. As the original article reports, the best response to this kind of e-mail message is to hit “Delete.”

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