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Need to vent over scams and taking advantage of the vulnerable

Caregivers: Dementia | Last Active: Jun 8 6:16pm | Replies (4)
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@wctdoc1943 I understand completely, thankfully my husband doesn’t have the ability to buy things over the internet and comes to me first. Thanks for your response

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Jun 8 3:47pm

@akela09, venting allowed. Sometimes it just helps to vent. These older discussions may offer some tips:
- Phone Scam Worries https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/phone-scam-worries/
- How do you protect from phishing emails, hoaxes and other scams?https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/iphones-ipads-and-other-scams/
- Facebook Safety Issue https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/facebook-safety-issue/

Reviewing these past discussions underlines how crafty and clever scam artists are. With AI (artifical intelligence) keeping the vulnerable safe gets harder and harder.

I was just reading this article today that can help us by paying attention to our emotions:
- Anatomy of a fraud: How scammers use our emotions against us https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/fraud-manipulation-how-to-protect-yourself-9.7224976

But what safety measures can we put in place for people who don't have the cognitive ability to recognize the manipulation?

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