http://nhpr.org en http://nhpr.org/post/seniors-increasingly-target-scams <p>According to the<a href="http://www.ftc.gov/sentinel/reports/sentinel-annual-reports/sentinel-cy2011.pdf" target="_blank"> Federal Trade Commission</a>, the number of complaints about consumer fraud against seniors has more than doubled since 2009. So called imposter scams, when someone poses as a relative or friend to extort money from someone they don&#39;t know increased by 22 percent last year.</p> Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:37:09 +0000 Rachel Gotbaum 2724 at http://nhpr.org Seniors Increasingly Target of Scams