Seniors, Don't Get Scammed

The Carver-McDonald Branch Library at 2941 Renwick St., Monroe, LA will host a community program on Thursday, May 9, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. with presenter, Detective Kwasic Heckard, Monroe Police Department. Detective Kwasic Heckard, a police officer for the Monroe Police Department will discuss techniques that seniors can help protect themselves from current scams, home burglaries to cybercrimes. Common scams aimed at older adults include: Government impersonator scams, such as someone posing as a Medicare representative asking for account information. Fake prizes, sweepstakes, the Internal Revenue Service, the Social Security Administration, and lottery scams, in which you are asked to pay money or provide account information to claim winnings. Some other common scams are computer or tech scams, where a scammer will reach out by phone or by email and indicate that there is a virus that has been detected on the senior’s computer, to get access to the senior’s personal information that may be maintained on their PC. Or a demand for payment for that antivirus scammer to clean the viruses off that senior’s computer. Discussion: What steps can seniors and families take to prevent fraud by scammers? Carver-McDonald Library Branch Manager, Joyce Powell