Scams targeting the elderly

Scams targeting the elderly

To the editor: I have been plagued by four to five “robo” calls per day relating to a supposed Medicare benefit. These persistent calls prey on the vulnerability and gullibility of senior women perpetrated by cheats who want to line their own pockets. Unfortunately, they are all around us… even among people we know. Trying to block the calls has not worked! This is not new… my mother and my aunt were both caught up in scams. My mother was bilked…