8. Credit Card Skimming
Are you about to fill up the tank? If yes, take a closer look at that gas pump before swiping your credit or debit card. Gas stations are top-rated places among card skimmers. They attach a ‘skimming’ device to steal important information from your account when you swipe or insert your credit card.
Even Stokes was a victim of card skimming. Luckily, her bank managed to catch the fraud in an instant. She recommends paying in cash at gas stations. However, a gas station isn’t the only place where scammers use the card skimming technique.
Standalone ATMs are often associated with credit card skimming.
2 thoughts on “11 Common Scams Targeting the Elderly”
One very good wasy to get rid of the grandchild call is to ask for his or her middle name. They will immediately hang up.
Another scam is a call telling you your computer has a virus and they can get rid of it for you when indeed they are putting the virus in and charging you big bucks to get rid of it, then later calling you telling you they can’t fix it and is going to return your money. Instead they wind up taking more money.