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Gray, Alison

Elder fraud is the financial exploitation of the state's older population. National statistics indicate older generations lose $40 billion per year to fraudulent electronic scams. The state's fifty and older population accounts for more than 25 percent of fraud complaints and identity thefts reportedly annually. The article reports not only on the schemes but who perpetrates these crimes.

North Carolina Insight (NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 23 Issue 2-3, Mar 2010, p48-87, il

Aged; Identity theft; Fraud