Scam awareness found to be best defense for older adults facing fraudster phone calls

Research led by Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, has looked into the susceptibility of older adults to scammers. In a paper, “Vulnerability of Older Adults to Government Impersonation Scams,” published in JAMA Network Open, the researchers tested 644 older adults with an experiment designed to mimic a government impersonation scam.