Attorney General Ashley Moody hosted a Senior Scam Seminar at the On Top of the World Cultural Center in Marion County and released a new senior-protection resource. Attended by more than 500 Florida seniors, the educational symposium focused on senior fraud and how to avoid becoming a victim of cybercrime and schemes related to cryptocurrency, financial crime and exploitation. At the symposium, Attorney General Moody released Scams at a Glance: Grandparent Grifts. This new resource aims to help Florida seniors know how to avoid and properly report grandparent schemes. In these schemes, imposters pose as a grandchild and call a target claiming to be in an emergency situation and then request money.

Attorney General Ashley Moody said, “Today, we held a Senior Scam Seminar to educate hundreds of older Floridians about common and emerging scams. During the seminar, we released our Scams at a Glance: Grandparents Grifts. This new resource explains grandparent scams and provides tips to help older Floridians spot and avoid these imposter scams.”

Joining Attorney General Moody as speakers at the Senior Scam Seminar were Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods, representatives from the State Attorney’s Office from the 5th Judicial Circuit and Marion County Sheriff’s Office’s Fraud Team, as well as representatives from Attorney General Moody’s Cyber Fraud Enforcement Unit, Seniors vs Crime and Senior Protection Teams.