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Middlesex County officials, police warn seniors about rising scams at Woodbridge event
Summary
County and local officials at a Woodbridge Township senior conference outlined common scams targeting older adults — from ATM skimmers and government impostors to romance and sweepstakes fraud — and urged practical steps to prevent losses.
Michelle Morgan, director of senior services for Woodbridge Township, and leaders from the Middlesex County Office on Aging and Disabled Services and the Woodbridge Police Department addressed seniors at a St. Patrick’s Day senior conference in Woodbridge Township, urging caution against a wide range of scams and giving concrete prevention steps.
The presentations warned that older adults are increasingly targeted by fraudsters and described how to recognize and respond to common schemes. Lila Zona, executive director of the Middlesex County Office on Aging and Disabled Services, said Middlesex County’s older-adult population is about 94,500 people, or roughly 22.5% of the county’s population, and cited national and federal data showing growing losses to scams among seniors. "With the growing number of older adults population in The United States ... seniors lost 3,400,000,000.0, that's with a b, billion dollars to scams in 2023," Zona said.
Why this matters: presenters said the combination of a growing older population and sophisticated criminal techniques makes…
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