HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Cybercrimes against seniors have been around for a while. But now, they’re being increasingly targeted by a more bewildering array of scams that often go undetected.
“They either don’t want to cooperate, they don’t want to be embarrassed about it. They want to just move on with their life and eat the loss,” said U.S Secret Service agent Cherise Richards.
At a town hall in Aiea Thursday evening, Richards warned kupuna not to fall for scams. She brought up her own mom as an example of someone being targeted — and sometimes falling for the scam…