You might think that grandparents fill their days with cookie-baking and Matlock reruns because they’ve reached the age that they don’t have all that much to worry about.
You’d be wrong about that.
In a quick survey of some grandparents that I know, I learned that instead of chocolate chips and legal dramas, they worry about things like:
- Health and medical issues
- Safety and security
- Family well-being
- Finances
- Loneliness and social connections
- Lifestyle and independence
One of the things that didn’t make that list (but should have made it) is scammers using AI technology to raid their finances and personal information of all sorts. It’s happening at an alarming rate, so much so that the Rockford Better Business Bureau has issued a warning.
High Tech “Grandparents Scams” In Illinois Have Become Very Realistic With Scammers Mimicking Voices Of A Victim’s Loved Ones To Trick Them
Dennis Horton, Director of the Rockford Regional Office of the Better Business Bureau (BBB) says that the voice on the phone may sound exactly like your grandchild, but it could be a scam powered by AI…