Older adults rely more on trust in decision-making. It could open them up to scams
medicalxpress.com
Each year, older adults lose more than $28 billion to financial scams targeting the elderly. Nearly three-quarters of that money is stolen by people the elderly adult knows—people they trust.
  • cosmicrookie@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 months ago

    The problem, is not that some older adults trust people too much or too easilly. The problem is that scammers misuse that trust.