Holiday Scams Targeting Senior Citizens

'Tis the season … for holiday scams! Welcome to the launch of Season 3 of the Ageless Glamour Girls Podcast!

Scammers are going after senior citizens with a vengeance! Officials say holiday fraud is skyrocketing for older adults - scammers reaching out and touching them through the mail, phone, online, and beyond! And it's not just the holidays, thugs are busy, year-round.  But we're dropping nuggets that can help you protect yourself and your loved ones.

Our guest is USA Today Business and Consumer Reporter Charisse Jones, a Pulitzer prize-winning Reporter,  New York Times best-selling author, and a USA Today American Book Award Winner! You MUST hear what she has to say about this dirty business of scams.

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Charisse Jones BIO:
Charisse Jones is a veteran journalist, moderator, and author. Currently a national consumer reporter for USA Today, Jones is a former staff writer for the New York Times and The Los Angeles Times where she shared a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the Los Angeles riots. She is also the co-author of eight books including the American Book Award-winning “Shifting: The Double Lives of Black Women in America,’’ the New York Times bestselling Misty Copeland memoir “Life in Motion,’’ and most recently “The Invisible Ache,’’ with actor Courtney B. Vance and Dr. Robin Smith. 

Follow her on X @charissejones and Instagram @CharisseJ1.