📋 Biggest Scams to Watch for in 2025 (AARP Article)

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📋 Biggest Scams to Watch for in 2025 (AARP Article)

FROM THE ARTICLE: Five of the Biggest Scams to Watch for in 2025.

Old frauds don’t disappear — they become more sophisticated. Here’s how to protect yourself.

By Ken Budd, AARP.

Published December 16, 2024.

"Hi Dr. Richard,” the text to Amy Nofziger began. “I was playing with my puppy today and noticed a lump under his nipple.” The stranger requested an exam and included a photo of her puppy’s belly.

Like so many of us, Nofziger, director of AARP’s Fraud Network, gets loads of fake wrong number texts — a tactic scammers use to engage you — but the sophistication and imagination of this one surprised her (they’re often simply, “Do you want to meet for dinner?” or something more straightforward, as we explain in this story). “If I wasn’t aware that they’re using emotional manipulation, I would have said, ‘Sorry, you have the wrong number. I hope your puppy is okay,’” says Nofz.

USE LINK BELOW TO READ ARTICLE: https://www.aarp.org/money/scams-fraud/biggest-scams-2025/