Senior Fraud Alert
THE FIRST FRAUD PREVENTION WEBSITE
As a Yeg Senior Alliance project, ICANSA, Edmonton Senior Centre and Westend Seniors Activity Centre came together to write a grant.
With ESC at the lead, we engaged over 100 seniors to read and give feedback on the scams, the video presentations and the quizzes. They worked in small focus groups of 5 seniors each. They represented 7 languages, were multi-cultural, and inclusive. Seniors volunteered to act in the scenarios that show how they spotted and stopped scammers. They came from many socioeconomic backgrounds and they all volunteered their time to bring you a free, senior-driven, senior-focused online learning tool.
A FREE RESOURCE TO LEARN HOW TO IDENTIFY FRAUD AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM IT
This Prevention Education Tool was created because seniors were brave enough to sit down with us and explain why they were continuing to get defrauded on the internet even after attending information sessions on how to protect themselves. They wanted to feel empowered to be their own detectives!
In the learning module, there are different types of fraud we found:
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Health & Safety Fraud
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Internet Fraud
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Relationship & Lifestyle Fraud
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Banking Fraud
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Government Fraud
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More
We will be adding languages, and modules to the website in the next week, months, and years. WSAC is going to take the lead on the project and move it forward.
