{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Caregivers Podcast","title":"AI Scams Targeting Seniors: How Caregivers Can Protect Aging Seniors","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1127,"description":"Your mother has sent money to a man she's never met. You ask to see her phone, and she puts it away. What do you do? And if she hands it over, are you ready for what else you might find? Here's how to protect an aging parent from scams without taking over their life.\nThis week, Dr. Mark covers how deepfake and voice-cloning scams work, how to check a parent's phone without invading their privacy, and how to spot subscription creep. He also weighs monitoring apps against taking the phone away, and ends with a practical safety plan you can start this week.\nIn 2025, people aged 60 and older reported more than $7.7 billion in losses to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Centre.\nIn this episode, you'll learn:\n✅ How to verify a \"family emergency\" call before sending money\n✅ The red flags behind almost every scam: money, account access, secrecy, urgency\n✅ What to say instead of \"How could you fall for this?\"\n✅ What monitoring apps can and can't do for an adult\n✅ What to do if a scam gets through\nWhere to Report Fraud:\n🇨🇦  Canada\n▶️ Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre: https://reportcyberandfraud.canada.ca/\n📞 1-888-495-8501\n▶️ Also report to your local police (non-emergency line)\n🇺🇸  United States \n▶️ Federal Trade Commission: https://reportfraud.ftc.gov \n📞 1-877-382-4357\n▶️ FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3): https://www.ic3.gov\n▶️ National Elder Fraud Hotline: https://www.justice.gov/stopelderfraud\n📞 1-833-FRAUD-11 (1-833-372-8311)\nIf someone is in immediate danger, call 911.\n \nConnect With Us:\n▶️ https://linktr.ee/thecaregiverspodcast\nBuy Us a Coffee:\n▶️ https://buymeacoffee.com/thecaregiverspodcast \nSubscribe to The Caregivers Podcast on YouTube, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts so you never miss an episode. If you find these conversations helpful, please leave a review or share this episode with a fellow caregiver.\n🔊 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-caregivers-podcast/id1842203665 \n🔊 Spotify:...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/S-JQABlYZbnBecnHon9gr2RIdTyQkMuMFTciU47aM5c/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zMzc0/ODU4YzBkYzZmNGJi/NzA5ZTAzN2I4YzM4/ZTMzMi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}