Staff at the hotline will listen to details, explain reporting requirements, connect callers to appropriate agencies, and provide other resources.<\/strong><\/p>\nThe hotline is staffed seven days a week between 6 a.m. and 11 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n
Staff on the hotline speak English, Spanish, and other languages.<\/p>\n
Warning on Impersonators<\/h2>\n
In a recent twist, the DOJ announced a new scam in which callers falsely claim to work for the National Elder Fraud Hotline or the DOJ, and threaten to file lawsuits against the person contacted.<\/p>\n
Sometimes, the caller asks for personally identifiable information.<\/p>\n
The DOJ reminds the elderly and others never to provide Social Security numbers or send money if someone gets one of these calls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A fake lottery that defrauded elderly victims of hundreds of thousands of dollars has led to a guilty plea by one of the principal criminals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":283985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,60],"tags":[13766,87375,82614,87374,81928,82114],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Fraudulent Lottery Targeting Seniors Leads to Suspect\u2019s Guilty Plea<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n