Direct Message Scams - Don’t Take the Bait!
Scammers are sending you emails, text messages and even calling you, trying to get you to engage. Learn more about the many methods scammers are using today – including using AI to look and sound like people you know! – to separate you from your hard-earned money!
Lyn Peters, Director of Communications, Financial Education & Outreach with the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions will show you some of the techniques scammers are using today to get you to take the bait and give them information and access to your money.
This event is part of the End of Life program series.
Full End of Life series program list:
2/10: Advance Care Planning: Make Your Wishes Known!
2/26: Funeral Options 2.0
3/12: End of Life Resource Fair
3/23: Direct Message Scams - Don’t Take the Bait!
4/10: Fighting Fraud: Identify, Prevent, Report
4/15: Aging at Home: In Home Care and Supports
4/16: Advance Care Planning: Make Your Wishes Known!
4/22: Community Connections: South Whidbey at Home
4/29: Aging in Place
5/7: Dying in the West
5/13: Hospice 101
5/21: End of Life Ready with End of Life Washington
5/29: Empowering Caregivers with Support/Resources
6/10: Advance Care Planning with Whidbey Health
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