We seniors need to know what threatens us and how to deal with these threats. Informed folks make themselves safer. There are a number of sources for critical information, some generated right here in Solera, including Neighborhood Watch alerts and tips on how to stay safe. The Solera Connections newsletter is another valuable source of information which publishes a monthly article detailing online and telephone scams aimed at seniors. Some of the latest versions of the Neighborhood Watch newsletter and scam articles are available here. Also included here is a link to a “tip” pages that includes some common sense approaches to keeping us all safer.
And you'll always find good advice from the links posted here by your neighbors.
Neigborhood Watch
Scams
Safety Tips
Please feel free to submit any safety tips or links that you feel might help us defend ourselves.
Just click here
Here are a number of organizations that may be able to help when things go bad or to contact when you need more information.
FBI
FTC
LV Cyber Inv.
NV AG
BBB
SSA
Internet Crime
NCLnet.org
Additionally, due to some current concerns, the following articles have been posted.
Joann
Scary Statistics
Car Theft.
Solicitors
Been Hacked?
A Stolen Home
Investment Scams
Medicare Scams
Freeze My Credit?
PWN'ed?
Card Collection Scam
$1.5 Billion Stolen
And here are some links to articles and news stories detailing how bad people operate and how to defend yourself.
948 Spam Calls so far this year?
Most Scammed
DeepFakes
Pig Butchering
Nevada Scammed
Fraud Protection
The Guardians
Scams Mapped