Fake investment dashboards and blocked withdrawals, a Tennessee abuse investigation, credit-union phone takeovers, investment verification, mail theft, and public social-media safety.
Past weekly updates
Browse earlier professional and senior-center editions, organized by month and listed newest first.
September 2026
A Michigan FTC-impersonation case shows why a badge number is not verification, with additional lessons on remote-access scams, clustered cryptocurrency wires, trusted financial roles, fake digital-arrest threats, and immediate recovery steps.
Federal action against cyber-scam infrastructure, romance-fraud extraditions, healthcare-fraud enforcement, QR-code and disaster-scam prevention, recovery steps, and a Community in Action spotlight.
An alleged $1.3 million romance-and-investment scheme, lessons from family and debit-card exploitation, Arizona advocacy, Facebook public-post safety, and Check Before You Act Tennessee.
August 2026
DOJ's National Fraud Detection Center, TNEJC's recognition of FBI SA Matthew Short, Facebook public-post safety, and the introduction of Check Before You Act Tennessee.
Phone-first scams, caller-ID spoofing, robocalls, fake safe-account pressure, and Tennessee's SafeSeniorTN outreach through home-delivered meals.
Card skimmers and EBT protections, efforts to disrupt overseas scam infrastructure, and new prize-scam and romance-fraud enforcement actions.
FBI agent-impersonation warnings, spoofed financial-institution calls, and the risk that scammers will route victims across state lines to crypto ATMs.
Recovery scams, fake FBI and IC3 contacts, Tennessee robocall protections, the crypto ATM ban, and new Cash App fraud-accountability requirements.
July 2026
Fake FBI and IC3 recovery offers, AI-generated authority signals, gold-bar and courier schemes, and practical ways to protect prior fraud victims from a second loss.
Transnational grandparent and AI-assisted romance scams, the Federal Elder Justice Action Plan, Tennessee's crypto kiosk ban, and SafeSeniorTN outreach.
Tennessee's crypto ATM ban survives its first court test, while recovery scams, alternative payment routes, and unsolicited telehealth offers remain concerns.
Pig-butchering and AI-enabled fraud, new FBI loss data, federal disruption of scam-center infrastructure, and victim-centered intervention strategies.
June 2026
Evolving impersonation tactics, World Elder Abuse Awareness Day momentum, AI voice cloning, and preparation for Tennessee's crypto kiosk prohibition.
Tennessee's approaching crypto ATM ban, the federal Stop Crypto ATM Scams Act, and clear prevention messages for law enforcement, banks, and community partners.
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, federal and Tennessee crypto ATM action, current scam tactics, and essential reporting resources for coalition partners.
