https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/04/30/fbi-scammers-took-3-4b-from-older-americans-in-2023/

By Alanna Durkin Richer | Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Scammers stole more than $3.4 billion from older Americans last year, according to an FBI report released Tuesday that shows a rise in losses through increasingly sophisticated criminal tactics to trick the vulnerable into giving up their life savings.