The Lehigh County Elder Abuse Task Force has seen a growing number of fraudulent scams and anticipates these will continue to target our older citizens. Anyone who believes they may have been scammed in Lehigh County may contact the Elder Abuse Task Force at 610-782-3700.

Part of the reason older citizens are targeted is because they have more savings than younger people and are often easier to defraud when using new technologies like PayPal, Bitcoin and electronic transfers.

We again remind people to be suspicious of anyone who contacts you by phone and asks for large sums of money in any form. Anyone who requests or demands large amounts of funds, especially in untraceable methods like cryptocurrency, precious metals, gift cards and cash, is almost certainly part of a scam.