AARP Washington Fraud Prevention Unknown Caller Tip-Offs to Rip-Offs The Top-5 Robocall Scams Targeting Wenatchee Area Phone Lines The numbers are in, and they're headed in the wrong direction. According to new statistics from the Federal Trade Commission, Washington consumers lost nearly $69 million to fraud in 2020, more than double the amount lost in 2019. The barrage of automated telephone solicitations or "robocalls" we get on our home and mobile phones seems to be never-ending. In fact, robocalls coming into the U.S. have more than doubled to nearly 50 billion calls a year. To make matters worse, experts estimate that up to half of these calls may be attempts to defraud consumers - and Washington state has been hit hard by this massive increase in unwanted scam calls. To help consumers better spot and stop emerging robocall scams, local and statewide organizations have joined AARP and Nomorobo to provide real-time access to the top calls flooding Wenatchee area phone lines. Visit aarp.org/Tipoffs for early warning reports on actual calls making the rounds in your community. You'll have an opportunity to listen to each call and better familiarize yourself with the scammers' latest pitches before they have a chance to dial your number. Be sure to visit aarp.org/Tipoffs often as we'l be regularly updating the material! Please also take a moment to share the information with your family and friends. The better we're all able to recognize a scam pitch before we're in the con-artist's sights, the better we'll be able to protect ourselves and our money. Presented by: Asine Action BEICU Nomorobo DANY aarp.org/TipOffs AARP Washington Fraud Prevention Unknown Caller Tip-Offs to Rip-Offs The Top-5 Robocall Scams Targeting Wenatchee Area Phone Lines The numbers are in, and they're headed in the wrong direction. According to new statistics from the Federal Trade Commission, Washington consumers lost nearly $69 million to fraud in 2020, more than double the amount lost in 2019. The barrage of automated telephone solicitations or "robocalls" we get on our home and mobile phones seems to be never-ending. In fact, robocalls coming into the U.S. have more than doubled to nearly 50 billion calls a year. To make matters worse, experts estimate that up to half of these calls may be attempts to defraud consumers - and Washington state has been hit hard by this massive increase in unwanted scam calls. To help consumers better spot and stop emerging robocall scams, local and statewide organizations have joined AARP and Nomorobo to provide real-time access to the top calls flooding Wenatchee area phone lines. Visit aarp.org/Tipoffs for early warning reports on actual calls making the rounds in your community. You'll have an opportunity to listen to each call and better familiarize yourself with the scammers' latest pitches before they have a chance to dial your number. Be sure to visit aarp.org/Tipoffs often as we'l be regularly updating the material! Please also take a moment to share the information with your family and friends. The better we're all able to recognize a scam pitch before we're in the con-artist's sights, the better we'll be able to protect ourselves and our money. Presented by: Asine Action BEICU Nomorobo DANY aarp.org/TipOffs