One of our goals at Valley Area Agency on Aging is to keep seniors, caregivers, and providers aware of fraudulent scams against seniors and to prevent the waste of resources that provide seniors with healthcare services. If you have a suspicion, please learn more here about fraud, waste and abuse and how to report your suspicion.
New Scams:
Government Impersonator Scams- Eng
Grandkid and Family Scams- Eng
Job and Money-Making Scams- Eng
Helpful:
Identity theft can happen to anyone
How to tell if someone is using your identity
Current Scams & Alerts
- Avoid Hurricane Ian Relief Scams
- Hang up on Imposter Scams
- Genesee County Health Department Warns of a Phone Scam Impersonating Employees
- Avoid a Scammer
- Did you get a text from your own number
- Verizon Smishing
- DIFS Auto Refund Scams
- Scammer Pretending to be FTC
- National Consumer Protection Week
- Conned on Social Media?
- New crypto payment scam alert
- Fake Covid Tests
- Make your donation count by avoiding end
- Avoiding Money Mule Scam
- Utility Scam Awareness
- How to Spot and Avoid Common Health Scams
- Google Voice Scam
- Fake IRS emails about economic impact
- Keeping adults safe from scams
- Avoid 2020 Medicare Enrollment Marketing Scams
- Ransom Consumer Awareness
- Consumers Energy Scam
- Grandparent, Family Emergency Scam
- Scammer Seeking Personal Information
- Rental Assistance Payment Scam
- Scam “US Trading Commission” website is not the FTC
- How to Spot and Report
- Imposter Scams
- Scam Package Delivery Texts
- Over Paid Utility Bill Scam
- Staying Alert to Disaster
- Waiting Package Phishing Scam
- Free Trials Can be Costly
- Did someone tell you to pay with gift cards?
- Fraudulent Documents with Phone Scam
- Seeking Medicare Medicaid InformationBank Fraud Alert
- Media Contact Robo Calls
- Statewide Leaders Issue Warning to Residents on Local Health Department Phone ScamsMichigan AG and AARP Michigan Alert Michiganders to Grandparent Scam
- Protect Yourself From Medicare Fraud
- Office of Genesee County Sheriff- Elder Abuse and Exploitation Task Force
- Office of Inspector General- Home Health Care Scam
- Office of Inspector General- Skilled Nursing Scam
- Senior Medicare Patrol Fraud Schemes
- MI Elder Abuse Taskforce: Michigan Consumers Beware of Energy Scams
- MI Elder Abuse Taskforce: Local Public Health Calls
- Launching Conviction Integrity Units
COVID-19 SCAMS
- Scammers Target Loved Ones of COVID-19
- Ignore bogus COVID-19 vaccine scam
- COVID Vaccine Scams
- Scammer cash on COVID
- Urgent Consumer Alert on COVID scams
- COVID-19 Clinical Trials
- AG Nessel Reminds Consumers to Remain Alert for Scams, Price-gouging During COVID-19 Pandemic
- COVID Masks Exemption Cards
- Fake emails about fake money
- FTC Warnings About COVID-19 Treatment
- How to avoid COVID-19
- Contact Tracing Text Message Scam
- Did a nursing home or assisted living facility take your stimulus check?
- Stimulus Payment Scam
- COVID-19 Checks- Flattening the Scam
- 60 and Over in the TIme of COVID-19
- Socially Distancing COVID-19
- From Attorney General Dana Nessel
- Consumer Alert
- Consumer Tip Sheet
- Defending Against COVID-19 Cyber Scams
- MDDHS Scam Calls
- Consumer Alert Regarding Online Coronavirus Scams
- Coronavirus
- Grandparent scams in the age of Coronavirus
Information Disclaimer
The Compliance Officer will investigate all suspicions of fraud, waste or abuse and provide reports to the Compliance Committee. The information contained on this FWA webpage is for information purposes only. This information is provided by Valley Area on Aging and while we endeavor to keep this information up to date and correct, we make no representations of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability of shared information. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk.
