As seniors we have become a primary target for scammers. You may have been a victim or know of someone that has been scammed. Our personal information is more easily obtained by bad people as businesses, governments and even our own social platforms are keeping this information in electronic format and it lives there forever. With our data sources being connected and shared, we are experiencing increased exposure to theft and data breaches. Your information is being sold on the Black or Dark web to an entire fraud industry that see us easy targets as the buyer.
Our presenter Ree Anna Bridges will look at various tactics that scammers utilize to try to defraud millions of people daily. She will simplify terms such as phishing, pharming, skimming and shimming. She will also discuss tips and some best practices to help protect yourself from these scams and perhaps give you a few tips that you can share to help protect others.
Ree Anna will also discuss the tools, resources and daily measures that we can utilize and who can we turn to when we need outside assistance or help. After this presentation you will become more perceptive to current fraud trends and be more focused on the communities affected.
Presenter: Ree Anna Bridges is a Community Engagement Manager and Branch Manager for UCU at UM@M. She is a Certified Credit Union Financial Counselor at UCU and a State of Maine Licensed Educator.
Class Information: This is a hybrid class - held in-person in UM@M’s room SCI 102 and via Zoom.
All facilities at the University of Maine at Machias (UM@M) are fully handicap compliant. The facilities used by Sunrise Senior College (SSC) at the college have ramps, elevators and handicap accessible bathrooms. Our offsite functions and activities have various limitations and restrictions and may not be fully handicap accessible. SSC will endeavor to identify limitations at these to you in advance.
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This class is available to all current Maine Senior College (MSCN) Members. The general public not wishing to join Sunrise Senior College at this time may attend this class for a $15.00 fee.
Important: If at this time you are not a current member of Sunrise Senior College (SSC) but are planning to join as a member today, make sure you answer that “Your SSC membership is current” when checking out so that we can properly bill you for this class.
Sunrise Senior College (SSC) is a membership-based organization. Our SSC members receive special benefits as current members when they register for this course. Any member of another MSCN college is also able to enjoy this course, but may incur some additional charges. If you are a member of the general public, you can take this course but will have to pay additional fees associated with being a non-member. For any attendee that is not a current member of Sunrise Senior College, any materials required for the course are your responsibility. When checking out, please carefully read and answer the questions asked associated with this specific course so that you are charged appropriately for this class. Failure to do this may result in your being cancelled from the course. We hope you enjoy this offering.