What does your agency enjoy most about participating in our Annual Health & Wellness Expo?

Talking to the attendees, one on one, about their personal experiences with phone scams and other frauds they face each day.

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What is a health/wellness tip you would provide to participants related to your agency?

Many of the scams that seniors already know about; the grandparent scam, ruse burglaries and imposter scams, now have a “COVID-19 twist“. The criminals are taking advantage of everyone's concern about the current worldwide pandemic. 

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In one recent scam, the criminals used fear of the virus to gain access to a senior's home to “check the water for COVID-19.“ 

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While inside the home, the "water tester" distracted the home owner, while their partner in crime stole valuables from a bedroom.  Scammers are also reaching out over the phone, through texts and via emails, offering quick, easy and inexpensive medications and testing kits for COVID-19. In this situation the criminals will ask the victim to provide their personal information, by giving a stranger your name, address, date of birth, social security number, medicare number, you are opening yourself up to identity theft. 

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How can virtual participants get more information about your agency?

The best way to reach the cook county sheriff's senior citizen service office is to call (708) 865-7333