State launches new website to combat scams
KENTUCKY, AUG 7 – StopScams.ky.gov offers scam alerts, educational resources, and reporting tools to reduce the $74 million annual losses Kentuckians face from fraud, officials said.
- Team Kentucky launched StopScams.ky.gov on Thursday to help residents avoid scams, according to Governor Andy Beshear.
- Facing a $74 million annual toll, the FBI report shows Kentuckians lost more than $74 million to scams in 2024.
- Through StopScams.ky.gov, officials say the website serves as a one-stop resource on how to spot scams, report them, recover losses, and offers scam alerts via email or text message.
- Marni Rock Gibson of the Department of Financial Institutions said the initiative unites agencies with one goal: to keep Kentuckians safe from scams.
- This coming week, at the Kentucky State Fair, officials say the Department of Financial Institutions will host a Stop Scams booth, part of Scam Jam events.
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Gov. Beshear announces website to help Kentuckians avoid scams
Kentucky has launched a new website that aims to help protect the public from scams, Gov. Andy Beshear announced this week. The website will focus on preventing scams through awareness, reporting and education.
Beshear announces launch of new website, initiatives to fight scams in Kentucky - WNKY News 40 Television
FRANKFORT, Ky. – A new website is now active to help protect Kentuckians against scams. That’s according to Gov. Andy Beshear on Thursday, who announced StopScams.ky.gov, a website Team Kentucky launched to help efforts to prevent scams through raising awareness, reporting and education. “Scams are mean and cruel, and they cost Kentuckians of all ages their hard-earned savings that should be going toward rent, groceries, retirement and more,” Be…
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