State officials, AARP urge older adults to be on guard against financial scams - Maryland Matters

State officials, AARP urge older adults to be on guard against financial scams - Maryland Matters

Judith Boivin talks about being scammed out of more than a half-million dollars. She shared her story at a June 10 news conference at the AARP of Maryland office in Annapolis. Photo by William J. Ford.Judith Boivin cannot remember all the details of an elaborate and complicated scheme by criminals who swindled her between September 2023 and January of this year. But she can’t forget the amount the scammers took: More than $500,000 in cash and in…