Money Talks

Guest Bridgette Wiggins, Director of the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection DivisionEveryone needs to protect their financial interests. Seniors might need a little help. We learn warning signs of Senior Financial Abuse and types of scams that are going round.  Scams on the Office of the Mississippi Attorney General's website: http://www.ago.state.ms.us/victims/scams/https://www.napsa-now.org/get-informed/exploitation-resources/http://www.ago.state.ms.us/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/seniorfinancialabusehandbook1.pdfhttp://www.ago.state.ms.us/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/seniorfinancialabuseguide.pdfATTORNEY GENERAL JIM HOOD WARNS MISSISSIPPIANS OF A RECENT SPOOFING SCAMNovember 20, 2015Attorney General Jim Hood is warning Mississippians today of a phone scam that challenges even the savviest consumer. “Scammers realize that consumers are much wiser and more likely to reject calls from unfamiliar numbers,” said Attorney General Jim Hood. “They use caller ID spoofing technology to impersonate a