Each year, millions of older adults fall victim to some type of financial fraud including romance, lottery, and sweepstakes scams—just to name a few, which causes them to lose billions of dollars. The Portsmouth police department provides education to help prevent this from happening, and/or encourage reporting if someone has been scammed. The presentation will cover the following topics: Identifying Scams, Avoiding Scams, Financial Exploitation, and Reporting-followed by a question/answer segment.

 

About the Presenter
Detective Rochelle Jones was hired by the Portsmouth police department in 2002, is a military Veteran, and currently assigned as the Community Outreach Coordinator and Mason the Comfort Dog’s handler. She is responsible for building and maintaining relationships with the community, local organizations, and acts as the department liaison for senior service providers.