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Scammers Use Pandemic to Prey on Vulnerable Seniors

Scammers Use Pandemic to Prey on Vulnerable Seniors
People wait in line to enter a Smith's Food & Drug store in Las Vegas, Nev., on March 20, 2020. Ethan Miller/Getty Images
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Sheriff John Merchant of Brown County, Kansas, saw a man lose his life savings to a scammer three years ago, and since then he’s done his best to prevent that from happening to anyone else.

Right now, as shelter-in-place measures are adopted, most Americans are home, sitting in front of a computer and not far from their phones. Meanwhile, generosity, fear, and urgency abound.

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