Multiple incidents of scams targeting elderly individuals have been reported across the United States. A 73-year-old widow was scammed out of thousands of dollars, with the perpetrator making himself her power of attorney. In another case, two individuals attempted to defraud a 96-year-old woman in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, out of $10,000 by falsely claiming her son was in jail. The Yarmouth woman assisted police in apprehending the suspects. Additionally, a former business manager of a retirement community in Texas was arrested for allegedly misappropriating over $1.8 million from 102 elderly residents. Other cases include a woman facing charges for writing fake checks totaling over $34,000 from a victim under her care and a postal service supervisor accused of stealing checks from the mail. These incidents highlight a troubling trend of financial exploitation against the elderly population.