Fraud protection: Seniors get scam education [Video]

Madeleine Gaudet knew what “fishing” was, but she didn’t know what “phishing” was.

“I had no idea what that was, but I was getting them from one of these companies that I deal with. Not from them, but it looked exactly like them, except there were a couple spelling mistakes,” she said.

Luckily, she did not fall for it, but she has several friends who have.

“You might think it’s your grandson, but the voice doesn’t sound quite right. So you automatically say, ‘Gee, David, what’s wrong? It doesn’t sound like you.’ So then we’ve given them a name and, you know, it’s just so automatic,’” she said.

The president of Stepping Stone Senior Centre in Fredericton believes their best line of defense is education, which is why they called the New Brunswick Financial and Consumer Services Commission to teach them about to look out for and when to ask for help.

That’s where Lisa Legere comes in.

The education specialist at FCNB …