Asset Protection Under Threat: Philanthropy’s Role in Combating Financial Scams Across the Lifespan
Financial scams are a rapidly growing threat to asset security for people of all ages—with older adults among the most frequently and severely targeted. From sophisticated online fraud to predatory schemes, scams are eroding hard-won assets, deepening debt, and undermining decades of wealth building.
This webinar will give funders a clear-eyed look at the scope and scale of financial scams threatening the assets of people facing the greatest economic risks and explore how philanthropy can play a meaningful role in turning the tide. Speakers will examine the landscape of consumer protections available at the federal, state, and institutional levels—including data privacy safeguards and financial industry regulations—and identify where philanthropic investment can have the greatest protective impact.
Attendees will leave with a sharper understanding of the policy and programmatic levers available to defend people’s assets from financial harm, and concrete ideas for how their funding can support consumer protection and prevention efforts. These actions include supporting education, real-time prevention technology, advocacy to strengthen policy and support people who have been harmed.
Attendees will leave with:
- A better understanding of the scale of who is harmed by financial scams and how, with a focus on older adults and other populations facing the greatest economic risks
- A grounded view of the current landscape of federal, state, and institutional consumer protections
- A sharper sense of high-impact opportunities for philanthropic investment in asset protection, scam prevention, and response
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