Elder Abuse Awareness Day: Western Union and Better Business Bureau Promote Fraud Awareness on U.N. Observance
13 6월 2013 - 9:30PM
Business Wire
The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU), a leader in global payment
services, and Better Business Bureau (BBB) today announced efforts
to promote awareness of scams that target seniors. June 15th is the
United Nations-designated World Elder Abuse Awareness Day.
BBB Scam Stopper was jointly launched by BBB and Western Union
as a site to help consumers reduce their chances of becoming a
victim of a scam.
“Scams are a form of financial abuse. Scammers create an
expectation of trust that results in financial loss and
considerable distress, especially to older people who fall victim,”
said Carrie A. Hurt, president and CEO of the Council of Better
Business Bureaus. “Awareness and education are the best tools we
have in the fight against fraud.”
One prevalent scam that targets seniors involves prizes,
sweepstakes and lotteries. Another is the emergency or grandparent
scam, where the scammer pretends a family member is in trouble, and
requests that money be sent urgently to help.
“Through our BBB partnership, we want to give consumers the
resources they need to protect their hard-earned savings,” said
Shelley Bernhardt, Director of Consumer Protection at Western
Union. “It is one part of our commitment to consumer protection and
empowerment.”
BBB Scam Stopper explains the science of scams and how scammers
gain their victims’ trust. Visitors can sign up to receive BBB Scam
Alerts, weekly emails with the latest scams reported to BBBs across
North America. Western Union promotes three basic money transfer
“never evers”:
1. Never use a money transfer service to send money to someone
you have not met in person.2. Never send money for an emergency
situation without verifying that it’s a real emergency; ignore the
caller’s plea not to tell others; confirm through other friends and
family.3. Never send funds received by check until it officially
clears in your account, which can take several days, or more.
Information on scams and how to protect yourself is also
available at Western Union’s Consumer Protection Center:
http://www.westernunion.com/stopfraud.
About Western Union
The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) is a leader in global
payment services. Together with its Vigo, Orlandi Valuta, Pago
Facil and Western Union Business Solutions branded payment
services, Western Union provides consumers and businesses with
fast, reliable and convenient ways to send and receive money around
the world, to send payments and to purchase money orders. As of
March 31, 2013, the Western Union, Vigo and Orlandi Valuta branded
services were offered through a combined network of approximately
515,000 agent locations in 200 countries and territories and
approximately 100,000 ATMs. In 2012, The Western Union Company
completed 231 million consumer-to-consumer transactions worldwide,
moving $79 billion of principal between consumers, and 432 million
business payments. For more information, visit
www.westernunion.com.
About BBB
For more than 100 years, Better Business Bureau has been helping
consumers find businesses, brands and charities they can trust. In
2012, consumers turned to BBB 124 million times for Business
Reviews on more than 4.5 million companies and Charity Reports on
11,000 charities, all available for free at bbb.org. The Council of
Better Business Bureaus is the umbrella organization for 113 local,
independent BBBs across the United States and Canada, as well as
home to its national programs on dispute resolution and industry
self-regulation.
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