Common Scams and How to Avoid Them with Thomas Adkins
Tuesdays 9:00-10:00 a.m.
First Baptist Church Rooms 108-110
In-person only
This course will show you how to recognize and avoid common scams, often using real life examples that took place recently in Georgetown and elsewhere. We will focus on scams that tend to hit U.S. citizens aged 60 and over, and we will spend extra time on the most dangerous scams, including romance and financial scams. You will learn how AI (artificial intelligence) is rapidly changing some of the scams. We will discuss the scam risks of some common ways of making payments. Although this is not a cybersecurity class, we will also discuss some aspects of online safety.
Tom Adkins has a BA in economics and history from The University of Virginia and his law degree from the University of Texas. He practiced with the 400-lawyer Houston-based law firm Bracewell LLP for 38 years as a business transactions lawyer, where he served as head of the firm’s corporate and securities practice. He is Chairman of the NRO’s Antifraud Group in Sun City and leads an anti-fraud group for the SC Computer Club.
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