A local financial coach and senior care advocate says they are seeing new scam attempts being made as well as long-standing attempts continuing to be successful.

Connie Unruh with the TS Institute and DeWitt County TRIAD recently spoke at the Warner Library in Clinton the latest in scams. She says this is a topic that, unfortunately, is not going away.

According to Unruh, phone calls showing up on caller ID as an out-of-state business are becoming increasingly popular as are spam emails. She explains most email sites have spam filters that if you turn them on they work well.

In addition to the continuation of the basic 'grandparents' scams and others, Unruh indicates Amazon shoppers need to be careful of the things they are purchasing. 

Unruh indicates the August 'Senior Academy' was a big success this year. Among the topics for the yearly program were scams.