Hämorrhoiden Behandlung  Archive for the ‘fraud’ Category  Older
People: More Vulnerable to Fraud  Federal Trade Commission: Up
to 80 percent of scam victims are over 65.  Despite long
experience with the ways of the world, older people are
especially vulnerable to fraud.   Crooks find older people more
susceptive from fraud.  Their age acts as if a built-in detector
for the scammers.  The reason may lie in the brain region called
the anterior insula.  The anterior insula is less active in
older people as a result making them less cautious than younger
people.   According to social neuroscientist Shelley Taylor of
the University of California, Los Angeles, research backs up the
idea that older people can put a positive spin on things —
emotionally charged pictures, for example, and playing virtual
games in which they risk the loss of money. “Older people are
good at regulating their emotions, seeing things in a positive
light, and not overreacting to everyday problems,” she says. But
this trait may make them