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S6 E7 | 46 min
How Caregivers Can Protect Themselves from Online Scams with Theresa Ebden
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Caregivers manage a lot — appointments, finances, online accounts, and high-stress decisions — and scammers know exactly how to exploit those pressures. In this episode, host Michelle Jobin is joined by Theresa Ebden, Vice President of the Investor Office at the Ontario Securities Commission, to talk about how financial fraud is evolving and why caregivers are often targeted.

Drawing from both professional expertise and personal caregiving experience, Theresa explains how modern scams work, including AI-driven impersonation, phishing emails, romance and investment scams, crypto fraud, and the grandparent emergency scam

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