{"id":131137,"date":"2024-05-28T19:05:42","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T23:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=131137"},"modified":"2024-05-28T19:06:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T23:06:18","slug":"mcneill-to-host-senior-scam-prevention-presentation-event-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=131137","title":{"rendered":"McNeill to host senior scam prevention presentation event Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>State Rep. Jeanne McNeill will host a senior scam prevention presentation from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. tomorrow, May 29 in the Catasauqua Middle School Auditorium located at Bridge and Fairview streets (850 Pine St.) in Catasauqua.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, seniors are the target of many scams,\u201d McNeill said. \u201cScams targeting seniors caused over $3.4 billion in losses last year, which was an increase of approximately 11% from the year prior. Additionally, the average victim of elder fraud lost $33,915 due to these crimes in 2023. This is why events like this are important and is why I try to host them regularly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>David Shallcross, director of senior protection at the Pennsylvania attorney general\u2019s office will give a presentation to senior citizens on how to avoid scams. Following the presentation there will be a Q&amp;A session where those attending can have their questions answered.<\/p>\n<p>More information is available by calling McNeill\u2019s district office at 610-266-1273.<\/p>\n<p>House Democrats are committed to promoting better jobs, better schools and better communities. Putting people ahead of politics, House Democrats are leading the charge to lower taxes, help workers save for retirement, put more teachers in local schools, and make communities safer. More information on these successful efforts is at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pahouse.com\/deliveringforpa\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/pahouse.com\/deliveringforpa&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1717022819412000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0x3xzJ3-enuxwBSVZjmi6E\">pahouse.com\/deliveringforpa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nDeclan Shaffer<br \/>\nHouse Democratic Communications Office<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State Rep. Jeanne McNeill will host a senior scam prevention presentation from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. tomorrow, May 29 in the Catasauqua Middle School Auditorium located at Bridge and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=131137\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">McNeill to host senior scam prevention presentation event Wednesday<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":131138,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/senior-scam.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131137"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=131137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/131138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=131137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=131137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=131137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}