Last year, Floridians over 60 lost nearly $710M to cybercrime – here’s what to do if you or a loved one has been scammed

By Angela Ramos, Lecturer in Information and Technology Management, University of Tampa

As a cybersecurity educator, I’m used to being the unofficial IT support for my friends, family and neighbors. Forgotten passwords, suspicious emails, how-to’s – I’m the person they turn to because I “know about computers.”

So when I received a text from one of my neighbors, a woman in her early 70s, saying she had been scammed, I did not immediately think the worst. I texted her with the usual advice: Change your passwords, contact your financial institution, file an identity theft report, and perhaps make a…

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