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Savvy Saving Seniors: Steps to Avoid Scams Webinar
By the end of this session, participants will be able to identify common and AI-enabled scams targeting older adults, apply practical strategies to protect personal information and finances, and support older adults through scam awareness conversations while connecting them to trusted prevention, training, and recovery resources.
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Ebony P. White
Director of Economic Security & Social Safety Net Initiatives, National Council on Aging
Ebony is a seasoned professional with over 15 years of experience in the field of helping to improve the lives of vulnerable families and communities rooted in equity. In her most recent role as the Senior Director of Programs with Prosperity Now, Ebony led a team that provided tailored technical assistance and capacity building to nonprofits and other key stakeholders to increase their leadership, ability to access resources, influence policy, expand their partners and networks, and find promising solutions in providing human-centered services grounded in data to advance economic stability and mobility. Prior to her work at Prosperity Now, Ebony spent nine (9) years at W.K. Kellogg Foundation where she worked across many initiatives, programs, and sectors to provide resources and agency to partners nationally. During that time, Ebony supported the design and implementation of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation’s Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation (TRHT) enterprise. In this initiative, Ebony managed the collaboration and networking with over 130 organizations and thought experts to identify best practices and guiding principles for communities to consider when implementing the TRHT framework of narrative change, racial healing, separation, law, and economy. Ebony earned her MPA in Nonprofit Leadership Management from Western Michigan University and her BSBA from Colorado Technical University.
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Shaneece Gaines
Senior Manager, Economic & Financial Security, National Council on Aging
Shaneece Gaines is an experienced leader in economic and financial security, with a strong background in housing, financial counseling, grant management, and cross-sector partnerships. Before joining NCOA, she managed a $50M+ national grant portfolio at The Salvation Army and held leadership roles at the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, where she directed a national network of housing counseling organizations and advanced housing affordability, homeownership, and financial empowerment initiatives. As Senior Manager of Economic & Financial Security at NCOA, she helps lead the development and implementation of programs, partnerships, and services that strengthen financial security and empowerment for adults age 45+, including initiatives focused on scam prevention, financial literacy, and food insecurity.
Using a train-the-trainer approach, participants will learn how to integrate scam education into their work, strengthen digital safety awareness, and support older adults in making proactive decisions that help protect their finances. The session will cover practical considerations for recognizing and responding to scams across digital, online, text, email, and phone-based interactions, including common scams such as telephone fraud, online phishing, identity theft, and emerging AI-enabled fraud. It will also feature animated storytelling created by NCOA to help older adults and caregivers recognize and avoid scams.
Participants will also receive access to the Steps to Avoid Scams module of NCOA’s Savvy Saving Seniors: Steps to Avoid Scams curriculum, including a facilitator toolkit with guides, presentation templates, and participant handbooks to support interactive workshops in their own communities.
Why register?
- Learn current scam trends and warning signs affecting older adults, including AI-enabled fraud.
- Gain practical tools and talking points to help older adults protect their money, identity, and personal information.
- Walk away with ready-to-use curriculum materials to deliver fraud prevention education in your community.
- Build confidence in connecting older adults to trusted reporting pathways.
Learning Objectives
- Identify the types of scams targeting older adults—including AI-enabled schemes—and explain how these scams undermine financial security and recovery.
- Demonstrate practical strategies to help seniors safeguard their personal information and finances, including tips on safe online practices.
- Discuss how to foster open, supportive conversations with older adults about scam awareness and connect them to valuable training and recovery resources.