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A new analysis ranks California among the states where seniors face the greatest risk of falling victim to scams. The analysis, from the Retirement Living Research Team, showed California is the fourth riskiest state for senior scams. Senior Deputy District Attorney Anand “Lucky” Jesrani with the Shasta County District Attorney’s Office told the Northstate’s News all demographics are susceptible to scams, and everyone is being targeted. However, when seniors are scammed, since they’ve accumulated more wealth over the years, their losses can be substantially more. “We see [scams] through email, but the most common ones we're really seeing the trend towards is the phone calls now,” Jesrani said before adding, “Now we're hearing to just give access to their bank account because their account has been compromised. The scammers posing as a government agent, an FBI agent, here to help because their bank account is compromised. They'll tell them they need to move all their money to this new account or to some cryptocurrency. And those are big flags everybody should be looking out for.” Jesrani discussed how scammers use artificial intelligence. "What AI has really helped the scammers with, and makes it more dangerous to the victims in our community is, what we used to be able to tell people is, look out for poor grammar, poor spelling on text messages, emails, or phone calls. But with the advent of AI, that is being erased a little bit because the scammers can make sure that their emails are tighter, more accurate, and a little bit more targeted to the type of person that they're trying to seek the scam against. So, the scammers are getting just better at their job because they don't have to worry about the accuracy of their language." Jesrani said losses from these scams can end up being significant, with bank accounts completely wiped out. Seniors might wait to report it because they’re embarrassed, however, he said it’s best to report it right away so their office can try to trace and recover funds. To avoid being scammed, Jesrani advised to have your guard up, don’t make quick decisions, and instead, take a moment to let your instincts kick in. Report a correction or typo. Trending Stolen vehicle alert led to Red Bluff woman shoplifting at Ross A stolen vehicle alert from an automatic license plate reader led Tehama County sheriff’s deputies and Red Bluff police officers to a Red Bluff parking lot... Man dies after being shot multiple times at Bedrock Park in Oroville Police are investigating a shooting that ocucrred on Feather River Boulevard in Oroville on Saturday night. Vegetation fire near Turtle Bay School in Redding Firefighters are at the scene of a vegetation fire burning in a field near Aboretum Drive in Redding. Three Humboldt kids treated for rabies after bat encounters in Manila, Arcata Three children were treated for exposure to rabies after separate encounters with bats that later tested positive for the virus, the Humboldt County Health and Redding Ironman 70.3 race will return with earlier 2027 date Triathletes have a new date to circle on the calendar as Ironman 70.3 Northern California returns to Redding for the second year.