

Marti DeLiema
Gerontologist and assistant professor of social work focusing on older-adult victimization and fraud; researches the psychological and financial impacts of scams on seniors.
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Mar 13, 2026 • 47min
667. Here’s Why You Are Constantly Fighting Off Scammers
Kati Daffin, former FTC consumer protection attorney, and Marti DeLiema, a University of Minnesota gerontologist, unpack the industrial scale scam economy. They dig into transnational scam centers, why older adults can face severe financial and emotional harm, how smart people get manipulated, and why platforms, payment systems, and regulators struggle to keep up.


