{"id":53915,"date":"2016-08-01T20:36:17","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T20:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=53915"},"modified":"2016-08-01T20:36:17","modified_gmt":"2016-08-01T20:36:17","slug":"new-study-scammed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/new-study-scammed\/","title":{"rendered":"New Study Suggests Senior Citizens Aren&#8217;t Most Likely to be Scammed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new study released by the Better Business Bureau (BBB) reports two age groups who are more likely to be scammed than others&#8230;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inc.com\/joseph-steinberg\/warning-millennials-and-gen-xers-are-more-vulnerable-to-scams-than-senior-citiz.html\">Inc.com<\/a> reported the BBB did a study recently and found Millennials and Generation X&#8217;ers are far more likely than senior citizens to fall victim to scammers.\u00a0 The report found out of those who were scammed, 89% of senior citizens reported 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