New white paper documents how criminals exploit trusted brands - utilities, Medicare, banks - to defraud the nation's most vulnerable email users, and what families can do right now to stop it
MIAMI, FL / ACCESS Newswire / April 1, 2026 / TrustNFT.io today released "America's Most Targeted Inbox: How Email Phishing Scams Target Seniors, Destroy Financial Security, and What Families Can Do to Stop It," a white paper examining the disproportionate impact of email phishing fraud on older Americans and the practical protective measures available to individuals and families.
The white paper, available free at research.trustnft.io, arrives as elder financial fraud reaches historic levels. The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center reported that Americans over 60 lost $3.4 billion to fraud in 2023 - the highest of any age group - with email-delivered scams serving as the primary delivery mechanism. The average loss per elder fraud victim was $35,101, representing many seniors with the loss of life savings accumulated over decades of work.
White Paper Highlights:
One in three Americans over 65 receives a phishing email every week - emails crafted to be indistinguishable from real communications from utilities, Medicare, the IRS, and major banks
78% of senior phishing victims never report the crime - shame, embarrassment, and fear of losing independence prevent victims from seeking help or justice
Elder fraud losses grew 183% between 2019 and 2023, far outpacing fraud growth in other demographic groups
The six psychological factors that make seniors disproportionately targeted - including accumulated wealth, trust in authority, and under-reporting from shame
Detailed analysis of the four most dangerous scam categories: utility billing fraud, Medicare impersonation, IRS phishing, and bank fraud
The family dimension: 62% of adult children helped a parent deal with a fraud attempt in the past 12 months, spending an average of 11 hours per incident
Practical protective steps for individuals, families, and policymakers - including the Guardian consumer protection approach
"The data tells a heartbreaking story about who is being harmed. Seniors who spent their lives building savings are losing them in minutes - to criminals sending convincing fake emails from their electric company or their Medicare plan. The technology to stop this exists. The question is whether we deploy it fast enough."
- Stuart Fine, CEO, TrustNFT / Remergify
The white paper introduces TrustNFT Guardian- a browser extension that automatically monitors emails from companies that seniors trust most and displays a visible badge indicating whether each email is genuine or suspicious. Adult children can configure Guardian for an elderly parent in approximately five minutes, with the senior requiring no technical knowledge or change in how they use email.
About TrustNFT Guardian
TrustNFT Guardian will available at no cost at guardian.trustnft.io. in the next few weeks. The Guardian Pro plan, providing family protection for up to five family members, will be available at $7.99 per month. The extension supports Gmail, Microsoft Outlook, Yahoo Mail, and AOL Mail.
About TrustNFT
TrustNFT is a blockchain-anchored anti-fraud and anti-counterfeiting verification platform developed by Remergify, LLC, headquartered in Miami, Florida. TrustNFT operates two complementary products: TrustNFT Verify, an enterprise email domain verification service for corporations, utilities, financial institutions, and government agencies; and TrustNFT Guardian, a consumer email protection product that helps individuals and families identify phishing emails before clicking on them. TrustNFT Verify uses blockchain technology to create an immutable, unforgeable record of verified corporate sending domains, displayed as a visible trust badge inside consumers' email clients in Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo Mail, and AOL Mail.
Media Contact
Stuart Fine, Chief Executive Officer
TrustNFT / Remergify, Miami, Florida
Email: stuart@trustnft.io
Web: research.trustnft.io
SOURCE: Remergify, Inc.
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