SENIOR SCAM ALERTS

Sharye Hendrix, founder and Director of the Smiles On Seniors, S.O.S. organization, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, invited Obion County Sheriff Karl Jackson to present information to area seniors regarding potential scams and crimes against the elderly, in the Harvey Vick Community Room of the South Fulton Municipal Complex April 7. Sheriff Jackson, assisted by South Fulton Police Chief Mitchell Maynard, covered steps to take each day to protect families and communities as well as important facts about phone scams, financial fraud, door-to-door scams, healthcare fraud, identity theft, property and physical crimes. Each person in attendance was given a free 20-page booklet detailing all information provided, to take home. Approximately 30 were in attendance for the presentation. (Photos by Benita Fuzzell.)