Sunrise Senior College Online Course Registration

Sunrise Senior College is very pleased to have Elaine Abbott, Sunrise County Economic Council, offer an us an in-depth series of presentations on the ever-present risk of Scams and Fraud. This topic impacts every citizen, but is especially found to be targeting Seniors in the online world we all live in. Con artists and thieves see us as the most vulnerable. Over four free sessions during July and August, she will teach us about the techniques that they use to trick people into giving up our personal information, money and our personal security. Can’t make every session? No problem! Just pick and choose the ones that you can attend and sign up today.

In this first session, Elaine will give us an overview of the warning signs of what to look for. In Red Flags of Frauds & Scams, participants will learn about the most prevalent online scams in investments, tech support, romance, impersonation, and the lottery and what all scams have in common. Participants will learn how to stop a scam before it starts and where to report a scam. This is the perfect introduction to help train and alert you on what you can do and perhaps which of the other three sessions might benefit you most. Please invite your friends or family to attend any or all of these informative sessions.   

Presenter:  Elaine Abbott is the Regional Broadband Coordinator at Sunrise County Economic Council and the Maine Connectivity Authority Regional Wabanaki Broadband Partner for Washington County. Her work focuses on broadband infrastructure and digital equity throughout the region. Elaine lives in Eastport with her husband and their two dogs.

Class Information: This is a hybrid class - held in-person in UM@M’s room SCI 102 and via Zoom with the instructor being in person at UM@M.

All facilities at the University of Maine at Machias (UM@M) are fully handicap compliant. The facilities used by Sunrise Senior College (SSC) at the college have ramps, elevators and handicap accessible bathrooms. Our offsite functions and activities have various limitations and restrictions and may not be fully handicap accessible. SSC will endeavor to identify limitations at these to you in advance.

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“Sunrise Senior College does not endorse any appeal or representation made by a presenter, non-profit organization or business during an SSC presentation. SSC members attending the presentations may wish to pursue additional involvement with the organization or presenter based on the material that was presented and in doing so, they are acting on their own and not as part of SSC.” 

This class is being offered Free and Open to the public and we encourage everyone with any interest in the material being presented to attend.