Scams targeting Bradenton's senior population are on the rise, police say.

"Every single week, we have an elderly senior who sits in our office and talks about how they have lost everything," a Bradenton detective said.

Scammers love to prey on hope, and with a 4.3 percent unemployment rate in the U.S. as of August 2025, they've got a lot of hopeful job seekers to pounce on. No matter the economic environment, though ...