Identity theft & scam prevention seminar

LAKE VILLA, Ill. – State Senator Suzi Schmidt (R-Lake Villa) and the Illinois Attorney’s General Office will co-host a scam and identity-theft prevention program on Wednesday, September 7.  

The program will be from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Round Lake Beach Cultural Center at 2007 Civic Center Way, Round Lake Beach.

The program, which is free and open to the public, will teach participants how to protect themselves from financial exploitation in health-care fraud, debt settlement and consolidation traps, check-cashing scams, fraudulent businesses and what their rights are under new credit card rules.  

The seminar is part of The Silver Beat program from the Attorney’s General Office, designed to give senior citizens knowledge and tools to avoid being targets of a wide range of fraud.  

Those who want more information can call Sen. Schmidt’s district office at 224-372-7465.