The Del Sol Lions is hosting a speaker who will focus on fraud prevention and describe how artificial intelligence is being used against unsuspecting seniors. The public is invited to hear the presentation at the Del Sol Lions Club meeting on Tuesday, May 26, with light refreshments at 5:30 p.m. and the presentation at 6 p.m., at La Colonia Community Center, 715 Valley Ave., Solana Beach.
The speaker, Lisa Carroll, has worked in the accounting field for 30 years, has a bachelor’s degree in accounting, and is a certified fraud examiner and certified bookkeeper.
She has operated her firm, Number Crunching, for over 20 years. In addition to preparing financial statements for small to medium sized businesses, Carroll is an expert witness regarding financial matters on family court, civil court, and criminal court matters.
Carroll is an affiliate member of the San Diego Family Law Bar…
Cyber fraud uses technology as the primary weapon. It is highly scalable and can be conducted from anywhere in the world.
- Phishing/Smishing/Vishing: Using deceptive emails (phishing), text messages (smishing), or phone calls (vishing) to trick victims into clicking malicious links or revealing sensitive data.
- Business Email Compromise (BEC): A high-value scam where a criminal impersonates a CEO or high-level executive via a “spoofed” email address to trick a staff member into making an urgent, unauthorized wire transfer.