About HCSK Inc.

HCSK Inc. is a Delaware non-stock nonprofit corporation dedicated to becoming the most reliable, comprehensive, and freely accessible online resource for older adults and their families facing scam threats — with a particular focus on AI-enabled fraud. Our mission is direct: reduce the financial, emotional, and physical damage that online scams inflict on the elderly, by combining authoritative federal data with practical, plain-English guidance.

Elder fraud is the fastest-growing category of cybercrime in the United States. In 2025, the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center reported $7.748 billion in losses from Americans aged 60 and over — a 59% year-over-year increase. The Federal Trade Commission estimates the true cost, accounting for unreported fraud, falls between $10.1 billion and $81.5 billion annually. HCSK Inc. exists to help individuals, families, communities, banks, libraries, and state agencies respond to this crisis with verified information and practical tools.

What We Publish

The seniors.hcsk.org website hosts more than 400 pages of original analysis and prevention content across several formats — crime-category guides, audience-specific sections, all-state coverage, and online training. Our flagship 2026 study, Stolen Trust: A Special Study on America’s Elder Fraud Landscape, reads federal data and 1,910 news items together to map the whole elder-fraud landscape and closes with one practical plan to make reporting and recovery simpler.

All content is free to read, free to share, and released under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license (see below).

Why HCSK Exists

Federal agencies publish excellent data on elder fraud. These are all useful sources. None of them is read by the people most affected.

HCSK Inc. exists in the gap between excellent federal data and useful public guidance. Our work integrates these federal sources into a single coherent reference, then translates the resulting picture into:

  • Practical guidance for seniors themselves
  • Step-by-step intervention guides for adult children and family caregivers
  • Audience-tailored content for veterans, recent retirees, surviving spouses, rural seniors, and limited-English-proficiency communities
  • Educational materials for community partners (libraries, banks, Area Agencies on Aging, senior centers)

We are not a government agency, a law enforcement organization, an advocacy group, or a commercial provider of any fraud-prevention service. We are an editorial and educational organization whose product is freely accessible analysis and guidance.

Who We Are

Yuksel Aydin is the founder and director of HCSK Inc. His background is in cybersecurity and artificial intelligence, and HCSK is the public-interest application of that expertise to a population that is underserved by both fields: older Americans who face the fastest-growing share of online fraud losses in the country.

HCSK Inc. is a nonprofit, independent, founder-led organization.

If you are a researcher, journalist, policy professional, or community partner interested in collaborating, contact us at: [email protected]

What We Don’t Do

This site provides educational content, not professional advice. Specifically:

  • Not legal advice. Information on this site about fraud, identity theft, estate predators, power-of-attorney abuse, and similar topics is general guidance, not legal counsel. If you face a specific legal issue, contact an attorney licensed in your jurisdiction.
  • Not financial or investment advice. Information about retirement-account fraud, investment scams, annuities, and similar topics is educational. Decisions about your retirement savings, investments, or insurance should be made in consultation with a fee-only fiduciary financial planner, CPA, or other appropriately credentialed professional.
  • Not medical advice. References to cognitive decline, dementia, or health-related risk factors are general educational context, not clinical guidance.
  • No product endorsements. We do not endorse, recommend, or accept compensation from any specific commercial product, service, lender, broker, insurer, financial planner, or fraud-prevention vendor. Specific products mentioned by name appear as illustrations of a category, not as recommendations.
  • No individual case investigation. We do not investigate specific fraud cases, intervene with law enforcement, or contact scammers on victims’ behalf. If you have been scammed, our First 24 Hours guide directs you to the appropriate federal, state, and local channels.

If you are a current victim of elder fraud, see our guide to reporting an online scam, report to the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center at ic3.gov and/or call the DOJ National Elder Fraud Hotline at 1-833-FRAUD-11 (1-833-372-8311) for free, multilingual assistance.

Corporate and Legal Information

HCSK Inc. is a Delaware non-stock nonprofit corporation, organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes.

  • Registered office: Delaware
  • Registered agent: Harvard Business Services, Inc.
  • Director: Yuksel Aydin

License and Reuse

All original content on seniors.hcsk.org is released under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY 4.0). You may copy, redistribute, adapt, translate, and build on our content for any purpose, including commercial use, provided you give appropriate attribution.

Contact and Press Inquiries

Email: [email protected]

We typically respond within two business days. For urgent victim-assistance matters, please report to the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center at ic3.gov and/or call the DOJ National Elder Fraud Hotline at 1-833-FRAUD-11 (1-833-372-8311) — they have trained case managers available immediately.

Press and media inquiries: journalists requesting comment, interviews with the director, or fact-checking on specific data points are welcome at the same email address. Please include “press” in the subject line and a deadline if applicable.

Partner inquiries: banks, libraries, Area Agencies on Aging, state attorneys general offices, veteran service organizations, faith communities, and other potential partners interested in distributing or co-branding our content are welcome to contact us.

Thank you for visiting. The work of protecting seniors from online scams is bigger than any one organization. We hope this site is useful to you.