Senior Scam Prevention & Fraud Resources in Kansas
Kansas seniors reported $56 million in elder fraud losses to the FBI in 2025, with 2,013 victims aged 60 and older. This page provides Kansas-specific scam prevention resources, official reporting contacts, and five years of FBI elder fraud data for the state.
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I. Overview: Kansas’s Senior Population & Key Cities
As of 2024, Kansas has an estimated population of 2.94 million, with more than 520,000 residents aged 65 and older, representing approximately 17.7% of the total population. Kansas’s seniors are increasingly targeted by scammers through Medicare fraud, romance and grandparent scams, tech support hoaxes, lottery schemes, and government impersonation.
Fraud attempts are especially common in the state’s largest cities, which also have high concentrations of older adults:
- Wichita (approx. 400,000 people)
- Overland Park (approx. 200,000 people)
- Kansas City (KS) (approx. 155,000 people)
With many seniors living independently or in rural areas, the 2025 data underscores the urgency of prevention. Kansas seniors lost $56 million to fraud. Government impersonation exploded 1,143% from $584K to $7.3 million, and romance scams more than tripled (+230%). Investment scams grew 85% to $27 million. Lottery/sweepstakes dropped 18%.
II. 2025 Victim Report: How Scammers Targeted Kansas’s Seniors
In 2025, Kansas had 2,013 victims aged 60+ who reported losses totaling $55,730,977 — up 78% in victims and 137% in losses compared to 2024 (1,129 victims / $24M).
Loss by Crime Type
| Crime Type | 2025 Loss | 2024 Loss | Change |
| Investment | $27,465,479 | $14,837,122 | +85% |
| Tech Support | $4,149,467 | $2,157,320 | +92% |
| Romance | $4,739,904 | $1,434,191 | +230% |
| Lottery/Sweepstakes | $369,301 | $449,514 | -18% |
| Extortion | $45,863 | $59,222 | -23% |
| Government Impersonation | $7,261,224 | $584,210 | +1,143% |
Elder Fraud Loss Trajectory — Kansas
5-Year Elder Fraud Trend — Kansas (2021—2025)
| Year | Victims (60+) | Total Loss | YoY Change | Nat’l Rank |
| 2021 | 575 | $7,273,058 | — | #34 |
| 2022 | 472 | $24,435,433 | +236% | #29 |
| 2023 | 579 | $13,900,498 | -43% | #37 |
| 2024 | 1,129 | $23,511,153 | +69% | #37 |
| 2025 | 2,013 | $55,730,977 | +137% | #31 |
| 5-Year Total | 4,768 | $124,851,119 | +666% (2021—2025) | — |
Source: FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) Annual Reports, 2021—2025. Covers victims aged 60 and older. National rank is by total dollar loss among 52 states/territories. National totals: $1.7B (2021), $3.1B (2022), $3.4B (2023), $4.9B (2024), $7.7B (2025) — $20.8 billion stolen from American seniors over five years.
Top Crime Types Targeting Kansas Seniors (2025 vs. 5-Year)
| Crime Type | 2025 Victims | 2025 Loss | 5-Year Total | Growth (2021—25) |
| Investment | 102 | $27,465,479 | $55,984,200 | +11,609% |
| Gov. Impersonation | 114 | $7,261,224 | $9,308,605 | +3,356% |
| Personal Data Breach | 79 | $5,793,057 | $7,033,928 | +4,836% |
| Romance | 111 | $4,739,904 | $14,780,852 | +47% |
| Tech Support | 175 | $4,149,467 | $11,247,948 | +174% |
| BEC | 24 | $3,089,276 | $14,758,141 | +198% |
Top 6 crime types by 2025 losses. Growth calculated from 2021 to 2025. For national crime type trends, see our Crime Type Migration Analysis.
What the data reveals: Kansas’s elder fraud losses reached $56 million in 2025, with 2,013 seniors victimized. The most dramatic finding: government impersonation exploded 1,143% from $584K to $7.3 million, becoming the #2 crime type behind investment fraud ($27 million). Romance scams more than tripled (+230%) from $1.4 million to $4.7 million. Tech support nearly doubled (+92%). Lottery/sweepstakes dropped 18%. Statewide, that comes to roughly one senior victim for every 1,476 Kansas residents.
National context: Kansas ranks #13 in per-capita victim rate (67.76 per 100,000), placing it in the top quarter nationally — higher than states like Michigan, Ohio, or North Carolina. The 1,143% government impersonation surge is among the largest of any state and accounts for 13% of all Kansas losses. The combination of rural isolation and a high per-capita rate suggests Kansas seniors face disproportionate risk relative to the state’s population.
For the full national picture, including how Kansas compares to every other state, visit our national hub page with interactive data and rankings.
III. Emergency & Official Contacts
Local Police Departments – Elder Fraud & Financial Crimes
1. Wichita Police Department – Fraud Division
- Phone: (316) 268-4111 (non-emergency)
- Website: www.wichita.gov/WPD
- Ask for Financial Crimes to report elder fraud or digital scams.
2. Overland Park Police Department – Investigations Division
- Phone: (913) 895-6300 (non-emergency)
- Website: www.opkansas.org
- Request help with scams, identity theft, or elder financial exploitation.
3. Kansas City (KS) Police Department – Fraud Unit
- Phone: (913) 573-6000 (non-emergency)
- Website: www.wycokck.org
- Report suspicious calls, elder scams, or tech fraud.
FBI & Federal Scam Reporting
FBI Kansas City Field Office (serving eastern Kansas)
- Phone: (816) 512-8200
- Website: www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/kansascity
Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)
- Website: www.ic3.gov
- Report phishing, romance scams, tech support fraud, and other online crimes.
Kansas Attorney General – Elder Fraud & Consumer Protection
Office of the Kansas Attorney General – Consumer Protection Division
- Consumer Protection Hotline: (800) 432-2310
- Website: www.ag.ks.gov
- Provides scam alerts, complaint forms, and elder fraud prevention tools.
Statewide Elder Services & Medicare Fraud Support
Kansas Adult Protective Services (APS)
- To report abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation:
APS State Hotline: (800) 922-5330 - Website: www.dcf.ks.gov
Kansas Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP)
- Phone: (800) 860-5260
- Website: www.kdads.ks.gov
- Assists seniors in identifying and reporting Medicare billing fraud.
Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS)
- Info Line: (785) 296-4986
- Website: www.kdads.ks.gov
- Provides legal help, protective services, and public education for older Kansans.
Be Smart. Be Cautious. Be Heard.
- Kansas seniors lose millions of dollars annually to scams, but many cases go unreported.
- Save and share these trusted contacts with caregivers, loved ones, and senior community centers.
- Visit our Education Center to learn common scams, red flags, and safe reporting steps.
- If something feels off, slow down, talk to someone you trust, and report it. You are not alone.
Recent Kansas scam news
Recent news coverage of scams affecting Kansas seniors, updated from our alerts desk. Each item links to the original outlet; victims and defendants are kept anonymous.
Sedgwick DA urges vigilance after $2.3B elder fraud report
A Kansas district attorney urges older residents to stay alert after a report tallied $2.3 billion in elder fraud losses.
Read at Wichita Eagle →The 'phantom hacker' scam: how a months-long con convinces victims to hand cash or gold to a courier
Federal prosecutors describe a growing 'phantom hacker' scheme in which a caller falsely claims a victim's bank or investment account has been compromised, then, days or weeks later, someone posing as a government official tells the victim their money needs to be moved to a 'safe' government account to protect it. After building trust over an extended period, the scammers convince victims to withdraw cash or buy gold and hand it to someone who arrives in person posing as a government agent, sometimes claiming to be a U.S. Attorney or other official. In one related Arizona case, a victim transferred more than $400,000 in assets before realizing it was a scam. No real government agency or bank will ever ask you to withdraw money, buy gold, or hand valuables to a courier to 'protect' them, so if you get a call like this, slow down, hang up, and verify by contacting the agency or bank directly using a number you look up yourself.
Read at U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona →House committee report calls for an 'all-of-ecosystem' approach to fighting scams, including elder fraud
A U.S. House Financial Services Committee report is calling for a coordinated national strategy against fraud and scams, arguing that stopping them requires cooperation across banks, technology platforms, telecommunications carriers, and law enforcement, not just the moment a payment happens. The report cites FTC data showing more than 3 million fraud reports and $15.9 billion in reported losses in 2025, and specifically flags elder exploitation among the scam types it wants better addressed alongside impostor schemes, phishing, and crypto fraud. It recommends stronger consumer education, deliberate friction to slow suspicious transactions, more cross-industry data sharing, and wider use of AI-powered fraud-detection tools, and it launched a new public resource site explaining common scam red flags in plain language. The American Bankers Association welcomed the report's call for a coordinated approach that brings platforms, carriers, and financial institutions into the effort together.
Read at JD Supra →Senate Aging Committee presses nine major AI companies for safeguards protecting older users
The Senate Special Committee on Aging sent letters to nine major AI companies asking what safeguards their AI chatbot 'companion' products have for older adults, people with disabilities, and people in crisis, including how the products are tested, how harms are tracked, and whether independent researchers can access data to study the effects on older users. Companies have until August 31, 2026 to respond. The letters follow a bipartisan committee hearing, held by the committee's Republican chairman together with its Democratic ranking member and another Democratic senator, examining how AI has been used in scams against seniors; at that hearing the committee released a new report citing the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center for almost $21 billion in cybercrime losses in 2025, with $893 million tied to AI-enabled scams. The report's recommendations include a centralized federal scam-reporting portal that would automatically route complaints to the right agency, expanded law enforcement training and cryptocurrency-tracing tools, and new protections against unauthorized AI-generated voice and image replicas. The committee framed it directly: protecting older Americans from AI-enabled fraud and expanding their access to helpful AI tools 'are not competing priorities; they are two sides of the same obligation.'
Read at McKnight's Senior Living →Expert: AI voice cloning is making grandparent and impersonation scams more convincing
At a fraud-prevention session, a consumer-protection expert explained how AI is raising the stakes on scams that already target seniors: fraudsters can pull audio from social media to clone a family member's voice for a fake emergency call, and use AI to alter faces and voices on video calls to look and sound legitimate. He said government agencies never initiate contact by phone, so any call claiming to be the IRS, Social Security, or the FBI is a scam, and that any request to pay through a cryptocurrency ATM is always a scammer. Other advice: legitimate tech companies do not send pop-up warnings with a phone number to call, so restart your computer instead of clicking a link or handing over remote access; use unique passwords and multi-factor authentication; and place a security freeze on your credit report. According to FTC data cited at the session, Americans reported losing a record $15.9 billion to fraud and scams in 2025, an all-ages figure that is separate from the FBI's own reporting on losses to adults 60 and older.
Read at HousingWire →Senate Aging Committee hears bankers' testimony on AI-enabled fraud targeting seniors
The U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing on July 29, 2026 on AI-generated fraud targeting older Americans. A witness from the American Bankers Association testified that artificial intelligence is amplifying fraud schemes rather than creating new ones, saying a criminal can now create a convincing fake voice, video, photo, text message, ad, or online persona with little skill or cost. He recommended that Congress create a National Office for Scam and Fraud Prevention to provide accountable national leadership, along with strengthening telecommunications safeguards, improving how fraud information is shared to help recover stolen funds, and modernizing identity and authentication systems. He also noted that banks already use AI, advanced analytics, employee training, and consumer education to help spot suspicious activity. The hearing is a reminder that as scams become more convincing, the same basic defense still works: slow down and verify independently before sending money.
Read at ABA Banking Journal →IV. Learn More: Kansas Scam Prevention Guides
Explore Kansas-specific guides on the most common scams targeting seniors in your state:
- Tech Support Scams in Kansas — Learn to recognize fake pop-ups, phone calls, and remote access schemes.
- Investment Scams in Kansas — Protect your retirement savings from fraudulent advisors and crypto scams.
- Romance Scams in Kansas — Spot the warning signs of fake online relationships designed to steal money.
- Government Impersonation Scams in Kansas — Know what real government agencies will never ask you to do.
- How to Report Scams in Kansas — Step-by-step guide to reporting fraud and starting recovery.
For national-level data on each scam type, see our Investment, Tech Support, Romance, and Government Impersonation national guides.
See how Kansas compares. Curious where Kansas ranks in the national picture? Stolen Trust, our 2026 special study, ranks every state and territory using five years of FBI data and lays out one practical plan to fix elder fraud.