ELDER SCAMS MAY SOON BE IN EVERY SENIOR HOME IN NEBRASKA. ABOUT A MONTH AGO, WE TOLD YOU ABOUT HOW A STUDENT WANTED TO HELP PEOPLE INSTEAD OF LEAVING. WHAT HE LEARNED IN A SCHOOL ESSAY. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S AARON HEGARTY EXPLAINS HOW THE POSTERS REACH IS GROWING. PARKER CUSIMANO DELIVERED A THOUSAND FLIERS TO FIVE METRO SENIOR LIVING HOMES IN LATE MARCH, WARNING OF ELDER SCAMS. YOU KNOW, IT’S NEAT THAT HE’S TAKING THE BALL AND WORKING WITH IT, RUNNING WITH IT AND I THINK THAT’S GREAT FOR THE KIDS TO KNOW WHAT WHAT A SCAM IS AND TO SHARE IT WITH PEOPLE. I WAS IMPRESSED. IT TURNS OUT THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU WAS IMPRESSED TOO. WARNING OF SCAMS IS WHAT THEY DO. WE PUT PARKER AND THE B-B-B IN TOUCH. THEY SCHEDULED A MEETING WHERE THEY DISCUSS PUTTING HIS FLIER IN EVERY SENIOR LIVING HOME IN NEBRASKA. THAT’S PHENOMENAL THAT YOU CHOSE TO TO SPEND YOUR TIME, UH, PROTECTING SOMEBODY ELSE. I THINK THAT’S, UH, WHAT WE DON’T LOSE SIGHT OF HOW MEANINGFUL THAT IS. PARKER APPROVED OF A MODIFIED VERSION OF THE FLIER. THE B-B-B ALSO SURPRISED HIM WITH AN INVITATION TO BE HONORED AT A LUNCHEON IN SEPTEMBER, AND OFFERED TO WORK WITH HIM TO TACKLE SCAMS TARGETING AN AGE GROUP HE’S APPROACHING 18 TO 24 YEAR OLDS. OUR DATA SUGGESTS THAT THOSE BETWEEN 18 TO 24 ARE THE MOST LIKELY TO ENCOUNTER A SCAM, AND THE LEAST LIKELY TO REPORT A SCAM, WHICH IS PARTICULARLY CONCERNING. THE B-B-B ISN’T THE ONLY BIG NAME TO TAKE NOTICE. PARKER WAS INSPIRED BY A YOUTUBER, MARK ROBER, AT CRUNCH LABS, WITH MORE THAN 50 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS. ROBER WROTE A LETTER TO THE EIGHTH GRADER KEEP BEING CURIOUS. LEARNING FROM YOUR MISTAKES AND NEVER GIVE UP. WE ARE COUNTING ON FUTURE BIG THINKERS LIKE YOU TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE. IT ALL STARTED AT SAINT WENCESLAUS SCHOOL. THE ACTUAL RESEARCH, WHICH CAME FROM AN ESSAY I DID, WAS ABOUT THE SPAN OF A MONTH MAKING FOR A PROUD MOM. SOMEBODY TAKES IT A LITTLE FURTHER THAN OTHERS. MHM.