Fraudfest 2025: Stopping scammers statewide

AARP North Dakota has long provided fraud education — a tradition that goes back to AARP’s founding. And this year, we're more focused than ever before on helping you learn how to proactively spot scams, learn what to do if you've been targeted, and advocate at the state, and local levels to protect North Dakotans and enforce the law.

Join us in 2025 at one of our fraud events — in a town near you or online.

AARP ND Fraudfest 2025

• February 12: Scam Telephone Town Hall
• March 4: Cryptocurrency Webinar
• March 19: Lunch & Learn – Minot
• April 15: Government Imposters - Bismarck
• April 26: Shredding – West Fargo & Bismarck
• May 14: Lunch & Learn - Watford City
• May 21: Lunch & Learn – Jamestown
• Sept. 23: Lunch & Learn - Bismarck
• Sept. 25: Lunch & Learn - Fargo
• Oct. 10: Veterans Lunch & Learn - Fargo
• Oct. 24: Lunch & Learn – Grand Forks
• Dec. 9: Crypto Scam Prevention Webinar

Learn more about all of our events at aarp.org/NDevents. Find all of our fraud resources at aarp.org/fraud.

March 4: Cryptocurrency Webinar Top Takeaways
To understand how crypto is used to scam people, it helps to understand what cryptocurrency is, how it's used, and how it works. Arica Kulm, Ph.D., Director of Digital Forensics Services, DigForCE Lab at Dakota State University, covered the basics and showed how crypto fraud plays out. Check out our YouTube playist to watch short clips from the webinar. It won't take long for you to get wise to crypto!

Watch our Crypto Fraud Playlist!

March 19 Minot Lunch & Learn Top Takeaways
According to speaker Cory Krebs, Assistant Commissioner - ND Dept. of Financial Institution, the 106 attendees at the Minot FraudFest Lunch and Learn should have walked away knowing three things: 1) The world is changing fast, understand the financial products you're using. 2) If you don't understand your tool or question some account activity — ask! Your financial institution is there to serve you. 3) Stay vigilant about your finances.

AARP ND also ensured attendees know that reporting fraud is vital to preventing it, and the Fraud Watch Network Helpline (877-908-3360) is a fantastic tool for answering questions, getting help and reporting scams. Thanks to KX News for their story on the event.