by admin | Feb 24, 2018 | Scam of the day
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced earlier this week the largest coordinated actions against perpetrators of elder fraud in American history. Along with the Justice Department, other federal agencies including the Federal Trade Commission as well as state...
by admin | Oct 23, 2017 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Last Friday, the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced a 2% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for Social Security recipients beginning in January of 2018, however, scammers are already taking advantage of this news and making calls to unwary seniors in which...
by admin | Sep 1, 2017 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Financial exploitation of the elderly is a significant problem in the United States today. Recognizing this problem in 2016, the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) passed a model act entitled “An Act to Protect Vulnerable Adults From...
by admin | Apr 18, 2017 | Scam of the day, Site Related
A recently released preliminary study by researchers at Cornell University published in the Journals of Gerontology concluded that naturally occurring changes in the brains of older people makes them vulnerable to financial exploitation. The changes noted were in a...
by admin | Aug 8, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Scams involving medical services have been a staple of scam artists since the earliest days of time and seniors are frequently targets of scams so when you put the two together, you have the perfect storm for scams. Although there are many companies that offer...
