by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 4, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Congressional hearings last week highlighted the problem of scam artists fraudulently selling gold and other precious metals to people, many of them elderly. Often these scams start with a telemarketing call to the victim in which he or she is told...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 5, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
The problem of financial abuse of seniors was highlighted again recently with the upholding of the conviction in New York of Anthony Marshall for scamming his own mother, socialite and philanthropist Brooke Astor. Marshall exploited his mother’s failing mental...