by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 17, 2024 | Scam of the day
Recently, Florida passed a new law that will go into effect on January 1, 2025 that will help protect people over 60 years of age and vulnerable adults from losing money to scams. According to the FBI, People over the age of 60 lost more than 3.4 billion dollars to...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 6, 2021 | Scam of the day
Recently 46 state Attorneys General sent a letter to Congress urging the passage of H.R. 1215, the Fraud and Scam Reduction Act. This bill has two sections. The first is the Stop Senior Scam Act and the second is the Seniors Fraud Prevention Act of 2021. According...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 2, 2020 | Scam of the day
Minnesota Democratic senator and former presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar along with Kansas Republican senator Jerry Moran have proposed legislation to protect elderly Americans from Coronavirus-related scams. Their bill which is called the Protecting Seniors...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 2, 2019 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the day departs from our usual format to provide access to a Webinar I gave through the law firm with which I am affiliated, Margolis & Bloom. Whether you are a senior or someone who has older family members, you may find this webinar and...
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...
