As we’ve seen in a previous article, a lot of people require more assistance when it comes to getting around or participating in activities of daily living. We also already know that there are people out there who would enjoy nothing better than to take advantage of these older folks through various forms of fraud. […]

Medicare fraud is a problem that wastes a lot of money every year, and it can result in higher health care costs and taxes for everybody. Let’s look at a few examples of Medicare fraud, as well as some do’s and don’ts that you can use to help prevent fraud. Some examples of Medicare Fraud […]

A lot of times, scammers pose as government officials in order to get you to send them money. They may promise lottery winnings if you pay “taxes,” or threaten you with arrest or a lawsuit if you don’t pay a supposed debt. No matter what tactics they use, their goal remains the same: to con […]

In order to better keep yourself and older family members safe, let’s go ahead and take a look at what you should do to prevent fraud, what you shouldn’t do, and ways to report possible scams. The truth of the matter is that con artists and scammers (both in the U.S. specifically and the world in general) […]

We’ve written about the types of fraud that targets seniors, so let’s now see some ways that you can report fraud. First, if you’d like to report financial fraud, you should contact the United States Attorney’s Office where you live or where the fraud was committed. In addition to contact information, you’ll also find a […]

We covered this topic in a previous article, but it bears repeating. In today’s society, it is not normally the younger generation that falls for scams and crimes, and gets taken advantage of. As a society, the younger people have grown up to be a bit warier of things that seem suspicious to them, but […]

We’ve already talked at length about some of the ways that scammers and con artists will try to commit financial abuse against seniors. Unfortunately, we are not done yet. There is yet another way that people may try to defraud unsuspecting elders, and that is through unsolicited home repairs. One possible scam to keep an […]

Many American consumers get sweepstakes promotions via phone, over the internet, or in the mail each and every day. Legitimate sweepstakes are used as advertising and marketing techniques that give the participating consumer the chance to win a prize or money with no need to purchase anything or pay a fee to enter. However, if […]

In these types of scenarios, scammers or con artists will approach an unsuspecting senior, claiming to have some sort of connection to law enforcement. They may also say they have a child or other relative who is sick, injured, or in jail, and ask the elder for money to help pay their medical bills or […]

Earlier we took a look at the top ten financial scams that target seniors, and now we’ll quickly focus on one scam in particular—the pigeon drop. These scams often happen in a mall or shopping complex parking lot, where someone young and well-dressed approaches the victim claiming to have just found a bag, briefcase, or […]