Seniors - Protect Your Financial Well-Being
North Carolina's elderly are particularly vulnerable to financial fraud and scams. Check out the the North Carolina Department of Justice's website, which has helpful information for people of all ages to help protect themselves from identity theft, scams, and other crimes. If you have an elderly family member without access to a computer, please print the information and discuss it with them.
Even attorneys are being scammed these days, so it pays to be vigilant!
I couldn't agree more. Educating our seniors will be key in this effort. There is new legislation that is being discussed that I describe in the link below which could help. Take a look for some other helpful hints that seniors can use in the fight against elderly fraud: http://www.finsymnews.com/avoiding-elderly-fraud/
Although this is specific to telemarketing fraud you can also check out the National Telemarketing Victim Call Center. They help all victims of telemarketing fraud especially the elderly. They occasionally do events with one of my bar organizations. I post elder fraud prevention seminar information on my blog.