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SCAMNOT
scamnot.org
Describes ongoing scams against seniors and includes an email alert feature.
Protecting Senior Texans from Financial Exploitation
oag.state.tx.us
The Texas Attorney General offers this online training tool using video clips to illustrate various financial abuse scenarios in a bank setting and provides illustrations of appropriate interventions.
Telemarketing Fraud - PhoneBusters
phonebusters.com
Offers fraud prevention advice and collects telemarketing complaints throughout Canada working in partnership with other law enforcement agencies.
Elderly People and the Law - Australian Broadcasting Corporation
abc.net.au
Transcript of 2003 The Law Report radio broadcast exploring the potential pitfalls surrounding family agreements and powers of attorney.
California Community Partnership for the Prevention of Financial Abuse
bewiseonline.org
CCPPFA guidelines for preventing and reporting financial elder abuse, resources for financial institutions, posters and brochures.
APRI White Collar Crime Program
ndaa.org
The American Prosecutors Research Institute provides training and technical assistance to prosecute white collar crimes with a focus on protecting elderly victims.
Seniors Against Investment Fraud - SAIF
corp.ca.gov
Statewide outreach campaign under the California Department of Corporations to alert and educate seniors about investment and telemarketing fraud crimes.
Older People and Consumer Fraud
aic.gov.au
The Australian Institute of Criminology shares the results of an extensive survey of seniors' criminal victimization and vulnerability to acts of consumer fraud. [PDF]
Challenges in Combating Predatory Lending
gao.gov
This 2004 report from the U.S. General Accounting Office highlights that the elderly are disproportionately victims of predatory lending. [PDF]
National Association of Bunco Investigators (NABI)
nabihq.org
Non-profit organization of law enforcement and security investigators focusing on transient criminal groups and elderly victims.
Financial Crimes Against the Elderly
cops.usdoj.gov
The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, offers this comprehensive 88-page problem-oriented guide in PDF format.
NASAA Investor Education and Tips
nasaa.org
From the North American Securities Administrators Association, this guide includes the top 10 investment scams, and how older Americans can avoid investment fraud and abuse.
Fighting Fraud Against Older Consumers
fraud.org
Explains how seniors can protect themselves by knowing how to identify fraudulent sales pitches.
Bennett Blum, M.D.
bennettblummd.com
Offers information for cases involving undue influence, coercion, mental capacity and competency, dementia, elder or financial abuse. Includes forensic and geriatric psychiatry models.
Elder Abuse - California, Los Angeles District Attorney's Office
da.co.la.ca.us
Features the Elder Abuse Unit. How to recognize and prevent elder abuse. Warning signs, avoiding false friends, secret loan, caretaker fraud, telemarketing fraud, fraudulent charities, real estate fraud and other types of fraud.
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Kansas City Star
Elder financial abuse costs older Americans more than $2.6 billion a year, according to the MetLife Mature Market Institute, a research arm of the MetLife ...
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