Money Smart For Older Adults: How To Avoid Fraud & Scams
354 Demott Ln
Somerset, NJ 08873
USA
Financial exploitation has been called the “crime of the 21st century” with one study suggesting that older Americans lost at least $2.9 billion to financial exploitation in 2010 by a broad spectrum of perpetrators, including persons they know and trust, as well as strangers. Cognitive impairment diminishes the ability of some older adults to make financial decisions and to detect fraud and scams.
This seminar is designed to provide you with information and tips to help prevent common frauds, scams and other types of elder financial exploitation in your community.
Topics to be covered include:
• Investment fraud
• Telephone Scams
• Charity Scams
• Computer/Internet Scams
• Identity Theft
• Medical Identity Theft
• Scams that Target Homeowners
• Scams that Target Veterans