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Five ways seniors can avoid travel scams - May 15, 2000
Congratulations! You've been specially selected to win a week-long luxury vacation to the Bahamas." Or so the pitch goes.
http://money.cnn.com/2000/05/15/senior_living/q_retire_fraud/
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Scams target yuppies and elderly - Breaking News - Business - Breaking News
Get-rich-quick scams are targeting young professionals while illegal lotteries are preying on the elderly, Australia's consumer regulator says.
http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/scams-target-yuppies-and-elderly/20070330-53w.html
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How To Protect Your Family From Senior Scams
Law articles and legal articles covering legal topics
http://research.lawyers.com/How-To-Protect-Your-Family-From-Senior-Scams.html
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Senior Adult Ministries - Finances
Senior Adult Ministries - Finances
http://sam.ag.org/finances/scams_scandals.cfm
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Barnes & Noble.com - Books: Scambusters!, by Ron Smith, Paperback
Scambusters!: More than 60 Ways Seniors Get Swindled and how They Can Prevent It, Smith, Ron Smith, Paperback, Book, ISBN: 0061120235, True Crime, Barnes & Noble.com
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?ean=9780061120237&prid=9780061120237&lkid=J15027398&pubid=K110680
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ACTIVIST SAN DIEGO - Links
Activist San Diego is dedicated to networking for progressive social change by encouraging civic involvement, providing resources, showcasing accomplishments and providing links to activists and activist organizations. Our ultimate purpose is to empower the communities served by social justice organizations and activists.
http://www.activistsandiego.org/elderly.html
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SPAM and Scams - Senior Living
Unscrupulous people are always scheming up ways to suck money from the unsuspecting. Be aware. Be wary. Make sure where and who your money is going to. - SPAM and Scams - Senior Living is a personally written site at BellaOnline
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art41542.asp
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Organizations help seniors avoid scams - Catholic Online
Find Home & Family news on family activities, marriage, weddings, kids, teens, faith, parenting, home and food.
http://www.catholic.org/hf/family/story.php?id=20700
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Clarkhoward.com: Clarchives clarkhoward - Clark Howard's Show Notes seniors & retirees
Clarkhoward.com: Clarchives clarkhoward - Clark Howard's Show Notes seniors & retirees
http://www.clarkhoward.com/shownotes/category/6/84/170/
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DodgeGlobe.com:State group helps elderly people who are victims of scams 02/09/04
DodgeGlobe.com:State group helps elderly people who are victims of scams 02/09/04
http://www.dodgeglobe.com/stories/020904/sta_0209040015.shtml
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Elderly Care
Business Reviews, Product Reviews, CEO Reviews, For Consumers, By Consumers.
http://www.elderlyreview.com/
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Senior Adults Can Be Targets For Scams When Considering Long Term Care Insurance
Senior Adults Can Be Targets For Scams When Considering Long Term Care Insurance
http://www.ezinearticles.com/?Senior-Adults-Can-Be-Targets-For-Scams-When-Considering-Long-Term-Care-Insurance&id=839699
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New Mexico Aging and Long-Term Services Department Senior Safety Sweepstakes Scams
Information about sweepstakes scams
http://www.nmaging.state.nm.us/sweepscam.html
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Oceanside Pacific Kiwanis Senior Services Projects
Oceanside Pacific Kiwanis Senior Services Projects
http://www.oceansidepacific.org/COMMITTEES/Senior Services/Senior_Projects.html
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Senior Moment
Senior Moment
http://www.police.windsor.on.ca/Senior Moment/senior_moment main.htm
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The Inside Scoop
Bogus mortgage fees, how to buy a car under dealer invoice, senior scams, stealing your email address, identity theft, how to never get another traffic ticket, how to get out of a traffic ticket, senior guidebook, infomation on companies who scam you
http://www.randythomas.com/index_files/Page559.htm
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Saanichpolice.ca
Saanichpolice.ca
http://www.saanichpolice.ca/community/seniors/scams.html
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Scams & Fraud - Door to Door
Avoiding scams fraud by door to door scammers
http://www.seniormag.com/legal/scams.htm
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Senior Years
Senior Years
http://www.senioryears.com.au/
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Sfgate.com
Sfgate.com
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/11/08/BAE7T8766.DTL&type=printable
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Sheriff.org
Sheriff.org
http://www.sheriff.org/about_bso/admin/media/newsdetails.cfm?pk=2028&sType=M
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Sheriff.org
Sheriff.org
http://www.sheriff.org/about_bso/admin/media/newsdetails.cfm?pk=828&sType=M
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Operation Restore Trust of Iowa - Current Scams
Ways to Stop Medicare Fraud
http://www.stopmedicarescams.org/currentscams.asp?offset=6
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Fundraising Scams
Cook County Sheriff Michael F. Sheahan is warning citizens throughout the county to beware of over-the-phone solicitations from callers claiming to represent the Sheriff's Office and other law enforcement groups. Cook County Sheriff warns seniors about fund-raisers, solicitations claiming to represent law enforcement
http://www.todaysseniorsnetwork.com/fundraising_scams.htm
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Senior Scams
Seldom a week goes by without coverage by the media, locally and/or nationally, of a new scam being run, all ...
http://blog.bartonhomecare.com/2007/senior-safety/the-duping-of-seniors/
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Financial Crimes Against the Elderly
Common tactics used to commit crimes against the elderly in the area of goods or services promised.
http://crime.about.com/od/elderabuse/a/fraud.htm
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Research and Reference - Seniors
Research and Reference - Seniors
http://jefferson.lib.co.us/great/seniors.html
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Senior Living - Resources for Seniors
Information for seniors, baby boomers, the aging and elderly on senior community issues, senior dating, senior sex, senior health, senior housing, and much more.
http://seniorliving.about.com/
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Senior Living - Resources for Seniors
Information for seniors, baby boomers, the aging and elderly on senior community issues, senior dating, senior sex, senior health, senior housing, and much more.
http://seniorliving.about.com/people/seniorliving/cs/fakers_fraud/
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Couple Scams Thousands From Elderly Males - San Diego News Story - KGTV San Diego
Couple Scams Thousands From Elderly Males - San Diego News Story - KGTV San Diego
http://www.10news.com/news/4822861/detail.html
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Couple Scams Thousands From Elderly Males - San Diego News Story - KGTV San Diego
Couple Scams Thousands From Elderly Males - San Diego News Story - KGTV San Diego
http://www.10news.com/news/4822861/detail.html?rss=sand&psp=news
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AAA Arizona - News & Safety - Travel Scams
AAA Arizona - News & Safety - Travel Scams
http://www.aaaaz.com/news/articles/seniortravelscams100907.htm
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Bluefield, WV - Senior citizen scams — Trust can be extremely expensive
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Bluefield, WV - Senior citizen scams — Trust can be extremely expensive
http://www.adaeveningnews.com/bdtonline/editorials/local_story_323184815.html
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Senior Scams and How to Stop Them - Associated Content
Check out Senior Scams and How to Stop Them - Submitted by Deborah Hooper at Associated Content
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/122507/senior_scams_and_how_to_stop_them.html
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Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard
Office of the Arizona Attorney General
http://www.azag.gov/seniors/scams.html
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State says Winthrop man bilked elderly - The Boston Globe
A Winthrop man has defrauded elderly North Shore residents of more than $1 million by selling them fraudulent life insurance policies and by failing to return some or all of their prepaid funeral expenses, which he persuaded funeral directors to invest with him, according to an administrative complaint filed yesterday by Secretary of State William F. Galvin.
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2007/05/18/state_says_winthrop_man_bilked_elderly/
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Cbs4denver.com - Police: Man Allegedly Scams At-Risk Elderly Man
Boulder police hope surveillance pictures help them catch the man who robbed an elderly man and wracked up thousands of dollars worth of credit card charges.
http://www.cbs4denver.com/crime/boulder.colorado.at.2.604846.html
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Cbs4denver.com - Police: Man Allegedly Scams At-Risk Elderly Man
Boulder police hope surveillance pictures help them catch the man who robbed an elderly man and wracked up thousands of dollars worth of credit card charges.
http://www.cbs4denver.com/crime/local_story_318203815.html
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CJOnline - Help wanted to reduce abuse of elderly
The numbers are shocking and sad: Last year, state officials received more than 11,000 reports of elderly people being abused.
http://www.cjonline.com/stories/062307/opi_179509832.shtml
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CNN.com - Owner takes Fifth in Senate 'miracles' probe - September 10, 2001
A businessman pardoned by President Clinton for mail fraud invoked the Fifth Amendment and refused Monday to testify before a Senate committee investigating whether his multi-million-dollar dietary supplement company markets blatantly false products to senior citizens.
http://www.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/09/10/elderly.scams/
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Massachusetts-senior-scams
Massachusetts-senior-scams
http://www.elderlawcenter.org/May 19, 2005 More Senior Scams.htm
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NASD Cracking Down on CD Scams Targeting Elderly - Brief Article - Los Angeles Business Journal - Find Articles at BNET.com
NASD Cracking Down on CD Scams Targeting Elderly - Brief Article from Los Angeles Business Journal in Business provided free by Find Articles.
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m5072/is_3_23/ai_69390571
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Predators - Research These Crimes - Elder Abuse
Predators Television with Host Denise Brown - a solution based television series, designed to protect and teach about serial killers, cyber-stalkers, pedophiles, and kids who kill.
http://www.predators.tv/research/elderabuse.asp
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PSP: Spring Time Scams
PSP: Spring Time Scams
http://www.psp.state.pa.us/psp/cwp/view.asp?A=3&Q=119934
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Mead Library Senior Citizen Links
Mead Library Senior Citizen Links
http://www.sheboygan.lib.wi.us/pages/linksseniors.html
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Sadi ranson-polizzotti - the tant mieux project - tant mieux articles - scams, the elderly, and you
Sadi ranson-polizzotti - tant mieux - bob dylan, the best poetry, memoir, social commentary, journalism, film, literature and music world sites, commentary on the Web as part of the sotto voce - tant mieux project; among the Best of the Web and one of your top fifty bloggers. Be sure to read our work at Blogcritics.org and visit all of our sites through the links at www.sottovocelinks.blogspot.com. updated daily by editorial director sadi ranson-polizzotti. visit our Number One Audio Blog as well at www.number1audioblog.blogspot.com. and contribute to our ezine at www.tantmieuxtoday.blogspot.com; submissions year-round. Updated, November 1, 2004 - sadi ranson-polizzotti, all material copyright under a Creative Commons license. Link back, refer, and we'll link back. Blogrolling all the way home...
http://www.tantmieux.squarespace.com/sadi-ranson-polizzotti-article/2004/11/11/scams-the-elderly-and-you.html
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Two elderly women in California fleeced by St. James lottery scam
Two elderly women in California fleeced by St. James lottery scam
http://www.fraudaid.com/Articles/senior_scams/senior3-06-07.htm
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You can't get something for nothing: Local seniors learn how to avoid being scammed
You can't get something for nothing: Local seniors learn how to avoid being scammed
http://www.fraud-aid.com/Articles/senior_scams/senior8-16-6.htm
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SEC Halts $16M Scam Aimed at Elderly Jehovah?s Witnesses
The SEC has announced charges against a California-based corporation and its principals for a scam that defrauded the elderly. The Commission charges that Renaissance Asset Fund, Inc., Ronald J. Nadel, and Joseph M. Malone raised more than $16 million from more than 190 investors nationwide. In what the regulator called a classic Ponzi scheme, Nadel and [...
http://www.religionnewsblog.com/15337/sec-halts-16m-scam-aimed-at-elderly-jehovahs-witnesses
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Scam artists with toxic teacups victimizing elderly Chinese in S.F.
Scam artists with toxic teacups victimizing elderly Chinese in S.F.
http://news.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/11/08/BAE7T8766.DTL
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