How to Protect Yourself from Online Fraud

May 22, 2024

Get a message offering help with a computer problem you didn’t think you had? It’s probably a scammer looking for your money and personal information.

Preventing Elder Financial Abuse

January 31, 2022

Advice for adult children, so their parents in nursing homes and assisted living are safe from scammers.

Elderly Financial Exploitation Is Increasing

October 28, 2021

The Texas Department of Adult Protective Services (APS) recommended Tuesday morning that community members, aged 65 and older, keep their private information, like social security numbers, passwords, maiden names and bank account information, in a locked drawer or somewhere safe.

Some Common Estate Planning Scams

July 8, 2021

The Wealth Advisor’s recent article entitled “Beware of These Common Estate Planning Scams” advises you to avoid these common estate planning scams. Cold Calls Offering to Prepare Estate Plans. Scammers call and email purporting to be long lost relatives who’ve had their wallets stolen and are stranded in a foreign country. Seniors fall prey to…

Elder Financial Abuse During Social Isolation

March 16, 2021

Thankfully, as our country is stepping up the delivery of vaccines, this terribly isolating time will hopefully soon be behind us.

Elder Financial Abuse Occurs When No One’s Watching

July 7, 2020

Take, for example, the sad and sordid tax case of Mary Ellen Cranmer Nice vs. United States of America, which would not have existed if an attentive financial advisor hadn’t noticed the large IRA distributions that were allegedly stolen right from under a matriarch’s nose.

Why are Medicare Scams Increasing in the COVID-19 Pandemic?

June 18, 2020

The concept of financial scams isn’t a new one. Unfortunately, seniors tend to be particularly prone to them in general. Introduce a pandemic, and you have the makings for financial ruin among our country’s most vulnerable.

Coronavirus Scams are Spreading Like the Virus

April 23, 2020

While residents in Cecil County and throughout the state are taking precautions to safeguard themselves against COVID-19, some people are stealing or attempting to steal money through coronavirus-based scams, according to the Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Identity Thieves Continue to Aim at Seniors

July 11, 2019

Despite strong efforts by scammers, it is still possible to stay safe.

Scams at Death Include Stealing This House

April 10, 2019

Complaints about stolen homes have shot up from 44 in 2013 to 136 in 2018, according to the city Department of Records. The department is making changes to its security system in the aftermath of the Inquirer stories, but it declined to detail the upgrades, fearing it would tip off scammers.

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