http://www.seniorcitizenjournal.com/senior-finances-articles/fraud-perpetrated-against-senior-citizens/ Insight into Productive Aging Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:04:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://www.seniorcitizenjournal.com/senior-finances-articles/fraud-perpetrated-against-senior-citizens/comment-page-1/#comment-3434 ANOTHER FRAUD AGAINST SENIOR CITIZENS | Senior Citizen Journal Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:43:01 +0000 http://www.seniorcitizenjournal.com/?p=2714#comment-3434 [...] Senior Citizen Journal has written about fraud perpetrated against seniors in the past. We know seniors are easy targets because we grew up in a time when being polite and ‘nice’ was how we were taught to behave.  We fall prey to aggressive marketing that targets our vulnerabilities.  We’re generally not good witnesses because of cognitive issues many of us experience, and we hesitate to report being victimized because of how it makes us look.// However, there is a new scam out there now that hits us with one of the most valuable possessions we have:  our home. [...] [...] Senior Citizen Journal has written about fraud perpetrated against seniors in the past. We know seniors are easy targets because we grew up in a time when being polite and ‘nice’ was how we were taught to behave.  We fall prey to aggressive marketing that targets our vulnerabilities.  We’re generally not good witnesses because of cognitive issues many of us experience, and we hesitate to report being victimized because of how it makes us look.// However, there is a new scam out there now that hits us with one of the most valuable possessions we have:  our home. [...]

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