Tag: scams
![Beware of scam](https://crr.bc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/scam-art.jpg)
The federal government warns that older Americans are being targeted by a battery of financial scams, including telemarketers offering to do contact tracing – for a fee – or to reserve a slot for a future vaccine. Others are soliciting donations to charities purportedly helping people in need during the economic slowdown. COVID-19 makes this…
![Depressed elderly woman](https://crr.bc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/header.jpg)
A son uses his elderly mother’s ATM card at casinos and liquor stores or takes her to the bank to withdraw money from her account. A woman reports that her sister stole thousands of dollars’ worth of jewelry from their mother, who suffers from dementia. An elderly couple assigns power of attorney to their son,…