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    Consumer Protection Series: Protecting Seniors from Financial Abuse
    Consumer Protection Series: Protecting Seniors from Financial Abuse
    Consumer Protection Series: Protecting Seniors from Financial Abuse
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    Consumer Protection Series: Protecting Seniors from Financial Abuse

    By Tom Ealey

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    U.S. seniors are subject to financial abuse by “target of opportunity” abuses, abuses by financial salespersons without scruples and by professional criminals and con artists.

    Target of opportunity abuses are often committed by family members and caregivers who take advantage of frail elderly seniors. Financial sales persons often sell inferior high-commission products to seniors, and contractors often take advantage of seniors’ trust. Organized professional criminals target seniors for old fashioned con artist schemes as well as new high-tech theft and identity abuse crimes.

    This book outlines the most common abuses and provides easy low-cost methods for seniors and their families to protect senior from financial abuse, written by a financial professional with decades of experience with seniors financial, estate and health care issues.

    The book is written to be concise and is written in consumer-friendly plain English.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTom Ealey
    Release dateNov 26, 2012
    ISBN9781624074738
    Consumer Protection Series: Protecting Seniors from Financial Abuse
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    Tom Ealey

    Tom Ealey has had a diverse career as a CPA, management consultant, health care executive, seminar leader, technical writer and college lecturer (accounting and tax). He has written books, manuals and dozens of journal articles on health care administration, and has also written on such diverse topics as employee training and personal finances. Tom is a professor of business administrator at Alma College in Michigan.

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