According to national statistics, people over 65 constitute only 12 percent of the population, but they make up over 30 percent of scam victims.
Education is the best preventative to becoming a victim.
Information is the best preventative from getting tangled in the web of government programs, according to Attorney General Richard Ieyoub and attorneys with the Louisiana State Bar Association. Senior citizens from across the State have gathered at local senior centers to get their free copy of a publication designed to help them negotiate the ins and outs of social security, health care, and housing. The golden years should be all that and more. But, too many times we see con-artists targeting the elderly to rob them of their life savings. We re investigating a living trust scam aimed directly at the elderly whereby a phony salesperson uses scare tactics to reel them in.