Expect your Senior to be targeted at some time. Your state Attorney General is another fraud protection resource. As you might expect, Florida has the greatest number of residents over 65. You might be surprised to learn that Pennsylvania has the second largest senior population. In fact, in Pennsylvania close to a million residents will be over age 75 in the year 2000.
Statistics prove otherwise.
And if you are a baby boomer, the target of the con artist is likely your Mom or Dad or Aunt or Uncle. The con artist may enter by telephone, by mail, by ringing the doorbell, or even by advertising. The target may be cash, nest eggs, life insurance benefits, pensions, annuities, home equity, or personal belongings. Henry was a trusting elderly man with the beginnings of Alzheimer's disease. Because of his depression era experiences, he had never trusted banks and kept his money in a safe at home.