Seniors are also often deliberately targeted by scams, fraud, and misleading marketing – often by otherwise legitimate businesses.Shilling, D. (2008, November/December). "Improving the court system's response to elder abuse," Victimization of the Elderly and Disabled, 11, 49, 51-52, 59, 62-63. This may include: fraudulent investment or insurance schemes fraudulent contracts (such as extended car or home warranties, which in reality cover nothing) unauthorized charges imposed by internet service providers worthless "sweepstakes" that elderly persons must pay in order to collect winnings fake pharmaceutical or diet/health products medical billing scams and unnecessary medical care predatory or unnecessary lending (e.g. reverse mortgages)  charitable giving scams, including pressure to rewrite wills  identity theft lottery scams work from home schemes or other ways to generate income
Seniors are also often deliberately targeted by scams, fraud, and misleading marketing – often by otherwise legitimate businesses.Shilling, D. (2008, November/December). "Improving the court system's response to elder abuse," Victimization of the Elderly and Disabled, 11, 49, 51-52, 59, 62-63. This may include: fraudulent investment or insurance schemes fraudulent contracts (such as extended car or home warranties, which in reality cover nothing) unauthorized charges imposed by internet service providers worthless "sweepstakes" that elderly persons must pay in order to collect winnings fake pharmaceutical or diet/health products medical billing scams and unnecessary medical care predatory or unnecessary lending (e.g. reverse mortgages) Tech support and IRS impersonation scams, in which an elderly person may be cajoled or threatened into paying large sums of money in the form of bank transfers or gift cards charitable giving scams, including pressure to rewrite wills 419 scams identity theft lottery scams work from home schemes or other ways to generate income
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Tech support and IRS impersonation scams, in which an elderly person may be cajoled or threatened into paying large sums of money in the form of bank transfers or gift cards
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419 scams