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NASAA Investor Education and Tips NASAA Investor Education and Tips: From the North American Securities Administrators Association, this guide includes the top 10 investment scams, and how older Americans can avoid investment fraud and abuse. (Financial Abuse) http://www.nasaa.org/nasaa/scripts/prel_display_list.asp?ptid=63 Elder Abuse - California, Los Angeles District Attorney's Office Elder Abuse - California, Los Angeles District Attorney's Office: Features the Elder Abuse Unit. How to recognize and prevent elder abuse. Warning signs, avoiding false friends, secret loan, caretaker fraud, telemarketing fraud, fraudulent charities, real estate fraud and other types of fraud. (Financial Abuse) http://da.co.la.ca.us/seniors/ Elderly People and the Law - Australian Broadcasting Corporation Elderly People and the Law - Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Transcript of 2003 The Law Report radio broadcast exploring the potential pitfalls surrounding family agreements and powers of attorney. (Financial Abuse) http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/lawrpt/stories/s936042.htm APRI White Collar Crime Program APRI White Collar Crime Program: The American Prosecutors Research Institute provides training and technical assistance to prosecute white collar crimes with a focus on protecting elderly victims. (Financial Abuse) http://www.ndaa-apri.org/apri/programs/senior_fraud/wcc_home.html Financial Crimes Against the Elderly Financial Crimes Against the Elderly: The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, offers this comprehensive 88-page problem-oriented guide in PDF format. (Financial Abuse) http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/mime/open.pdf?Item=963 Challenges in Combating Predatory Lending Challenges in Combating Predatory Lending: This 2004 report from the U.S. General Accounting Office highlights that the elderly are disproportionately victims of predatory lending. (Financial Abuse)[PDF] http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d04280.pdf Telemarketing Fraud - PhoneBusters Telemarketing Fraud - PhoneBusters: Offers fraud prevention advice and collects telemarketing complaints throughout Canada working in partnership with other law enforcement agencies. (Financial Abuse) http://www.phonebusters.com/ Seniors Against Investment Fraud - SAIF Seniors Against Investment Fraud - SAIF: Statewide outreach campaign under the California Department of Corporations to alert and educate seniors about investment and telemarketing fraud crimes. (Financial Abuse) http://www.corp.ca.gov/saif/saif.htm Fighting Fraud Against Older Consumers Fighting Fraud Against Older Consumers: Explains how seniors can protect themselves by knowing how to identify fraudulent sales pitches. (Financial Abuse) http://www.fraud.org/elderfraud/eldset.htm United States Secret Service Advance Fee Fraud Advisory United States Secret Service Advance Fee Fraud Advisory: Public awareness advisory regarding 4-1-9 or advance fee fraud schemes. Details of the Nigerian scam and most common forms of these fraudulent business proposals. (Financial Abuse) http://www.ustreas.gov/usss/alert419.shtml Senior Crimes Senior Crimes: The Ontario Crime Control Commission presents common fraud scenarios to which seniors are more vulnerable. Includes crime prevention tips. (Financial Abuse) http://www.fightcrime.net/Crime%20FightingTips%20Seniors.htm California Community Partnership for the Prevention of Financial Abuse California Community Partnership for the Prevention of Financial Abuse: CCPPFA guidelines for preventing and reporting financial elder abuse, resources for financial institutions, posters and brochures. (Financial Abuse) http://www.bewiseonline.org/ Telemarketing Fraud - COLT Project Telemarketing Fraud - COLT Project: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police presents this Canadian and U.S. task force against telemarketing fraud targeting elder and disabled victims. (Financial Abuse) http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/qc/pro_ser/delits_e.htm Older People and Consumer Fraud Older People and Consumer Fraud: The Australian Institute of Criminology shares the results of an extensive survey of seniors' criminal victimization and vulnerability to acts of consumer fraud. (Financial Abuse) http://www.aic.gov.au/conferences/outlook4/Graycar2.pdf Clergy Against Senior Exploitation - CASE Clergy Against Senior Exploitation - CASE: Partnership of the Denver District Attorney and the faith community to focus on elder fraud and financial exploitation prevention, detection, reporting and victim support. (Financial Abuse) http://www.denverda.org/html_website/denver_da/CASE%20Home.html