It’s a typical afternoon and your phone starts ringing. You don’t recognize the number, but you’re expecting an important call, so you pick it up and are greeted by a friendly voice introducing themselves as a representative from your bank. You’ve never known your bank to call you out of the blue like this, so […]
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Session 1 of Money Smart for Older Adults: This session covers helpful information about frauds and scams, including the growing threat of romance scams and employment scams. Information and tips are provided to help you recognize frauds and scams and how to protect yourself. This session also discusses the role of technology in scams and
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A caregiver is defined as anyone who cares for a person who cannot care for themselves, typically assisting the individual or dependent person with the activities of daily life (ADL’s), such as bathing, dressing, and eating. A caregiver allows the individual to age in place rather than in a facility, but it’s important to be
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Scam Alert: Parkland advising Dallas County seniors to protect themselves against fake homecare call visits Call 911 if you feel threatened by an unrecognizable caller or home solicitor Dallas – A recent phone call scam is targeting the Dallas County elderly community. The Parkland Health Call Center has received numerous phone from elderly patients who
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This potential romance scammer picked the wrong person to mess with when he messaged one of our Elder Financial Safety Center team members and her three friends on Facebook. Financial Coach Debbie Burkham responded to a friend’s Facebook post about his birthday celebration last week, with a simple “Happy Birthday.” It turned out the friend’s
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Seniors can become financially secure in retirement with these tips from our Elder Financial Safety Center. This financial planning video covers emergency funds, eliminating debt, budgeting, and setting goals and priorities. Please like and share this video! Then subscribe to our channel. Volunteer with The Senior Source at: https://theseniorsource.org/ways-to-give-to-the-senior-source/volunteer/ Follow us on social media: Facebook:
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Older adults need car and life insurance and want the best price as we all do. However, insurance frauds and scams can be hard to detect. Our Elder Financial Safety Center staff gives seniors tell-tale sign to watch for when shopping for insurance. Please like and share this video! Then subscribe to our channel. Volunteer
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Those jobs that offer to pay you to work from home just a few hours a day, look tempting but are they real? Our Elder Financial Safety Center staff gives seniors tell-tale sign of frauds and scams when job hunting. Please like and share this video! Then subscribe to our channel. Volunteer with The Senior
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Join the Elder Financial Safety Center as we discuss common frauds and scams that are impacting older adults. Please like and share this video! Then subscribe to our channel. Volunteer with The Senior Source at: https://theseniorsource.org/ways-to-give-to-the-senior-source/volunteer/ Follow us on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheSeniorSource LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-senior-source Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheSeniorSource Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theseniorsource/
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Our Elder Financial Safety Center (EFSC) staff helped a client recently who received this phishing email. Let us show you how to identify scam emails and what to do about them. Luckily, the client called us before calling the listed phone number or replying to the email. We were able to help him identify the
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