{"id":891,"date":"2014-09-27T14:18:36","date_gmt":"2014-09-27T14:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plinylives.com\/?p=891"},"modified":"2014-09-27T14:21:18","modified_gmt":"2014-09-27T14:21:18","slug":"good-article-on-how-to-avoid-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plinylives.com\/?p=891","title":{"rendered":"Good article on how to avoid scams"},"content":{"rendered":"

Please click the link below to read the excellent article \u00a0by Marla Beck a writer for the Madison Park Times:<\/p>\n

AGING WITH CARE | Scammers target trusting seniors<\/a><\/p>\n

I agree totally with her rule:<\/p>\n

“My rule: Do not give money via the phone, email or to in-person solicitors; never give out your credit-card information.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here are a few of the scams that she mentions in her article:<\/p>\n

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  1. Selling you services that you do not need<\/li>\n
  2. Unethical charities trying to get money from you<\/li>\n
  3. People asking for money over the phone, by mail or email<\/li>\n
  4. Scammers buy mailing lists, lists of phone numbers and email addresses<\/li>\n
  5. Someone will call you and tell you that you won a sweepstake prize and that you have to pay them taxes and fees –Do not pay! It’s a scam.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  6. Be careful on dating websites. People will ask you for money, for an emergency, for tickets to visit, etc. Do not give them money! They are trying to steal your hard-earned money.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n
  7. Someone might come to your home and say your roof or chimney needs to repaired. Politely say no<\/strong>. If you want to have work done on your house you need to do a proper search for a licensed contractor. You can use a service like Angies List or check with your state or local government websites.<\/li>\n
  8. Be careful when someone approaches you to sell you insurance or wants to invest your money. Say no! You should search for insurance or investment services with a trusted relative or friend. If they come to you first they might be a scam artist.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n
  9. Here is a second excellent rule mentioned in the article: “Here\u2019s another rule to follow: Always use trusted advisors<\/strong> \u2014 ones who come highly recommended by someone you know and in whom you have confidence. “<\/li>\n
  10. Don’t let someone rush you or overwhelm you with information, especially if they are trying to sell you something or get money from you.<\/li>\n
  11. While you are still in good health it is a good idea to designate someone you trust to help and advise you with your finances. You should do this with a lawyer.<\/li>\n
  12. AARP has a Fraud Fighter hotline (800-646-2283) if you need help or advice.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Please click the link below to read the excellent article \u00a0by Marla Beck a writer for the Madison Park Times: AGING WITH CARE | Scammers target trusting seniors I agree totally with her rule: “My rule: Do not give money via the phone, email or to in-person solicitors; never give out your credit-card information.” Here […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3],"tags":[127,128,21],"class_list":["post-891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-information","category-scams","tag-avoiding-scams","tag-elderly","tag-seniors","czr-hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/plinylives.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/plinylives.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/plinylives.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plinylives.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plinylives.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=891"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/plinylives.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":896,"href":"https:\/\/plinylives.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891\/revisions\/896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/plinylives.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plinylives.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plinylives.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}