This, We Do Not Like: ‘In The D.C. Area And Across The U.S., Scams Against Senior Citizens Are On The Rise’

Looking at the morning papers, we are very troubled by what we read in an excellent article in the Washington Post, by Dan Morse, about the significant growth in financial fraud scams against senior citizens. One sentence in particular is quite chilling: “Senior citizens lose at least $2.6 billion a year to thieves, many of whom are in their own families, according to a study last year by the MetLife Mature Market Institute.” 

The complete article is available at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/06/AR2010070605455.html?hpid%3Dtopnews&sub=AR.