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.

CCPPFA guidelines for preventing and reporting financial elder abuse, resources for financial institutions, posters and brochures.

Explains how seniors can protect themselves by knowing how to identify fraudulent sales pitches.

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.

Partnership of the Denver District Attorney and the faith community to focus on elder fraud and financial exploitation prevention, detection, reporting and victim support.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police presents this Canadian and U.S. task force against telemarketing fraud targeting elder and disabled victims.

The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, offers this comprehensive 88-page problem-oriented guide in PDF format.

The Australian Institute of Criminology shares the results of an extensive survey of seniors' criminal victimization and vulnerability to acts of consumer fraud.

Transcript of 2003 The Law Report radio broadcast exploring the potential pitfalls surrounding family agreements and powers of attorney.

This 2004 report from the U.S. General Accounting Office highlights that the elderly are disproportionately victims of predatory lending.

The American Prosecutors Research Institute provides training and technical assistance to prosecute white collar crimes with a focus on protecting elderly victims.

In his 1999 U.S. Senate testimony, Bennett Blum, M.D. offers a comprehensive analysis of undue influence in elder financial abuse.

Offers information for cases involving undue influence, coercion, mental capacity and competency, dementia, elder or financial abuse. Includes forensic and geriatric psychiatry models.

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.

Non-profit organization of law enforcement and security investigators focusing on transient criminal groups and elderly victims.

Martin Hagan Esq. focuses on elder abuse through undue influence. Includes profiles of victims and perpetrators, stages, and available remedies.

AARP publication focusing on time-tested psychological tricks used to steal from seniors and including a CD with audio clips of actual con artists.