As As our population ages, there are more aggressive and imaginative ways for abusers to prey upon the elderly, for instance:

- Caregivers and family members stealing checks or obtaining gifts that the elder does not want to give or talking the elder into making them the beneficiary of their will.

- Unethical contractors taking deposits for work that is never completed.

- Telephone and e-mail solicitors requesting money.

- Unethical annuity and investment seminars using pressure tactics or half-truths.

- Fake lottery and sweepstakes scams.

- Using threats of abandonment to obtain assets.

     There is a growing array of legal resources to protect our seniors from physical, emotional and financial harm.