Financial Exploitation’s

• Significant or unauthorized withdrawals from the elder’s accounts
• Sudden changes in the elder’s financial condition
• Items or cash missing from the household
• Suspicious changes in wills, power of attorney, titles, and policies
• Addition of names to the elder’s signature card
• Unpaid bills or lack of medical care, although the elder has enough money to pay for them
• Financial activity the elder couldn’t have done, such as ATM withdrawals by a bedridden account holder
• Unnecessary services, goods, or subscriptions
• Unusual change in spending habits

Scams

• Constant phone calls from various phone numbers
• Elder/adult suddenly wiring money
• Large accumulation of lottery mail
• Elder/adult secretive about a relationship with someone they have not met in person

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