This article in the Wall Street Journal by Kelly Greene talks about a survey showing older adults can be very vulnerable to financial and investment fraud:
http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/08/15/older-adults-very-vulnerable-to-fraud/?mod=WSJBlog&mod=totalreturn
Make sure your loved ones are aware not to jump into anything that sounds too good to be true without lots of discussion and investigation.
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