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	Telemarketing Fraud - PhoneBusters - http://www.phonebusters.com/ Offers fraud prevention advice and collects telemarketing complaints throughout Canada working in partnership with other law enforcement agencies.
	Challenges in Combating Predatory Lending - http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d04280.pdf This 2004 report from the U.S. General Accounting Office highlights that the elderly are disproportionately victims of predatory lending.
	Protecting Senior Texans from Financial Exploitation - http://www.oag.state.tx.us/elder/tellers.shtml The Texas Attorney General offers this online training tool using video clips to illustrate various financial abuse scenarios in a bank setting and provides illustrations of appropriate interventions.
	California Community Partnership for the Prevention of Financial Abuse - http://www.bewiseonline.org/ CCPPFA guidelines for preventing and reporting financial elder abuse, resources for financial institutions, posters and brochures.
	APRI White Collar Crime Program - http://www.ndaa.org/apri/programs/senior_fraud/wcc_home.html The American Prosecutors Research Institute provides training and technical assistance to prosecute white collar crimes with a focus on protecting elderly victims.

	Elder Abuse - California, Los Angeles District Attorney's Office - http://da.co.la.ca.us/seniors/ 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.
	Fighting Fraud Against Older Consumers - http://www.fraud.org/elderfraud/eldset.htm Explains how seniors can protect themselves by knowing how to identify fraudulent sales pitches.
	http://www.scamnot.org/ - http://www.scamnot.org/ Describes ongoing scams against seniors and includes an email alert feature.
	National Association of Bunco Investigators (NABI) - http://www.nabihq.org/ Non-profit organization of law enforcement and security investigators focusing on transient criminal groups and elderly victims.
	Bennett Blum, M.D. - http://www.bennettblummd.com/ Offers information for cases involving undue influence, coercion, mental capacity and competency, dementia, elder or financial abuse. Includes forensic and geriatric psychiatry models.

	Elderly People and the Law - Australian Broadcasting Corporation - http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/lawrpt/stories/s936042.htm Transcript of 2003 The Law Report radio broadcast exploring the potential pitfalls surrounding family agreements and powers of attorney.
	Older People and Consumer Fraud - http://www.aic.gov.au/conferences/outlook4/Graycar2.pdf The Australian Institute of Criminology shares the results of an extensive survey of seniors' criminal victimization and vulnerability to acts of consumer fraud.
	Financial Crimes Against the Elderly - http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/mime/open.pdf?Item=963 The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, offers this comprehensive 88-page problem-oriented guide in PDF format.
	NASAA Investor Education and Tips - http://www.nasaa.org/NASAA_Newsroom/News_Release_Archive/1757.cfm 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.

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