by Leonard Baer | Mar 25, 2022 | Blog, Elder Law News, Financial Planning, Financial Scams
There was a great line from the movie, Network… “I’m mad as hell and I am not going to take this anymore.” That line is very fitting for me because I am mad! Awhile ago, I wrote an article on IRS scams in which people are called and informed that they owe back taxes....
by Leonard Baer | May 12, 2021 | Aging, Blog, Elder Law News, Financial Scams
I received a frantic call from a distraught family member saying that her mother has been scammed out of thousands of dollars. The mother, a woman in her seventies, had responded to a Nigerian Scam, which claimed the mother had a fund in the amount of $5,000,000. They...
by Leonard Baer | Jan 29, 2020 | Blog, Financial Scams
The holidays are over, the presents are put away, and we are looking forward to Groundhog Day, Valentines Day, and of course, the tax season! My preference is Valentine’s Day, but as you know, the IRS doesn’t give you much choice. Mark Twain once said: “What is the...
by Leonard Baer | Jul 18, 2018 | Blog, Financial Scams, Uncategorized
It’s summer, wow the open road, top down on the convertible, picnics, barbecues, the beach. As they say, “the living is easy”. What could be better than a car filled with gas and our destination is ……..wherever. Remember when the gas station was called a “filling...
by Leonard Baer | Jul 5, 2018 | Aging, Blog, Financial Scams, Uncategorized
It’s a dark and stormy night…. there’s a mist and just a slight glow of illumination. In that glow, there is a small structure standing alone, and I move slowly and carefully toward it. Holy moly, its an ATM. I must be nuts looking to get money from a...
by Leonard Baer | Feb 21, 2018 | Aging, Blog, Elder Law News, Estate Planning, Financial Planning, Financial Scams, Uncategorized
How heavy is a human heart, you ask? The answer is that it is so heavy that it’s been weighing me down. It’s so heavy that I haven’t been able to breathe deeply or move from one room to another. It’s so heavy that my body trembles when I hear the evening news. ...
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