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 | Oct 26, 2016 | Blog, Estate Planning
After a meeting with a client last week, my client asked, “You really are passionate about this—how did you get started?” I thought for a moment and responded that I was 10 years old when I knew what I wanted to do. I lived in a town of about 70,000 people in upstate...
by Leonard Baer | Oct 12, 2016 | Blog, Estate Planning
How many times are we asked to sign things, and then just go ahead and sign? We go to restaurants and sign credit card receipts, but do we really review the bill? Do we read the fine print in a sales contract? We sign things all day and most of the time, we are...
by Leonard Baer | Sep 14, 2016 | Blog, Financial Scams
A client posed this thought-provoking question: Are the laws are strong enough to control elder fraud? Do we need more laws? My typical reply would be, of course! We need much stronger laws and legislation to stop this epidemic. As I thought more about this, I changed...
by Leonard Baer | Aug 17, 2016 | Blog, Financial Scams
Elder fraud is an ever-changing epidemic. In my practice, families and attorneys for families are simply at their wits end and have contacted me for help. The Internet, which has made our lives more convenient, has now become a feeding ground for these vipers. Many of...
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