the red flags continue.....Paradise Costs list is a PARTIAL list....

the ways a senior can be scammed and exploited are
growing as corporate America joins the feasting to 
feather their nests. I will be posting shortly how a typical
corporate scenario unfolds, one my family that has 
experienced, how 5 or 6 Verizon employees past the 
buck, added charges for their phantom services, told 
contradicting stories and actually lied. I will present
the names and dates, what was said and how we were
mislead. Is this fraud? Well, a short survey of those around
us told basically the same tales. We are waiting to hear from 
one Bronx, NY victim and a TV news station will be getting
this is the only way to reach Verizon...they list their 
corporate office location on a FREE Google blog....
this is how a major US corporation handles its 
customer service issues or if you call, they will pass 
the buck and tell you to wait until a certain department 
gets back to you....do they get back to you?

NO!!

We will be taking you down this path now 2 months old 
and we will give your Verizon employee names and tell 
you the stories they told me.

Do we think Verizon is alone in doing this? NO...
it's a pandemic. Boomers, watch out.

Back to the red flags:In any physician’s office, bank, 
attorney’s office, insurance company, investment firm, etc., 
the elder is accompanied by someone who refuses to 
allow the senior citizen to speak for him/herself and/or 
the elder appears nervous, apprehensive, edgy, or seems 
uneasy about or fearful of the person accompanying him or her.

The elder is concerned or confused about any valuable 
including medication, jewelry, money and/or any other 
item the elder needs to maintain well-being such as 
glasses, dentures, hearing aids, walkers, bills for 
medical services or appliances, etc.

Pay close attention to handwriting changes in 
signatures of a senior citizen on checks or any 
other document. Pay particular attention if the
elder signs checks and someone else and/or 
another style of handwriting fills in the payee 
and amount sections. Pay very close attention 
to checks made out to cash. Pay close attention 
to the sequence in check numbers. Examine the 
check book to make sure a check at the back 
of the book is not missing.

The amount of banking activity or spending 
habits increases especially after joint accounts 
are set up and/or someone new starts helping 
out in any other aspect of a senior citizen’s care.
Check those utilities bills!