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		<title>Alert: AFD Medical Advisors Targeting Seniors</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick LaFleur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Better Business Bureau of Southern Arizona is issuing an alert, urging caution to seniors who may receive a telephone call from “AFD Medical Advisors”, selling a prescription drug discount plan or referencing “Medicare” and requesting a bank account number. BBB is receiving roughly 60 inquiries each month from around the country, and has received fifteen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Security of Social Security Benefits</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 20:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick LaFleur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Office of the Inspector General and Better Business Bureau of Southern Arizona are warning elderly Americans to watch out for frauds targeting direct deposit Social Security benefits. Scammers write, call or email to phish for personal information like names, addresses, Social Security numbers and bank account information. Then, they contact the Social Security Administration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don’t Be Duped by Con Artists</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 00:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick LaFleur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“More than 7.3 million Americans over 65 have been financial-fraud victims, according to a 2010 survey by the Investor Protection Trust, a nonprofit investor-education group. And some of those con artists are their own age,” according to the September/October issue of the AARP Magazine. How could so many people be duped by con artists? They [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BBB Warns the Grandparent Scam is back in Tucson</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 18:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick LaFleur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Better Business Bureau of Southern Arizona is warning consumers to be on the lookout for a resurgence of the “grandparent scam,” which is again targeting victims in southern Arizona. The Explorer News is reporting that Oro Valley Police met with a couple that received a phone call from scammers posing as their grandson, who was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BBB Warns Against Five Scams Targeting Senior Citizens</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick LaFleur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fraud targeting senior citizens is a growing concern as millions have fallen victim to scammers. Better Business Bureau encourages families to keep the lines of communication open with their elders regarding finances and to recognize some common cons targeting senior citizens. According to a June 2010 survey by Investor Protection Trust, more than 7.3 million [...]]]></description>
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