Seniors Beware – Fraudsters Targeting Seniors
Fraudsters keep coming up with newer, more ingenious ways of parting us from our cash and one very vulnerable portion of the population is that of senior citizens. In recent times there are many frauds particularly aimed at seniors who should be aware of these:
Medicare Scam: This is something like a mobile lab scam – where the fraudsters target the elderly pretending to conduct fake checkups and then charging their Medicare account. Then another modus operandi is offering ‘free’ products door to door and then charging their Medicare account. Then there are those to steal someone’s identification number and use it to conduct tests; such as the woman who was charged for semen analysis and prostate exams!
I always say, What you save, you earn! And by protecting yourself against 
It used to be the five and dime stores in the good old days but inflation took care of that and now we just have dollar stores. There are many ways in which you can stretch your monthly/weekly budget further by shopping at dollar stores. It really makes sense because the concept upon which the dollar store is based makes it possible for sellers to actually sell the products to consumers substantially cheaper.
I have spoken before about the 
Now this is the most expensive painting ever sold. I found that I was completely mystified: I simply could not fathom the allure of the painting. I admit that I don’t think much of abstract art and know even less, but this one continues to confound me: Jackson Pollock’s No. 5, 1948 sold by David Geffen, founder of Geffen Records and co-founder of Dreamworks SKG, to David Martinez, managing partner of Fintech Advisory Ltd, in a private sale for a record inflation-adjusted price of $140 million. I don’t get it; $140 million for something that looks like a bird’s nest to me.
