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	APRI White Collar Crime Program URL: http://www.ndaa.org/apri/programs/senior_fraud/wcc_home.html ODP description: The American Prosecutors Research Institute provides training and technical assistance to prosecute white collar crimes with a focus on protecting elderly victims. Page title: White Collar Crime Program
	California Community Partnership for the Prevention of Financial Abuse URL: http://www.bewiseonline.org/ ODP description: CCPPFA guidelines for preventing and reporting financial elder abuse, resources for financial institutions, posters and brochures. Page title: Prevention of Elder Financial Abuse and Elder Financial Exploitation
	NASAA Investor Education and Tips URL: http://www.nasaa.org/NASAA_Newsroom/News_Release_Archive/1757.cfm ODP description: From the North American Securities Administrators Association, this guide includes the top 10 investment scams, and how older Americans can avoid investment fraud and abuse. Page title: NASAA News Release.042301 Page description: The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) is the oldest international organization devoted to investor protection. In the United States, NASAA is the voice of the 50 state securities agencies responsible for efficient capital formation and grass-roots investor protection.
	Financial Crimes Against the Elderly URL: http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/mime/open.pdf?Item=963 ODP description: The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, offers this comprehensive 88-page problem-oriented guide in PDF format.
	SCAMNOT URL: http://www.scamnot.org/ ODP description: Describes ongoing scams against seniors and includes an email alert feature. Page title: SCAMNOT.org
	Challenges in Combating Predatory Lending URL: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d04280.pdf ODP description: This 2004 report from the U.S. General Accounting Office highlights that the elderly are disproportionately victims of predatory lending.
	Seniors Against Investment Fraud - SAIF URL: http://www.corp.ca.gov/saif/saif.htm ODP description: Statewide outreach campaign under the California Department of Corporations to alert and educate seniors about investment and telemarketing fraud crimes. Page title: California Department of Corporations - Seniors Against Investment Fraud - This page has moved (SAIF)
	Fighting Fraud Against Older Consumers URL: http://www.fraud.org/elderfraud/eldset.htm ODP description: Explains how seniors can protect themselves by knowing how to identify fraudulent sales pitches. Page title: Fighting Fraud Against the Elderly
	National Association of Bunco Investigators (NABI) URL: http://www.nabihq.org/ ODP description: Non-profit organization of law enforcement and security investigators focusing on transient criminal groups and elderly victims. Page title: NABI - Home (Home)
	Older People and Consumer Fraud URL: http://www.aic.gov.au/conferences/outlook4/Graycar2.pdf ODP description: The Australian Institute of Criminology shares the results of an extensive survey of seniors' criminal victimization and vulnerability to acts of consumer fraud.
	Protecting Senior Texans from Financial Exploitation URL: http://www.oag.state.tx.us/elder/tellers.shtml ODP description: The Texas Attorney General offers this online training tool using video clips to illustrate various financial abuse scenarios in a bank setting and provides illustrations of appropriate interventions. Page title: Texas Attorney General
	Elder Abuse - California, Los Angeles District Attorney's Office URL: http://da.co.la.ca.us/seniors/ ODP description: Features the Elder Abuse Unit. How to recognize and prevent elder abuse. Warning signs, avoiding false friends, secret loan, caretaker fraud, telemarketing fraud, fraudulent charities, real estate fraud and other types of fraud. Page title: LADA Elder Abuse Unit
	Bennett Blum, M.D. URL: http://www.bennettblummd.com/ ODP description: Offers information for cases involving undue influence, coercion, mental capacity and competency, dementia, elder or financial abuse. Includes forensic and geriatric psychiatry models. Page title: Undue influence mental capacity elder abuse financial abuse Page description: Litigation support/info for cases involving undue influence, coercion, mental capacity/competency, dementia, elder abuse or financial abuse. Latest forensic and geriatric psychiatry models provided.
	Telemarketing Fraud - PhoneBusters URL: http://www.phonebusters.com/ ODP description: Offers fraud prevention advice and collects telemarketing complaints throughout Canada working in partnership with other law enforcement agencies. Page title: Welcome to PhoneBusters
	Investor Fraud Study URL: http://www.nasdfoundation.org/WISE_Investor_Fraud_Study_Final_Report.pdf ODP description: This 2006 report from the NASD Investor Education Foundation investigates strategies used by con criminals to defraud older persons.
	Elderly People and the Law - Australian Broadcasting Corporation URL: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/lawrpt/stories/s936042.htm ODP description: Transcript of 2003 The Law Report radio broadcast exploring the potential pitfalls surrounding family agreements and powers of attorney. Page title: The Law Report: 2 SeptemberÂ Â 2003Â - Elderly People and the Law Page description: Frail parents often transfer their property to their children on the understanding that theyll be cared for in exchange But are these so-called Family Agreements a practical idea or a possible legal