Fraud Fighter 101

Years ago a friend of Christie's was the innocent victim of an identity theft. Someone had phoned him and said that he felt guilty that he'd been using his name to purchase cell phones (must of had a 'come to Jesus moment'). It sounded so strange that we paid a visit to my brother-in-law, Rick, who is a retired policeman; he told us the ugly truth that identify theft was just beginning and that they didn't know quite how to stop it and worse yet, the usual victims are the elderly. Yuk.

Today we are equipped with more tools to identify fraud but the predators are one step ahead of us. Advances in technology make it even more easier for them to steal our identity armed with only a cell phone that takes pictures!

AARP has developed an awesome program to Recognize, Resist, and Report frauds and scams so that no one will lose their life savings to crooks. The Fraud Fighter program trains volunteers like myself to get this message out to the community so that the predators learn that we're on to them. In a half-an-hour or less I have been trained to educate the public in how to identify fraud, protect themselves against fraud, and where to report any fraudulent activities to the proper authorities.

In addition, AARP advocates lobby to pass legislation to protect the innocent such as putting a ceiling on Payday loan interest rates. The more information that we can provide to the advocates the better they'll be able to advocate on our behalf. I'm feeling REAL good about this mission and the benefit that I can offer to my community.

Let me know if your group would be interested in hearing about this program -- it's free!

http://www.aarpfraudfighters.org/