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Scammers are everywhere.\nHere's Curtis Bailey in our today's episode to\xa0 discuss how we can deal with them. My interview with him was jam-packed with information, but here are a few things we discussed:\nPreventing SCAMMERS from Scamming your loved ones\n\n* Seniors need to have a team of professionals.\n* Don\u2019t let someone cut you out of your social circles because this is a common practice of scammers.\n* Be sure and talk to your family members because they can help you determine if something is a scam.\n* Scammers use emotions to scam people who are lonely. They also prey on fear, so let your rational side tell you\xa0what is happening.\n* \nIs someone overly nice and charming? Scammers can spend HOURS talking to seniors.\n\n* Don't keep secrets because scammers often ask their victims to keep secrets.\n* They may ask you to receive money from people you don\u2019t know because then they'll have your banking information.\n* We can protect our assets with a living trust, but the living trust can also be revocable.\n\n\n\n\n* \nYou can create a Power of Attorney with scams in mind.\n\n* Every year you can get a free credit report with each of the three credit rating agencies at http://AnnualCreditReport.com\xa0so you can see if your credit is being used by someone else.\n* Allow family members to receive notifications if anything strange starts happening with your finances so that they can help you spot a scammer.\n\nMr. Bailey practices estate planning and elder law at Huffman Law Offices, PC, and he is\xa0a member of Missouri Bar Association and the Illinois Bar Association. \xa0Curtis is also a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, and not only that, but he is also a member of\xa0the Advisory Council of the Area Agency on Aging of Southwestern Illinois. \xa0He is very active in his community and is a member of his\xa0Chamber of Commerce and\xa0Rotary International.\nCurtis is the co-founder of Senior Scam Action Associates. \xa0They help people\xa0recognize, prevent, and recover from scams.\nEmail: cbailey@huffmanlawoffices.com\nFor today\u2019s freebie, the 10 dead giveaways of a scam, go to http://RockYourRetirement.com/scam\nThis post on Retirement Lifestyle first appeared on http://RockYourRetirement.com.\nhttp://traffic.libsyn.com/rockyourretirement/Curtis_Bailey_160604_IFinalo.mp3