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Outsmart the Scammer:

Protecting Seniors from Fraud and Financial Exploitation

Scams are everywhere these days and no one is immune. Presented by Beth Manes.

**This program is sponsored by The New Jersey State Bar Foundation. The NJSBF offers a wide variety of free law-related and civics-based publications, programs and education for the public, New Jersey teachers and their students.**

Scams leaves older adults with no way to recoup their losses. Worldwide, people age 60 and over lose billions of dollars combined to fraud each year. Behind that shocking figure? Tens of thousands of very real people who have been robbed of their savings and financial security.

When it comes to stopping online scammers, knowledge is power. In this program, we will cover the most common scams targeting older adults. You will also learn what to do if you or someone you know encounters one.

Presenter: Beth C. Manes has been practicing law for over 25 years. She resides in Essex County, with her husband, several dogs, and whichever adult children are home at the time. Beth loves to travel; her favorite vacations are on a bicycle, in a tent, or observing animals not typically found in New Jersey.

Her practice concentrates in Special Education Law, Special Needs Planning, Guardianships and Estate Planning. She has lectured to attorneys and taught several continuing legal education courses including: “Divorce and the Special Needs Child,” “Planning for Unemancipated Adult Children in a Divorce,” and “The Effect of Divorce on Estate Planning.”

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