Elder Abuse - California, Los Angeles District Attorney's Office  
   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.
   http://da.co.la.ca.us/seniors/

California Community Partnership for the Prevention of Financial Abuse  
   CCPPFA guidelines for preventing and reporting financial elder abuse, resources for financial institutions, posters and brochures.
   http://www.bewiseonline.org/

Fighting Fraud Against Older Consumers  
   Explains how seniors can protect themselves by knowing how to identify fraudulent sales pitches.
   http://www.fraud.org/elderfraud/eldset.htm

Seniors Against Investment Fraud - SAIF  
   Statewide outreach campaign under the California Department of Corporations to alert and educate seniors about investment and telemarketing fraud crimes.
   http://www.corp.ca.gov/saif/saif.htm

Telemarketing Fraud - PhoneBusters  
   Offers fraud prevention advice and collects telemarketing complaints throughout Canada working in partnership with other law enforcement agencies.
   http://www.phonebusters.com/

Senior Crimes  
   The Ontario Crime Control Commission presents common fraud scenarios to which seniors are more vulnerable. Includes crime prevention tips.
   http://www.fightcrime.net/Crime%20FightingTips%20Seniors.htm

United States Secret Service Advance Fee Fraud Advisory  
   Public awareness advisory regarding 4-1-9 or advance fee fraud schemes. Details of the Nigerian scam and most common forms of these fraudulent business proposals.
   http://www.ustreas.gov/usss/alert419.shtml

Clergy Against Senior Exploitation - CASE  
   Partnership of the Denver District Attorney and the faith community to focus on elder fraud and financial exploitation prevention, detection, reporting and victim support.
   http://www.denverda.org/html_website/denver_da/CASE%20Home.html

NASAA Investor Education and Tips  
   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.
   http://www.nasaa.org/nasaa/scripts/prel_display_list.asp?ptid=63

Telemarketing Fraud - COLT Project  
   The Royal Canadian Mounted Police presents this Canadian and U.S. task force against telemarketing fraud targeting elder and disabled victims.
   http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/qc/pro_ser/delits_e.htm

Financial Crimes Against the Elderly  
   The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, offers this comprehensive 88-page problem-oriented guide in PDF format.
   http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/mime/open.pdf?Item=963

Older People and Consumer Fraud  
   The Australian Institute of Criminology shares the results of an extensive survey of seniors' criminal victimization and vulnerability to acts of consumer fraud.
   http://www.aic.gov.au/conferences/outlook4/Graycar2.pdf

Elderly People and the Law - Australian Broadcasting Corporation  
   Transcript of 2003 The Law Report radio broadcast exploring the potential pitfalls surrounding family agreements and powers of attorney.
   http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/lawrpt/stories/s936042.htm

Challenges in Combating Predatory Lending  
   This 2004 report from the U.S. General Accounting Office highlights that the elderly are disproportionately victims of predatory lending. [PDF]
   http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d04280.pdf

APRI White Collar Crime Program  
   The American Prosecutors Research Institute provides training and technical assistance to prosecute white collar crimes with a focus on protecting elderly victims.
   http://www.ndaa-apri.org/apri/programs/senior_fraud/wcc_home.html

Fraud: Targeting America's Seniors  
   In his 1999 U.S. Senate testimony, Bennett Blum, M.D. offers a comprehensive analysis of undue influence in elder financial abuse. [PDF]
   http://commerce.senate.gov/hearings/0804blu.pdf