AARP, the U.S. Postal Service, and the Postal Inspection Service are teaming up to combat foreign lottery fraud, one of the most pernicious scams targeting older Americans today.
AARP Tennessee volunteers are starting a new blog series - "Outsmart the Scammers" - with this post from Fred Fields to kick off National Consumer Protection Week:
This year again, the AARP Foundation Tax-Aide Program corps of volunteers offers tax preparation and filing assistance. In it’s 48 th year, Tax-Aide is the nation’s largest free tax assistance and preparation service that gives special attention to the older population – and you don’t have to be an AARP member o a retiree to use the service.
As part of the Interagency Council for the Prevention of Elder Abuse, AARP Alabama is pressing for state legislation to strengthen penalties for elder abuse, neglect and financial exploitation.