Recent posts of interest on Elder Abuse Prevention Blog

Powers of Attorney, Elder Justice, Help Hiring Helpers, and No More Minnesota Nice

I like the latter in particular: 

No More “Minnesota Nice”
Asa native Minnesotan, I got a kick out of the Minnesota Department ofPublic Safety’s anti-scam campaign, “No More Minnesota Nice,” whichwarns Minnesotans about lottery and sweepstakes scams. I’d assumed thatthe point of the campaign was to urge us Minnesotans to eschew ournotorious niceness and hang up on fraudsters as quickly as possible ortell them where to go. Which makes sense since criminal telemarketersknow that the longer they can keep someone on the phone, the morelikely they’ll be able to complete a scam. But the campaign’spromotional materials fall short of actually promoting or scriptingrudeness. So, I thought I’d do it for them:

“The next time you’re contacted by a telemarketer, just say “!!#$%!!#!!”

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