ELDERS! Targeted! Exploited and Waysided!

 


ELDERS! Targeted! Exploited and Waysided!

 Ouch! Shame on us! They worked hard, paid their dues and invested with but one expectation; that they would be respected, accommodated and at least represented. Nothing can be further from the truth. Starting with family members and neighbors to intended social services and local elected officials as far up the chain to include what’s happening on Capitol Hill; the elderly seem to be expendable and left fending for themselves. And yes! If they can’t afford the expense, even the courts of law tend to offer them a deaf ear.

In present day, a fast paced, techno, socio-economic setting where it seems people are becoming, or treating each other as little more than commodities to exchange or expendable burdens to exclude: The implications are far more reaching than people are taking time to consider.  But let’s be honest! If you’re not young, pretty, techno savvy and marketable: You’re Invisible! So just where do you think the elderly are falling? Let’s start with elder homeowners, the homecare services they receive, and their political and economic worth.

Because of psychological and situational reasons, elderly homeowners are particularly vulnerable to an assortment of scams. Isolated, lonely and accepting their state of slowing information processing they fear losing their independence. So, they turn to being generous and polite while trusting their efforts will gain them favor. Thus come, offering friendships, good will gestures and experienced advice leading to quick financial opportunities; title theft, additional insurance offers, service contracts, refinancing solutions and reverse mortgage scams, fraudulent home improvement contractors, and yes even worse – home invaders like friendly tenants intending to exploit the slow and costly legal process with legal trickery like citing code violations, claims of disrepair and physical intimidation to squat as many rent-free months as possible. "Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive" (Sir Walter Scott).

But that’s not the only home invading termites’ elders face. Pushing to deregulate and privatize, Home Care is becoming a booming profitable industry with a tendency to hire the neediest employees. While providing minimal training and monitoring supervision, they tend to ignore growing news flashing vandalized personal belongings, liquidated saving accounts, misappropriated fixed incomes and public benefits: All happening under the threatening blanket of mental, verbal, emotional and physical abuse. Thus seems the final destiny of elder economic worth. But hey, it’s not personal – it’s “just about a neighbor” right? Just Mind Your Business and look away!  Really? Open your eyes to the truth: THE ONLY THING NECESSARY FOR THE TRIUMPH OF EVIL IS FOR GOOD MEN TO DO NOTHING (Edmond Burke)

While the FBI receives over 100,000 annual complaints worth an estimated value of $28 + billion relating to a wide range of financial scams as simple as Sweepstakes/Lottery and various technical support offers - be forewarned: “Bad men need nothing more to compass (achieve) their ends than that good men should look on and do nothing (John Stuart Mill).” So, choose where you want to make a stand but be mindful: Today’s affluent will be tomorrows elderly and “What goes around comes around!” Rest sure! Current cutbacks guarantee present safety nets may have little future place. Point! In a political arena where “We The People” are being undermined by “Corporate Enterprise” do consider: WHEN BAD MEN COMBINE, THE GOOD MUST ASSOCIATE ELSE THEY WILL FALL ONE BY ONE. So please, before too late: Love Thy Neighbor as Thy Self!

NEIGHBORHOOD ALERT

Predatory Tenants Targeting Seniors

TAKING FINANCIAL ADVANTAGE OF SENIOR CITIZENS AND AVAILABLE HARDSHIP SERVICES

 

Cunning as a fox in the hen house, some individuals, honing their skills into an art, they line up victims like falling dominoes, they exploit hardship agencies to secure housing among vulnerable, kindhearted seniors with language barriers and limited legal savvy with intent to dodge future rent using calculated tactics:

-         Avoiding documentation

-         Playing the victim card

-         Claiming delayed wages from phantom employers 

-         Making staggered, minimal cash pay while exaggerating frequency and amounts 

-         Strategically dragging out court proceedings to extend rent-free stays

-         Complying with evictions when marshal comes and the next target is secured

 

It’s a quiet hustle dressed in hardship seeking sympathy. They’re repeat offenders honing an Ingenious and Destructive game one victim at a time. And, flying under the radar, they may be sitting by you; drinking, eating, and scheming their next move. So, How You Can Help.

  • Discuss these behaviors in your circles—yes, even at your choice of food and drink
  • Watch for red flags when someone brags about rental arrangements
  • Support elderly neighbors by encouraging background checks and formal rental agreements
  • Report suspicious behavior to housing authorities or senior advocacy organizations

Be Alert! Be Aware! And do Beware! Norwalk is rapidly growing and changing. That good old neighborly, everybody knows everybody and collectively looking out for each other is succumbing to that transient population being outpriced from the metropolis. And although most are beautiful people to welcome and embrace, there are termite-like predators seeking opportunities where our elders are easy prey.

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