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Don't Fall Victim to This In Retirement, Ep #158
Financial Symmetry: Balancing Today with Retirement
English - February 28, 2022 08:00 - 22 minutes - 18.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 45 ratingsInvesting Business Management financialplanning financialadvisor financialplanner investing money personalfinance retirement saving Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: How to Deal with Concentrated Stocks in Your Portfolio, Ep #157
Next Episode: Breaking Biases Surrounding Women and Money, Ep #159
From data breaches to text messages, emails, and phone calls, scammers are always looking for new ways to commit fraud.
Video recap: https://youtu.be/_PwxMMqnjNk
Fraud can devastate retirement plans, so it is important to stay one step ahead of scammers and keep your guard up to protect yourself and your retirement.
On this episode, we discuss types of scams to be on the lookout for and how you can protect yourself from the conmen that are constantly devising new ways to ruin people’s lives.
Outline of This Episode [2:12] Elder fraud is an egregious form of fraud [6:47] Victim shaming can make things worse [9:43] Be cautious about new romantic relationships [10:58] Ways that you can protect yourself from scams [18:38] Is a credit freeze a good idea if you have been a victim of fraud? [19:56] The progress principles Resources & People Mentioned Humble Dollar article – Be Suspicious The Tinder Swindler Reply All podcast – Episode #102 Long Distance Common Scam Frauds – www.usa.gov Credit Karma Report fraud to the FTC Dr. Phil episode – International Timeshare scam bankrupts Mom Be on the Alert for Text Message Scams – Financial Symmetry Fighting Elderly Fraud – Financial Symmetry Connect With Allison and Will https://www.financialsymmetry.com/podcast-archive/ Connect on Twitter @csmithraleigh @TeamFSINC Follow Financial Symmetry on Facebook