Top 10 California Investment Schemes and Scandals for 2004 - http://www.corp.ca.gov/pub/tips10att.htm The California Department of Corporations highlights seniors as vulnerable targets of investment fraud including the sale of variable annuities.
Seniors Get a Hard Sell on Fee-Laden Annuities - Los Angeles Times - http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-retire24apr24,0,4561077.story Detailed April 2006 report on commission-driven agents targeting elderly's assets, and playing on their fears to push a product that may not meet their needs.
Variable Annuity Fraud - http://www.jameshoyer.com/problem_annuities.html# Attorneys James Hoyer, Newcomer and Smiljanich discuss how variable annuity scams target seniors and include a bibliography of expert opinions.
Annuitytruth.org - http://www.annuitytruth.org/ List of circumstances when the sale of a deferred annuity to an older adult is very questionable. Includes a free special report on this topic.
Suit Targets Senior Seminars for Questionable Sales Tactics - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/11/20/BUGFV9UINH1.DTL Describes a class-action lawsuit against insurance companies and living-trust companies that market annuities to elderly people.
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