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Everyone is at risk of fraud, but specifically at risk are the elderly. Most of the elderly have the same legal capabilities as adults (ability to make a contract, buy a house, open a credit card, etc.) but sometimes they are too trusting or, with all the new technological advances, they are unaware of new methods of fraud.

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