FW: BE Aware FW: [MI Elder Law] FW: veterans benefits scams

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The Veterans Home Care LLC would fall w/in the definition regarding veteran benefits scams described below.   Just substitute "loan" for "annuity" and you have the same issue. Scroll all the way down please.
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MKG

Hi Everybody.  I am interested to know if any of you have encountered elders

who were sold annuities by insurance agents promising to qualify them for

the Veterans Aid and Attendance pension, or any other pension offered by the

VA.

This scam, which is really just a variation on the trust mill, appears to be

spreading, and just yesterday, Montana's AG put out a warning about it:

http://www.doj.mt.gov/news/releases2010/20100701.asp

<https://mail.scccoa.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.doj.mt.gov/new

s/releases2010/20100701.asp> 

My agency has been working with California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform

to try to get to the bottom of this scam for almost three years now, ever

since a nonprofit claiming to be affiliated with the VA unleashed a number

of insurance agents representing themselves as "volunteers" onto our local

senior centers, ostensibly to educate veterans about their benefits.  It was

a Trojan Horse scam of the worst sort.

 We are interested in speaking with any affected elders or other persons who

may have insight into this scam.  We are especially interested in speaking

with elders who would be willing to talk to media, though this is certainly

not a requirement.  It also doesn't matter what state the elder lives in.

Thank a bunch!

Shawna Reeves, MSW, Program Coordinator

Fair Lending Project for Seniors

Council on Aging Silicon Valley

2115 The Alameda, San Jose, CA  95126

408-350-3229 / sreeves@scccoa.org <mailto:sreeves@scccoa.org> 

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