{"id":188,"date":"2005-01-10T15:51:27","date_gmt":"2005-01-10T20:51:27","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-03-01T11:24:44","modified_gmt":"2012-03-01T16:24:44","slug":"free-seminars-in-jacksonville-area-to-help-protect-elder-consumers-from-scams-and-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2005\/01\/10\/free-seminars-in-jacksonville-area-to-help-protect-elder-consumers-from-scams-and-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Free seminars in Jacksonville area to help protect elder consumers from scams and fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Contact Aaron Reincheld<br \/>\nCommunications Specialist<br \/>\n727-562-7381<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gulfport, Fla.<\/strong> &#8211; Stetson University College of Law&#8217;s Elder Consumer Protection Program will warn Jacksonville-area elderly citizens about the dangers of identity theft and home services fraud at several free consumer protection presentations in January.<\/p>\n<p>The seminars are part of Stetson&#8217;s statewide Elder Consumer Protection Program, which is headed by Stetson&#8217;s Elder Law Chair Rebecca Morgan. The program began with a successful seminar series around the Tampa Bay area and will continue around the state in the coming months with sessions on different types of fraud.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Over and over we hear stories about unscrupulous individuals posing as legitimate service repair providers who then take a large amount of money for no work or shoddy work,&#8221; Morgan said. &#8220;It is important for seniors to know how to find a legitimate service repair company and how to protect themselves from these service scams.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Stetson&#8217;s Elder Consumer Protection Fellow Nick Cox will present warnings on services fraud, which includes lawn care, air conditioning repairs, appliance repairs or any home service that a person may need.<\/p>\n<p>With experience in both the Office of the Florida Attorney General and the State Attorney&#8217;s Office, Cox has worked closely with state and federal agencies to educate citizens and law enforcement personnel on consumer fraud issues.<\/p>\n<p>Cox will speak at the following senior centers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jan. 17, 10:30 a.m., Coastal Community Center, St. John&#8217;s County Center on Aging, St. Augustine<\/li>\n<li>Jan. 20, 10:30 a.m., Mary Singleton Senior Center, Jacksonville (The city of Jacksonville will transport seniors from several surrounding centers for this presentation.)<\/li>\n<li>Jan. 24, 11 a.m., Oceanway Senior Center, Jacksonville<\/li>\n<li>Jan. 25, 11 a.m., Hammond Community Center, Jacksonville<\/li>\n<li>Jan. 27, 11 a.m., Jacksonville Beaches Senior Center, South Jacksonville Beach<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Funding for these programs was provided in part by the Administration on Aging, and the presentations are part of Stetson&#8217;s work under a federal grant to educate the elderly on consumer fraud prevention. Stetson, a national leader in the field of elder law, has partnered with the Florida Attorney General&#8217;s Office, AARP and the legal community to increase public awareness of consumer fraud against senior citizens.<\/p>\n<p>To suggest a location or for information on scheduling additional consumer protection seminars, please call 727-562-7800 ext. 7235.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stetson University College of Law\u2019s Elder Consumer Protection Program<br \/>\nwill warn Jacksonville-area elderly citizens about the dangers of<br \/>\nidentity theft and home services fraud at several free consumer<br \/>\nprotection presentations in January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[970,363,264,897],"class_list":["post-188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-1","tag-consumers","tag-elder","tag-fraud","tag-scams"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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