BY JUDY BASTIEN
DECEMBER 17, 2009
More than 550 older adults attended a workshop presented Wednesday at the Yambilee building by the Triad program. The workshop for people 60 years and older had its serious side and its festive side.
It began with a presentation on living wills and a talk by St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz on the various scams circulating, many of which target seniors.
"Recently, we've had calls from people about scams from Nigeria, Canada and other parts of the world, sending information to local residents, trying to get them to send money and information so they can access their bank accounts," said Tim LeDee, who organized the event on behalf of Triad, a partnership of the National Sheriffs Association, AARP and the Municipal Chiefs of Police Association.
Four such workshops are held each year in different areas of the parish, LeDee said, and the topics of discussion are often dictated by issues affecting the older population at that moment in time.
"Today, frauds and scams are the major crimes against the elderly," LeDee said.
Abridged
SOURCE: The Daily World.Com
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