By Jennifer Harvey

Financial abuse is a growing danger as bills mount. And the culprits are often those whom you would least suspect

I'm a bit web wary. I do buy things over the internet, but I worry about it. I worry about random hackers getting my card details, and receiving a statement saying I've bought a time-share in Tenerife.
For many people the financial threat is in their homes and families, not just in cyberspace, or from inadequate statement shredding, or a careless civil servant and a lost CD. Financial abuse is rife, and as the bills get bigger the temptations grow.

Read the complete post at http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/social-care-experts-blog/2008/09/financial-abuse-a-family-affai.html

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Posted 24 Sep 2008 1:29 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog | Report Abuse

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