Lauren Hakulinen at Democrats Abroad

White-Collar Criminals Use Bonds of Trust to Prey on Investors Although this article was written in 2017 , it is still relevant today. “Financial fraudsters are known to be an ...

Lauren Hakulinen published this page in Fraud Corner 2023-04-27 07:30:50 -0400

How to recognize and prevent financial elder abuse

Financial abuse is the most common form of elderly abuse in Canada. Here's how you can protect yourself and your loved ones .

Lauren Hakulinen published this page in Tech Corner 2023-04-27 07:26:49 -0400

Email Scams

We can all fall prey to spam emails. I nearly did this week — then I looked closely at the email return address: [email protected]. That is exactly what would have ...

Lauren Hakulinen published this page in Fraud Corner 2023-04-27 07:24:55 -0400

The Fraud Effect - on our political systems

This section of our newsletter could fill our entire newsletter this month with news reports from the January 6th Commission, and the Mar-a-Lago raid in which 42 boxes of classified ...

Lauren Hakulinen published this page in Fraud Corner 2023-04-27 06:59:17 -0400

Crypo Cash - Robert Reich highlights how this fraud scheme targets seniors

What the crypto crash tells us "89 years ago today the US government moved to end the Ponzi schemes that led to the Great Depression. Now it's time to end ...

Lauren Hakulinen published this page in Opinions 2023-04-27 06:52:47 -0400

Chair's Corner

Thank you all for attending the WEP Global event “Americans Abroad - How to Stop it Hurting Retirement Plans” with Nancy Altman on April 1st. It was successful, and we ...

Lauren Hakulinen published this page in Opinions 2023-04-27 06:52:10 -0400

Chair's Corner

Let’s help all DA members be aware of the Windfall Elimination Provision This month I want to again focus on WEP because it may affect you now or in the ...

Lauren Hakulinen published this page in Opinions 2023-04-27 06:50:06 -0400

Chair's Corner - 2023

A Happy New Year to you all. It has been a year since we formed the Seniors Caucus, and we continue to work in DA on Senior issues. You should ...

Lauren Hakulinen published this page in Opinions 2023-04-27 06:37:24 -0400

Chair's Corner

We have been hoping that all our work in DA before the midterms will reap benefits for our party. Supporting State Teams, going to campaign events, asking questions of candidates, ...

Lauren Hakulinen published this page in Opinions 2023-04-27 06:36:11 -0400

Chair's Corner

This comes with a friendly but urgent request for All Seniors in Democrats Abroad to vote in the upcoming election. There are 9 million Americans abroad and our votes can ...

Lauren Hakulinen published this page in Opinions 2023-04-27 06:34:32 -0400

Chair's Corner

I hope you all have had a relaxing summer wherever you are in the world. In some ways, it has been a hair-raising summer. There is the Department of Justice’s ...