Older Adults & Families · Lesson 12
Life Insurance, Annuity and Complex Financial-Product Scams
Take documents home, compare alternatives, understand costs and consider independent advice.
- A legitimate product is not automatically a good product, and a complicated product is not automatically fraudulent.
- Risk arises when a salesperson uses misrepresentation, pressure, hidden fees, unrealistic guarantees or complexity to prevent informed decision-making.
- Do not purchase a complex product during a single sales conversation.
Take documents home, compare alternatives, understand costs and consider independent advice.
This is Lesson 12 of the Financial Scams Education Series (Older Adults & Families). Continue with Cryptocurrency, Digital Assets and Recovery Scams.
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