A 'fool them once, shame on you... but it won't happen again!' policy would be a welcome thing.
Services? This sounds more like a legislative than a marketplace problem. Pardon if it’s forward to ask, but what service do you envision could have helped protect your mother?
It was in the gap of finding this out and getting myself back in the loop that the home visitor managed to get checks cashed that she didn't know about.
The services are already in existence, just not consistently or as comprehensively as they could/need to be.
A legislative issue to stop nickel and diming social assistance, for sure. These kinds of services should be available for anyone who needs them, not just whatever narrowly defined criteria in current funding mandates.
We as the public just don't care enough.
This is correct. For scammers this will be a new gold mine. But I guess it will be a gold mine for everyone. It's 2.8 trillion every year injected into the economy. If you look at it like that than the question is, how can I divert some of that money into my own pockets?