Protect retirement investments from fraud

GILBERT, Ariz. – It can take decades to save the amount of money needed for a happy and secure retirement. It takes a lot less time – maybe just minutes – for con artists to rob people of that security.

“When you’ve reached retirement, your goal should be to protect what you’ve saved because it needs to last you the rest of your life,” Charisse Mackenzie, a financial planner with Saturn Wealth, said. “Unfortunately, there are plenty of scams out there designed to separate people from their money – and sometimes specifically older people.”

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