Emergency or immediate danger
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PUBLIC SAFETY RESOURCE
Texas Elder Fraud Safety Check
Pause the transaction. Preserve the evidence. Use the reporting channel that fits the immediate problem.
This private checklist helps a family recognize warning signs and find official reporting resources. It is not an emergency service, investigation, capacity finding, or substitute for legal advice.
If timing is urgent
- Immediate danger: Call 911.
- A payment is pending or just occurred: Contact the bank, card issuer, wire service, exchange, or other financial provider promptly using a verified number.
- Evidence exists: Preserve messages, emails, receipts, transaction records, names, dates, phone numbers, and account alerts.
- Confrontation may be unsafe: Do not confront the suspected person alone.
Private warning-sign checklist
Mark what you have observed. Do not mark what you merely suspect.
Do not enter names, account numbers, passwords, health details, or accusations. Selections stay on the current page and are not submitted or saved.
Pressure and secrecy
Unusual payments
Changed control
Safety and capacity concerns
Mark what you have observed.Selections stay on the current page and are not submitted or saved.
Official reporting routes
Different problems require different channels. A bank may be able to stop or recall a payment. Government agencies receive reports and provide victim support. A law firm addresses legal authority, planning, and fiduciary issues only within the scope of an agreed engagement.
Texas vulnerable-adult report
Texas DFPS directs reports of suspected abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult to the Texas Abuse Hotline at 800-252-5400. Non-urgent reports may be made at txabusehotline.org.
Older-adult financial fraud
The U.S. Department of Justice lists the National Elder Fraud Hotline at 833-372-8311, Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Eastern Time.
Federal fraud reports
Report consumer fraud to the Federal Trade Commission. Report internet-enabled crime to the FBI at IC3.gov.
Pending or recent payment
Contact the financial provider promptly using a phone number from the provider's official website, the back of the card, or a verified statement. Ask what may be done to hold or recall the payment, protect the account, and preserve the required records.
Legal authority or planning
BOOK LAW FIRM may be able to address questions involving an existing power of attorney or trust, suspected fiduciary misuse, capacity-related planning, or protective changes to a Texas estate plan. Emergency and reporting channels come first when safety or an active transaction is involved.
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Government contacts can change. Verify the current instructions before relying on a number or reporting path.
Reporting information was checked against the U.S. Department of Justice Elder Justice Initiative and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.
General safety information only, not legal advice, a finding of exploitation, or a capacity assessment. Reviewed August 14, 2026. Verify current agency instructions and contact information at the linked official source.