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Structured settlements expert John Darer reviews the latest structured settlements and settlement planning information and news, and provides expert opinion and highly regarded commentary. that is spicy, Informative, irreverent and effective for over 20 years.
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Category: Cash Now Predators
Cash Now Predators is a collection of posts that highlight examples where structured settlement factoring company operatives aggressively target structured settlement payees, including minors and young adults (often through their parents or guardians) to gather information often under false pretenses [e.g. the “from the Courts” scam]
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Structured Settlement Watchdog warns of targeting tactics used by cash now predators, particularly against minors with structured settlements. Individuals, like Sara M. George, impersonate court officials to acquire sensitive information from families. This exploitation highlights the need for better consumer protections and awareness regarding the legitimacy of such inquiries related to structured settlements.
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Efforts to vacate orders in forum shopped structured settlement factoring cases run into obstacles because a certain defense to be raised by the factoring company inducers’ lawyers is that the annuitant was complicit in the fraud and therefore has “unclean hands”.