No but did watch a news program last year about this. Disgusting that it is allowed to happen.

No but did watch a news program last year about this. Disgusting that it is allowed to happen.

We watched that and I dont think that it is that easy to take control of someone as was the story line. It probably has some truth to it, but it can't be that easy.

However, there are people who are without friend or family or anyone that cares about them, and they are apt to be an easy target for predators. For sure, there ARE predators!

For me it was more a story about the sociopath and the criminal than it was about old folks being victims.

Diane West did a nice job of acting, I thought.

I dont think that it is that easy to take control of someone

It happened to an extended family member and before we got control back she had fleeced him out of $50,000. All legal and she had done similar to others.

I think more things can happen to us then we think possible. We just have to be more aware

I just saw that movie - a real eye-opener. Good thing I don't have a lot of money to attract such a predator.

One of my parents’ caregivers told us about such situations, sent me a link to stories. Scary!

Watching it right now.

That was one good movie! Thanks for the recommendation.

A very well done movie that hit close to home. There really are people like that and lawyers that help them.

Actually there are instances of this happening as written in this 2017 New Yorker article. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/10/09/how-the-elderly-lose-their-rights

It is an article that should be read by children of senior citizens/vulnerable adults. There are some very evil people out there.

I watched it, good movie

Sucked us in, but I was hoping for a different ending. Retribution for all, I guess. Love me some "Tyrion", though. (Peter Dinklage's character in Game of Thrones)

It was disturbing to watch.
But I know it happens!
I know of people that have a lot of farm ground and no kids. All kinds of people try to get weaseled into their lives hoping to inherit. It's kind of disgusting to see how our state universities try to get in there too, to get the ground and then sell it immediately after death.

Thanks for the recommendation. I will watch tonight.

Ditto Sleeper. I was hoping for more "justice" at the end.

I really did not realize the scope of this happening. Not that I am surprised.

Another issue that seems to be a bit obscure, but on a different subject, is the issue of predatory patents.

I had no idea! This is just as predatory, and maybe even more predatory than what was portrayed in this movie.

It is a deep and muddy bucket, but what happens is that a patent if applied for and granted for something that we all assume is just common. Then, these shell companies are established to exploit and file suits against individuals and business out of the clear blue for not paying a fee for something that was considered to be common.

One example is that someone applied for a patent on how to use a telephone. That patent was granted and made it possible to exploit money from unsuspecting people.

I know it sounds impossible, but it is not.

That is an extreme example, but I have determined that I have seen enough evidence to conclude that it happened.

Not only are people applying for patents for everyday things, but there all shell companies set up to sue and never be held accountable.

For some reason, the hot bed of this had been in east Texas. It is said that it was the result of local judges being paid off. That is much like the story in the movie. There are several greedy hands in the cookie jars.

I saw a documentary about this, on Netflix, I think. It was a couple of years ago.

I read this morning that, as those on the lower economic scale are struggling to stay afloat in this troubled year, those at the top are sucking in the profits. I am not surprised at this, are you?

It is the old adage about the richer getting richer and the poor getting poorer. Now, there is a bit of universal wisdom, and let us hope that no one can take a patent on it.

That documentary is titled "The Patent Scam" and I see that you can view some or maybe all on You Tube.

Talk about greedy scum buckets!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes. And it scared the heck out of me. The whole concept. Grifters targeting elderly people. Awful. I thought Rosamund PIke was great as an actress though.