Beware of Living Trust Scams

Writing up your Arizona living trust paperwork can be an emotional process, which is why you need to select the right attorney for the job. You’ll want someone with a wealth of experience, someone patient and understanding, and most of all someone trustworthy. Do you research, ask around, and be sure to select someone who you’ve come to know a lot about. Why am I telling you this? Because living trust scams, and scammers, are all over the place and you need to know how to protect yourself.

Living Trust Scams

Today, it’s imperative to have a living trust in place to help your family manage your assets and avoid probate court after death. Unfortunately, many individuals wait to create a living trust until their older and less aware of the possible risk of scams.

Because of the living trust demographic, the necessity and popularity of having one written up, and the emotional toll creating one can entail, it is a highly active industry for scam artists who want nothing more than to take your money and run. When it comes to the topic of death, fear of the unknown tends to take over emotions and reason, and individuals just want to get the process of writing up a living trust over with. With no background research, no friend or family referrals, and no idea who their trusting their assets too, seniors can easily fall victim to living trust scams.

Do Your Homework

Hopefully, you wouldn’t hand over your credit card and banking information to a complete stranger off of the street, but when you fall victim to living trust scams, it’s basically the same idea. The best way to avoid becoming a victim is to do your homework.

Do you know anyone who has written up a living trust? Who did they use?
Research the Better Business Bureau, as well as local user review directories such as Yelp to be sure your attorney has a highly rated background.
Shop around. Compare attorneys.
Be leery of ‘attorneys’ who bear gifts, go door to door, solicit via telephone, or do not have any background online.
Never sign anything until you are sure that this

Be Your Own Protection

The best thing that you can do when selecting an attorney to write up your Gilbert living trust is to be your own advocate. Have at least some understanding of what a living trust is. Talk to friends and family regarding their experience with living trusts. Use the resources available to your both online (Better Business Bureau, Yelp) and around you (library, friend referrals) to make an informed decision about who you will have write up your living trust.

Finally, and most importantly, do not choose an attorney to write up your trust on a whim. This is not a decision to be made lightly.

Need Help?

If you are not sure as to what legal document you currently have contact one of our professionals to help you with your estate planning. They will make sure you have all of your grounds covered and have the right legal documents that best suite your wants and needs.