EverSafe

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Financial mistreatment is the most common form of elder abuse, and it happens every day at an alarming rate. Javelin Strategy & Research’s study, 2018 Identity Fraud: Fraud Enters a New Era of Complexity, found 16.7 million victims of identity fraud in 2017, with $16.8 billion in stolen funds. Experian Credit Technology Services says that 35 percent of fraud complaints and 18.9 percent of identity theft complaints impacted those over the age of 60. Elderly financial abuse takes many forms, including petty theft, unneeded and overpriced home repairs, and the sale of products inappropriate for the individual like annuities, debit cards and reverse mortgage scams. EverSafe helps you keep your finances secure.

EverSafe co-founder and CEO Howard Tischler studied the financial exploitation of seniors by talking to professionals from multiple fields and learned an extremely large number of people were affected. It’s not always faceless strangers behind the abuse. Caregivers, family members, friends, and financial professionals have ripped off their relatives and clients too.

After gathering all this information, Tischler partnered with Elizabeth Loewy to put their years of experience in financial services, credit management, elder abuse and financial exploitation together with the technology necessary to fight elder financial abuse and developed EverSafe.

Pros

• 30-day free trial for every level of protection
• Senior-specific technology
• Responsive customer service

Cons

• No medical identity theft protection

How EverSafe Works

EverSafe is a personal detection and alert system that’s monitoring your bank and investment accounts, credit cards and credit data 24 hours a day by analyzing daily transactions. This monitoring identifies any unusual activity compared to your normal spending patterns. EverSafe’s process stands out from other identity theft services due to its personalized and senior-specific features. Features include:

• Monitoring with personalized alerts: EverSafe uses analytics to build a custom profile based on your financial history. Places you frequent and the types of items you frequently purchase are monitored. When the system detects irregular activity, you get a personalized alert.
• Family dashboards: All family members or a group of people you choose can be consolidated into one dashboard.
• Designated “extra set of eyes”: EverSafe lets you choose a trusted friend, family member, caregiver or professional to assist with monitoring.
• Specialized for seniors: EverSafe’s technology is developed by experts in aging and fraud. Its software is age-friendly and supports guardians, powers of attorney, conservators and trusts.

If an unusual transaction takes place, the EverSafe system alerts you immediately. At the same time, an advocate you choose in advance receives a warning. Your advocate can be anyone you trust like a family member, friend, financial or health professional. EverSafe’s enhanced algorithms provide broad protection for seniors for powers of attorney, guardians, conservators, and trusts. In the event your identity is compromised, EverSafe manages the resolution process and helps you create a recovery plan to get your identity restored.

EverSafe Plan Costs

EverSafe can monitor bank accounts, credit cards and retirement investment accounts for identity theft and data breaches for a monthly fee, or a quarterly or annual plan with discounts. The company offers three programs with increasing levels of protection:

EverSafe Free Trial and Discounts

EverSafe offers a 30-day free trial on all plans. Multiple payment plans are available with discounts for buying a quarterly or annual subscription. If you are over the age of 60, you get 10 percent off the cost even if you pay month-to-month. On top of that discount, there’s another 10 percent off if you sign up for a quarterly plan. Yearly payments shave 15 percent off the subscription price. A family discount takes 40 percent off the bill for any of your family members who sign up.

EverSafe Customer Service

We called EverSafe customer service to get details about the products. The agent we spoke to was pleasant, knowledgeable and answered every question we had without a hard sales pitch. We believe EverSafe demonstrates its value enough during the free trial so there is no need to push for a sign-up on the phone.

EverSafe Complaints

The Better Business Bureau (BBB) rates EverSafe with an “A+” and the BBB-accredited business has had a file since 2013 with no complaints filed by consumers. Allsecurityreviews.com gives the company a 4.63 rating because they feel the basic plan should include more, but the site’s readers give EverSafe a 9.88 out of 10 rating.

Forbes, BankRate and other respected websites have interviewed EverSafe’s founders in articles explaining identity theft and fraudulent financial crimes, further lending to their credibility.

Source: EverSafe

EverSafe FAQ

• How do I sign up for an EverSafe free trial?
  Signing up for one of the free trials with EverSafe is easy. Start by visiting EverSafe’s website, where you can sign up for a free trial, chat with a specialist, or call the number at the top of the site. You will provide some information to confirm your identity, then your financial protection starts.

• What can a thief do with my stolen personal or financial information?
  Luckily, EverSafe helps protect your identity by monitoring financial accounts and alerting you and another person you choose the moment there’s suspicious activity. Here are the ways someone who steals your identity could use your information:

  • Access your credit cards and other accounts
  • Set up new loans or credit cards in your name
  • Open utility and cellphone accounts
  • Rent property
  • Steal your tax refund
  • File medical claims using your health benefits
  • Identify themselves as you if arrested

• How often does EverSafe monitor my accounts?
  When you first sign up with EverSafe, the identity theft prevention service examines your past financial behavior to establish a profile of how you spend and save. Then, EverSafe analyzes daily transactions to identify activities that fall outside of your normal patterns. You and your advocate will receive an alert any time suspicious activity shows up like changes in spending, unusual withdrawals, missing deposits, irregular investment activity or late bill payments.

• What happens if EverSafe discovers my identity or accounts were compromised?
  If you are an EverSafe Plus or Gold member, the company will pay up to $1 million to help restore your identity.

• Is it a hassle to cancel EverSafe?
  Canceling your EverSafe account is easy. Email or call customer service any time you want to cancel your membership.

Conclusion

Identity theft is a big business and protecting against this type of crime is a fast-growing industry. EverSafe is the result of personal experience with elder financial abuse, and the company keeps seniors and their families safe from fraud with the latest technology. Plan discounts make EverSafe affordable so just about anyone can keep their retirement funds secure.