THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, March 3, 2023 Page 15 OBITUARY Joan E. (Milani) Wayshak Of Malden. “Nani” as she was affectionately known, passed away peacefully at her home in Malden on Wednesday February 22nd, 2023 after a long battle with PSP. Beloved wife of the late Joseph V. “Papa Joe” Wayshak and daughter of the late Maurice and Rita Milani. Nani was born, raised and educated in Charlestown. She is a graduate of Charlestown High School, Class of 1962. She worked as an Executive Assistant for the Malden Chamber of Commerce, retiring after many dedicated years of service. Nani was extremely loving and proud of her children; Corinne Wayshak of California; Gina Hames and her husband John of Malden; Bonnie Littlejohn and her husband Scott of Malden; and her son Joseph “Jay” Wayshak of Fort Lauderdale, FL. Nani was the beloved grandmother of Nicholas and Ryan Hames, Gianna Gonzales, and Alyssa and Erica Littlejohn. She is survived by many nieces, nephews and dear friends. She is now rejoined with her husband of 52 years, Papa Joe, her late sister Diana, and her parents. Nani was an avid Red Sox fan and will be fondly remembered for her quick wit, passion for Drum Corps, and spending family vacations on Cape Cod. The family received friends and family at the Breslin Funeral Home, Malden on Sunday February 26th. A Funeral Mass was celebrated at Immaculate Conception Church Malden on Monday. Services concluded with interment in Holy Cross Cemetery in Malden. In lieu of fl owers, donations in Joan’s memory may be made to the PSP Care Center at Lahey Hospital, c/o Gift Processing Center, 41 Mall Rd., Burlington, MA 01805. ~ LEGAL NOTICE ~ aavvyvy S avy PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF MALDEN LICENSING BOARD Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing will be held before the Licensing Board for the City of Malden at City Hall, 215 Pleasant Street, Room 108, Malden, MA 02148 on March 21, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. regarding the application of Brianthy Restaurant, Inc D/B/A Pho Bistro, 8 Pleasant Street, Malden. Application is being made for an on premises S12 Restaurant All Alcoholic Beverages 7 day license. All interested parties will be given an opportunity to be heard. Lee A. Kinnon, Chairman Andrew Zeiberg, Member Paul Lee, Member Dated: March 3, 2023 Law Offices of JOSEPH D. CATALDO, P.C. “ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW” • ESTATE/MEDICAID PLANNING • WILLS/TRUSTS/ESTATES • INCOME TAX PREPARATION • WEALTH MANAGEMENT • RETIREMENT PLANNING • ELDER LAW 369 Broadway Everett, MA 02149 (617)381-9600 JOSEPH D. CATALDO, CPA, CFP, MST, ESQUIRE. AICPA Personal Financial Specialist Designee avvy S oiorenniioor nior by Jim Miller How to Protect Seniors from Scam Calls Dear Savvy Senior, What tools can you recommend to help protect trusting seniors from scam calls? My 74-year-old mother gets tons of unwanted telemarketing and robocalls on her cell and home phone and has been duped out of hundreds of dollars. Frustrated Daughter Dear Frustrated, It’s a great question! Scammers are always looking for new ways to dupe people out of money, and in the U.S., phone calls remain the primary way swindlers hook older victims. The Federal Trade Commission recently found that 24 percent of adults over age 60 who reported losing money to a scam in 2021 said it started with a phone call – the largest percentage of any method, including email, text and mail. To help protect your mom from the onslaught of robocall scams, telemarketing and spam calls, here are some tips and tools you can help her employ. Register Her Numbers If your mom hasn’t already done so, a good fi rst step in limiting at least some unwanted calls is to make sure her home and cell phone numbers are registered with the National Do Not Call Registry. While this won’t stop fraudulent scam calls, it will stop unwanted calls from legitimate businesses who are trying to sell her something. To sign up, call 888-382-1222 from the phone number you want to register, or you can do it online at DoNotCall.gov. Cell Phone Protection Most wireless providers today off er good tools for stopping scam calls and texts. For example, AT&T has the ActiveArmor Mobile Security app; Verizon provides the Call Filter app; and T-Mobile off ers the Scam Shield app. To activate these tools, download the spam-blocking app from your mom’s carrier on her phone, which you can do at the Apple and Google App store. These apps are free to use, but most carriers will also off er upgraded services that you can get for a small monthly fee. If, however, your mom uses a regional or small wireless carrier that doesn’t off er scam/robocall protection you can use a free third-party app. Truecaller (Truecaller.com), Call Control (CallControl.com), Hiya (Hiya.com) and YouMail (YouMail.com) are all good options to consider. Built-In Call Blockers Many smartphones today also off er built-in tools that can block spam calls. If your mom uses a newer iPhone (iOS 13 or later), she can completely silence all unknown callers who aren’t in her contacts list in the phone “Settings.” Silencing all unknown callers is an extreme solution that will defi nitely stop all unwanted calls, but your mom will also miss some legitimate calls too. However, unknown callers do have the option to leave a voice message and their calls will appear in her recent calls list. And she can add any number to her contact list to let them through in the future. If your mom owns a new Android phone, she can also block spam calls in the phone “Settings.” Or, if she owns a Samsung Galaxy phone, she can use “Smart Call,” which fl ags suspected spam calls and allows her to block and report them. She can also block specifi c reoccurring spam call numbers on iPhones and Android manually. Home Landline Protection To stop scam calls on your mom’s home phone set up the “anonymous call rejection” option. This is a free feature available from most telephone companies, however some may charge a fee. It lets you screen out calls from callers who have blocked their caller ID information – a favorite tactic of telemarketers. To set it up, you usually have to dial *77 from your landline, though diff erent phone services may have diff erent procedures. Call your mom’s telephone service provider to fi nd out if they off er this tool, and if so, what you need to do to enable it. And if they don’t off er it, fi nd out what other call blocking options they off er. Send your senior questions to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK 73070, or visit SavvySenior.org. Jim Miller is a contributor to the NBC Today show and author of “The Savvy Senior” book.
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