The country does not go through fraud cases. As technology develops, fraudsters find ways to defraud the devil will not think of. As technology develops, fraudsters find ways to defraud the devil will not think of. In its most general sense, fraud is an intentional act with the aim of…
Category: Senior Safety
In December 2021, the State Police and Confartigianato Imprese Ancona-Pesaro and Urbino presented the information campaign "Defend ourselves from scammers", dedicated to raising awareness of the phenomenon of fraud against the elderly. The peculiarity of the campaign lies in the fact that the brochure presented uses clear and concise language,…
ATTENTION! SCAM MESSAGES ON MESSENGER These days an old Messenger scam is circulating again: you may receive a message that appears to be sent by a friend of yours. The message might say "Is that you in the video?" or "Looks like you …" or other similar phrases and would…
An elderly couple living in Istanbul Bağcılar was robbed by 3 women who entered their house on the pretext of helping. The suspects entered Tevfik Özer's house, where he carried shopping bags, and stole 1 million lira worth of gold and jewelery. The incident, which took place at around 13:00…
Although the General Directorate of Security warned from time to time by sending SMS to mobile phones and broadcasting public service ads on television, it was determined that those who introduced themselves as police or prosecutors throughout the country and made phone frauds mostly targeted the 60 and over age…
First they took her money, then her gold: When the tele-scammers wanted the house, she was caught. It turned out that the old man, who lost a total of 700 thousand liras, including gold and money, to phone scammers, who said that they were the anti-terrorism police in Karaman, was…
Mehmet Wall, 71, who was defrauded about 90 thousand liras by saying "We will make you a partner in a fortune of 45 million liras" in Isparta, fell into the net of fraudsters once again. Due to what happened to him, he got into trouble with his wife and had…
Ivan Dimov is an ex-police officer from the city of Karnobat in Bulgaria. One day he received a worrying call. The caller explained that Ivan’s cousin (a woman) needs urgent treatment for coronavirus and blood plasma but the price for the treatment is 1500 euro. The fraud was immediately exposed…
Secure online shopping
It used to be that modern technology was only used by young people, but times are changing. More and more seniors are making decisions to shop online as they are aware of the benefits it brings. But many are still skeptical and have security concerns. Here are some practical tips…
They cheat seniors "on the granddaughter", "on the CBŚP policeman", "on the plumber" and even "on the coronavirus". A group of students of the Kazimierz University of the Third Age in Bydgoszcz met with policemen from the Prevention Department of the City Police Headquarters in Bydgoszcz. The police were represented…