How to prevent the elderly from being deceived?

Scammers usually use the pretext of "free gifts" and "free physical examinations" to trick the elderly into focusing on "listening to lectures", and then give "health lectures" to the elderly with professional speaking skills, and wait until the elderly take the bait. Taking the opportunity to promote so-called miraculous "health products", usually these "health products" are low-cost fake medicines, but they cost tens of thousands when sold to the elderly! Many elderly people have been defrauded of all their pension money!

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Falsely claiming to be an agent for social security fraud

Pension insurance is vital to the elderly and provides them with a reliable source of income in their later years. However, Criminals take advantage of the mentality of the elderly by pretending to be employees of banks, insurance institutions, and government officials to defraud the elderly from the insurance premiums paid by them in the name of applying for pension insurance or replacing pensions.

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Pretend to be a public prosecutor and law officer scam

The scammer claims to be a public prosecutor and law officer, threatens the elderly and says that the elderly or their family members have committed illegal acts, and by presenting forged arrest warrants, The arrest warrant increases the "authenticity" of the scam and makes the elderly completely believe that they or their family members are involved in a suspected criminal case and will go to jail. As a result, they often believe in the scammer out of inner fear, and are finally induced by the scammer to transfer money.

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House-for-retirement scam

Scammers will use "the house is useless at home" and other similar words as an excuse to induce the elderly to mortgage their properties to the company. The result is that the elderly are left facing debt collection by loan companies and professional lenders, or even forced to sell their homes to repay their debts.

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Free travel scam

Scammers usually induce the elderly to sign up under the guise of free travel, and then funnel the elderly into certain health products Companies, health care product factories and other places conduct tours and explanations, and then use this to promote false products and defraud money.

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Lottery-winning fraud

Lottery-winning fraud mainly defrauds victims through mass messaging. Once the victim contacts to redeem the prize, the criminals will ask the victim to remit money in various names such as "personal income tax", "notarization fee", "transfer fee", "late payment fee", "liquidated penalty", etc. to commit fraud.

Precautionary methods

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Don’t be greedy for small gains and don’t suffer big losses

Keep in mind that there is no free lunch in the world, and you must overcome greed Psychologically, keep an eye on your own money bag. Whenever someone asks you to give money, you must be more careful and don't give it away easily.

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Broaden your horizons and care about society

Usually pay more attention to various news media, community blackboards, bulletin boards, slogans and other publicity, and understand the current frequent issues Be vigilant about fraud techniques and strengthen your ability to identify fraud techniques.

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Stay away from suspicious people

Nowadays, scammers often take the initiative to greet the elderly and act very enthusiastic to gain the trust of the elderly, thereby committing fraud. Be sure to stay away from strangers with unknown origins who ask for information, invite free medical examinations, and give free gifts.

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Do not participate in non-organized activities

Do not participate in so-called lectures, free travel, free visits and other activities provided by the company, and do not believe in high returns Various investments to prevent profit from making you stupid.

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Children’s company

In the final analysis, the reason why most elderly people are defrauded is that their children and family members do not have enough time to accompany them, which makes the elderly too lonely. Scammers who swindle under the guise of providing warmth and benefits have an opportunity. As children, you must spend more time with the elderly after work and tell them more about common scams, which can effectively prevent the elderly from being deceived.