What are the reasons why the elderly are vulnerable to parcel fraud?

Thanksgiving Day is approaching, and some young people plan to give their parents smart phones, tablets and other fashionable gifts to show their filial piety. Recently, however, many netizens reported that the elderly at home often received fraudulent text messages related to parcels recently. The 360 Security Center immediately issued a security warning saying that such fraudulent text messages have increased significantly recently, and children should remind the elderly at home not to be fooled. It is understood that as early as May this year, a 66-year-old uncle Li in Ningbo was defrauded of his life savings of 565,438+100000 yuan because he received a mobile phone fraud message. Nowadays, this kind of scam message is getting worse. A netizen's mother named "Keke Zhai Niang" in Weibo also received a similar message, which read: "Post Office Prompt: You have a package that has arrived, and the delivery for you was unsuccessful. For details, please contact Huangshi Post Office at 186-07257309. " Fortunately, the scam message was just received and was seen by the daughter next to it. Some netizens said that their parents received a text message, saying that "a parcel sent by Yunnan contained drugs" and asked for remittance to a designated account to cooperate with the public security investigation. Photo: Many netizens in Weibo reported that they received a "package fraud" message when searching on Weibo, and found that many netizens had the same experience. In the last week alone, hundreds of netizens reported on Weibo that they had received a scam message of "package not picked up", and the scam routine was the same. 360 security experts analyzed that criminals took a fancy to the pre-holiday logistics peak and used it to cheat. Previously, cases of being defrauded of huge sums of money due to fraudulent text messages and fraudulent telephone calls were not uncommon, and most of them were middle-aged and elderly people. Security experts suggest that if children want to buy a mobile phone for their parents on Thanksgiving Day, it is best to install a security software such as 360 Mobile Guardian for their new mobile phone, which can greatly reduce the chances of parents being cheated by SMS. If you need to give gifts to the elderly by courier, mail, etc. It's best to call your parents in advance to prevent the elderly from being deceived.