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More scams targeting the elderly. On the phone, by malicious people who pretend to be peo-
ne care try to extort money or valuables. A devoted reader launches an appeal: «Be careful, the round of phone calls to harm those who are older and more exposed to this hateful type of blackmail has returned».
The scam works like this: you receive a call from a “relative”, a friend,
of someone who pretends to be an authority. Often the caller tells of an accident or any other situation in which a request for compensation or a sudden need for money might sound “plausible”. And by playing on feelings, even simulating a certain hurry, they sometimes succeed in their intent. There is also another type of scam, the computer one. In this case, the scammers pretend to be employees of banks or companies that manage ATMs or credit cards, and under the pretext of alleged “anomalies found” they invite people to collaborate in a series of “security procedures in their interest”.
The reader who contacted our newspaper knows how to defend oneself from these scam attempts. Her advice is not to panic, remembering that an accident never leads to an immediate request for money from phantom lawyers or insurers (nor from the phantom victims, obviously). The only solution is to hang up and immediately call the person the person you were talking to said he was, and then 112. Otherwise, if the person who called pretended to be a carabiniere, a policeman or a municipal police officer, you can call the barracks (0471 331), the police station (0471 947611) or the co-
I’m sending the police (0471 997777).
Most likely, you will discover the deception right away. Sometimes scammers succeed. If you have been defrauded, it is essential to report the incident to the police.
dine, listing what has been stolen through deception.
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