Warning over phone scams targeting elderly
Posted: 06 Jul 2015, 15:42Warning over phone scams targeting elderly
9 hours ago
People with elderly relatives are being urged to warn them about the dangers of falling victim to a kind of phone fraud called "vishing", where scammers con people into revealing their bank details.
A review by the Financial Ombudsman Service of 185 phone scam cases found that 80% of those conned out of cash were over the age of 55.
Jane-Frances Kelly reports.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-33405601
9 hours ago
People with elderly relatives are being urged to warn them about the dangers of falling victim to a kind of phone fraud called "vishing", where scammers con people into revealing their bank details.
A review by the Financial Ombudsman Service of 185 phone scam cases found that 80% of those conned out of cash were over the age of 55.
Jane-Frances Kelly reports.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-33405601