In my opinion the answer to that question is “yes”. It is a very sad comment on today’s society but we have to face facts whilst there has, and always will be, dishonest people, the number who are prepared to fleece their neighbour is very much on the increase.
We’ve all received the telephone calls from companies offering cheap holidays or advising us we’ve won a lottery we’ve never won. Since the advent of email there has been a steady increase in the number of phishing emails that attempt to hijack our personal information and banking details.
Even more famous are the Nigerian advance fee, or 419 scams, as they are more commonly known. (Yes! Some people really do fall for them and pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to get a slice of the Prince of Lagos’ millions he left in a hidden account!).
Why is it I think that seniors are more at risk though? Surely it is the greedy that fall foul of scams isn’t it?
It’s true that the greedy and nave are at risk, yes, but the elderly are from an age where this sort of fraud was almost unheard of. They are likely to be far more trusting and will take...
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