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Salvador Gomez, Local police corporal, imparted during Monday afternoon, a talk addressed to older people, which addressed various aspects of the "scams".
Among other things, it was the prosecutability and evidence of the crime, the problems of older people scamming the scammer profile, types of scams, safety while walking down the street, preventing home burglaries, claims and recommendations.
Scammers, as Gomez said, studying his victims and seek out those that may be most vulnerable, often selecting elderly households, earning the trust of their tenants easily.
The loss of reflexes, vision and hearing with age, with many savings kept at home, makes them easy prey.
Among the types of scams are explained on the little picture, the tocomocho, swindlers, the thymus of the masses, among the most common.
Another type is the thymus with grief, which prey on the conscience of citizens with punishment, are made on behalf of the poor and needy, to benefit from any natural disaster.
Now that Christmas is coming too can fall victim to lottery scams such as Vitoria Baker, the false NGO, the case Pamplona, ​​famous lottery, the prize cambiazo and false.
There are also scams with dead, in which the scammer takes advantage of this moment of weakness to gain money from their victims as in the Coffin Scam, the Plunderer of the bereaved, the package, the last will and pension the dead.
Above all job preventing scams and fraud among the elderly through a series of recommendations including: failure to provide more data than necessary, keeping our intimacy; wary of situations where we ask for money, numbers account or credit card, especially when we are asked by phone.
Recalling also that in scams involving more than one person, and they usually have good looks easily earning our trust.
Another type of scam is the Ful, and occur at home, in it, people posing as officials, inspectors, policemen, doctors, lawyers ... to deceive others.
Among the scams that can be taken at home are also the installer, thymus heater, water inspector, the gas collector, the job offer ...
Also, if one has been a victim of crime or suspect you have tried timarle, it is important to look at the details that may help identify the scammer, call the police as soon as possible and make the relevant complaint.
In these cases can call the number of the local police in Jumilla 968 78 40 40 in which will be staffed 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, or 112.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Jumilla
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