An information campaign has been launched for older people to avoid scams

LSKA said that older people are the group of the population that most often can become victims of fraudsters.

“If an elderly person receives a message on his smartphone or email, for example, allegedly from the State Revenue Service, e-health, or a notification that a case has been filed once morest him, which is planned to be considered in court in a day or two, he will most likely become worried , will follow the instructions, follow the attached links and provide all the necessary information without even realizing that he has become a victim of scammers. That is why it is very important to inform older people regarding all these schemes, teach them to recognize the methods of scammers, and also explain how to act,” said Lilita Kalnaya, Deputy Chairman of the Board of LSKA.

In turn, Astrida Babane, Chairman of the Board of LSKA, noted that as part of the financial literacy week, a seminar on digital skills was held at the LSKA Senior School, during which Inga Pinka, head of the loan monitoring department of DelfinGroup JSC, informed older people regarding the risks in digital and real environments and how to avoid them so as not to lose money and security.

The workshop taught people regarding investments and high-yield bidders, donations, inheritances and the latest scams, as well as role-playing real-life situations that gave seniors practical skills in recognizing scams and protecting their data.

Such seminars are very necessary for older people, because although many people think that they are well aware of the tricks of scammers, it should be borne in mind that lovers of other people’s money always invent something new. Therefore, it is necessary to repeat once more and once more in various information channels that promises of high profits on various investment platforms are just cheese in a mousetrap, because not a single bank and not a single non-bank lender will ever ask for Internet banking or card details.

Education in these matters is especially important, because there have been cases when people lost all their savings, trusting the so-called “employees” of the bank or the police, and if fraudsters managed to take possession of their personal data, people were also left in debt on loans that they never took out .

LSKA created a special questionnaire to find out how often older people had to deal with scammers. LSKA has also published information on various types of scams on its website.

The measures are supported by the Ministry of Welfare and will be implemented before the end of the year.