{"id":171552,"date":"2023-02-26T02:16:47","date_gmt":"2023-02-26T02:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=171552"},"modified":"2023-02-26T02:16:47","modified_gmt":"2023-02-26T02:16:47","slug":"elderly-fraud-victims-scammed-out-of-more-than-1-million-a-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/elderly-fraud-victims-scammed-out-of-more-than-1-million-a-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Elderly fraud victims scammed out of more than \u00a31 million a day"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Elderly fraud victims are being scammed out of more than \u00a31 million a day, shocking figures reveal<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span>In past four years, those aged 65 and over have lost \u00a31.7 billion to scammers\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Elderly fraud has jumped from 36,105 cases in 2019 to 57,430 cases in 2022\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Losses reached a new high last year with pensioners losing nearly \u00a3460 million\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Elderly fraud victims are losing more than \u00a31 million a day to scams, shocking figures from Action Fraud reveal.<\/p>\n<p>In the past four years, those aged 65 and over have lost \u00a31.7 billion \u2013 equivalent to \u00a31.2 million a day.<\/p>\n<p>It has prompted demands for the Government to bring forward its plan to tackle fraud, which can overwhelmingly affect the elderly and vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p>Elderly fraud has jumped from 36,105 recorded cases in 2019 to 57,430 cases in 2022 \u2013 or more than 157 victims a day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Losses reached a new high last year \u2013 with pensioners losing nearly \u00a3460 million, up ten per cent from \u00a3417 million in 2021, according to figures obtained by the Lib Dems.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/02\/26\/00\/68087361-0-image-a-36_1677372728638.jpg\" height=\"404\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>In the past four years, those aged 65 and over have lost \u00a31.7 billion \u2013 equivalent to \u00a31.2 million a day (Stock Image)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since the beginning of 2019, more than 212,000 cases of fraud against pensioners have been logged.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On average, each victim has lost \u00a38,314 \u2013 significantly higher than the average fraud against victims of all ages.<\/p>\n<p>The Lib Dems accused the Government of being \u2018asleep at the wheel\u2019 in the fight against fraud.<\/p>\n<p>The Home Office said: \u2018This Government is absolutely committed to cracking down on fraud.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11794055\/Elderly-fraud-victims-scammed-1-million-day-figures-reveal.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elderly fraud victims are being scammed out<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":171551,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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