An awareness campaign for seniors on avoiding scammers is being launched

LETA informed the LSKA agency that seniors are the population group that can most often fall prey to the activities of fraudsters.

“If an elderly person receives a message on his smartphone or e-mail, for example, allegedly from the State Revenue Service, e-health, or a notification that a case has been initiated against him, which is planned to be heard in court in a day or two, he is likely to be worried will also follow the directions, click on the attached links and provide all the required information without even realizing that they have fallen victim to fraudsters. That is why it is very important to inform seniors about all these schemes, teach them to recognize them and also how to act,” said Lilita Kalnāja, deputy chairwoman of the LSKA board.

On the other hand, LSKA board chairwoman Astrida Babāne stated that as part of the financial literacy week, a seminar on digital skills was held at LSKA’s “Senior School”, during which Inga Pinka, head of the loan monitoring department of AS “DelfinGroup”, informed seniors about the risks in the digital and real environment, and how avoid them in order not to lose money and safety.

At the seminar, seniors were told about investment and high profit promises, donations, inheritances and the latest fraud schemes, as well as role-played situations from life in which seniors gained practical skills in recognizing fraud and protecting their data.