Scammers targeting elderly

Scammers targeting elderly

By Hayden Donnell

9:41 AM Friday Oct 29, 2010

File photo / NZH

Thieves posing as bank workers have scammed an 81-year-old Franklin man out of his savings.

The hearing impaired man, who did not want to be named, is one of a series of elderly people targeted by the scammers in south Auckland.

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Mix of Australian and New Zealand comments re: The Bank Reclaim Experts for both countries.

Mix of Australian and New Zealand comments re: The Bank Reclaim Experts for both countries.

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Women alert bank scam

http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/123558/woman-alert-bank-scam

…Mrs Fleming detailed an approach similar to scams reported in the Counties-Manukau area this month, where callers were contacted by people from the so-called New Zealand Council of Bank Reclaim Experts.

It was also similar to a scam involving callers from the Department of Reclaim Experts, the Council of Bank Reclaim Experts, and the Australia Council that was reported in Australia last month…