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Inside an Indian scam factory: The cynical tricks used to steal elderly victims' savings exposed

www.dailymail.co.uk, June 18, 2024
Millions of Britons have been targeted with a type of impersonation scam, where fraudsters pose as officials such as bank workers or police to convince victims to hand over their savings. As much as £78.9m was stolen through such scams last year. Margaretha Smith (inset) was saved from handing over cash to fraudsters on the BBC show Scam Interceptors.