CHANDLER'S Ford residents are invited to a scam avoidance school.
The initiative launched by Santander is to take place at the Chandler's Ford branch of Santander on March 22 at 6pm.
The initiative is part of a wider scheme launched to help address the number of scams targeted at the over 60s.
Chris Ainsley, head of fraud strategy at Santander’s UK, said: “Our SAS has been developed to address the fact that more needs to be done to help older people who may be vulnerable to falling victim to fraudsters and scammers. Our research has given us important insight into what really worries them, and of course our own data provides a picture of the kind of scams that they are falling for.We believe that education and public awareness is absolutely key to tackling what is currently one of the biggest threats to the security of people’s finances. We hope that with a little bit of scam-avoidance knowledge, our over 60s pupils can feel empowered to stop scammers in their tracks.”
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