Crotone, the police meet the elderly to defend them from the scams

John

By John

In the afternoon, the commissioner of the province of Crotone, Renato Panvinoaccompanied by the manager of the steering wheels and the staff of the Postal Police held a meeting with the elderly at the day center of the parish of the Sacred Heart, where about a hundred participants and the priests took part Don Stefano Cambria and Don Pancrazio Limina. The meeting was an important moment of confrontation that was born from the will of the State Police to make the elderly aware, possible victims for their condition of fragility, in which they could fall if intercepted by individuals without any scruple ready to use any expedient aimed at charging the trust of the victims by deceiving them in order to draw an illegal profit result of a life savings.

The commissioner tried to reassure those present, offering elements and points of reference to which to contact if, anyone who knocks on their door or phones to their users telling of false accidents that have happened to their family or phantom inheritance to be offered by the crediting of a sum necessary for the payment of the deed. He clearly said in a voice and a decisive tone that All these hypotheses are artifices and scams to which the scammers are resorted and to whom it is absolutely not necessary to follow up. The commissioner and the staff provided “security pills” and left of the brochures made by the State Police.

The participatory meeting was highly appreciated by the elderly, who asked numerous questions to the policemen who reassured those present explaining how to behave in case of difficulty and reiterating to warn, without adhering to the scammers’ requests, calling the emergency number “112” and the family by providing news of what is happening also indicating the rescuers to the home and telephone so as to be able to intervene Aguzzini. The initiative aroused a lot of interest and was highly appreciated.