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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Vicky Shaw

80% of people ‘worried about older friends and relatives being scammed online’

Four-fifths (80%) of people are worried about older friends and family being scammed online, with some believing that bank closures could push more over-65s towards fraudsters.

Bank closures have ratcheted up concerns, with 61% of people surveyed for Virgin Media O2 saying they are forcing older people to rely on online services, putting them at greater risk of running into scammers.

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