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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Vicky Shaw

Bank warns about ‘cruel’ friendship fraudsters targeting older people

Scammers are targeting vulnerable people’s life savings and preying on their goodwill, TSB said (Dominic Lipinski/PA Archive) - (PA Archive)

Older and vulnerable people are being targeted by online scammers in a “cruel” spate of friendship fraud, a bank is warning.

TSB said criminals are preying on people’s loneliness and desire to seek a connection.

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