According to Age UK, the nation's leading charity dedicated to helping the over-60s enjoy every aspect of later life, an alarming 41 per cent of people over 50 have been scammed online in the past five years.
The research surveyed 10,000 adults above 50 and found that an older person becomes a victim of fraud every 40 seconds in England and Wales, with the average financial loss standing at £2,022.
