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15th December 2011
Dementia sufferers in Wales are falling victim to con
artists who target them with cold calls, mail scams and mis-sold policies
according to charity, The Alzheimer’s Society.
Research, published in its report, Short Changed: Protecting People With Dementia From Financial Abuse on December 14, shows that people with dementia in Wales have victims of scams totalling more than £5million.
The report calls for people with the condition to be better protected from financial abuse.
It reveals that 62% of carers in Wales, England and Northern Ireland said the person they look after had been approached by unscrupulous door-to-door salesmen and 70% regularly received telephone cold calls.
Read More: WalesOnline/dementia_sufferers_conned
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