Elderly people are being targeted by con artists involved in an elaborate scam. Con artists have preyed on at least one retirement village as part of an elaborate scam targeting the elderly. It’s understood complaints about the scam, which has prompted police investigation, first surfaced more than two months ago. The scam involves a man pitching a bogus story, often about an unpaid electricity bill, over the phone to try to convince a person that there is a fault with their bank debit card.
