Friday, 14 June 2024

Surge in cold calls

Reports of older people being targeted by cold calls about personal alarms are on the rise. Which? are concerned that some callers are harvesting personal and medical data through deception, by claiming to be from registered health charities, the NHS or medical researchers.

Which? have investigated the companies behind these unsolicited calls about medical wristbands and pendants and explain how to tackle them head-on.

Cold calls

Source: Which? (11 Jun 2024)

https://bexleywatch.blogspot.com/2026/01/stay-connected-join-bexley-borough.html

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