July 20, 11:08, Fraud, Värmland County

Several cases of elder abuse in the Region.
Police want to warn about scammers who often target older people. Common methods include asking the elderly to transfer money to unknown persons/scammers and/or calling and claiming to want to help with valuables to keep them safe. They often say that a person will come to the person's home to collect the valuables. 

In some cases, scammers pose as police officers and sometimes as security personnel at large banks or insurance companies. This is, of course, not true, neither police nor banks/insurance companies work in this way. 

Do not let unknown people into your home, police always carry a police ID and can always identify themselves with its help. The same applies to home care and other functions that visit older people in their homes.