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Fraudster dupes Dunblane pensioner out of £75,000 savings in heartless phone scam
Click here for more news and sport from the Stirling area.Age Scotland is a registered charity which acts as the national older people’s charity for Scotland in promoting a better quality of life for the nation’s older people.Following the scam, Age Scotland’s chief executive Brian Sloan said: “This is a heartless and sinister crime and goes to show that scammers will stop at nothing in their attempts to convince people to part with their money.“While people of any age can be targeted by scams, we know that older people are disproportionately affected.“Scams can have a devastating impact on people’s quality of life, both emotionally and financially. One short phone call can be all it takes for someone to lose their life savings.