Taiwan News
Date: Taiwan News
By George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

According to National Police Agency statistics, the number of senior citizens falling victim to scams increased as opposed to other age groups from January to September last year.

To fight the growing trend of senior scams, Schroders, a multinational asset management company, will team up with Lan Yang Dance Troupe to put forward an anti-scam Chinese opera with a view to arming senior citizens with anti-scam awareness and knowledge.

According to NPA statistics, scam ranked second in the crime index in Taiwan from January to September last year, with a total of 22,209 cases. The number of scam victims above 50 years increased from January to September last year compared to the same period in the previous, while scam victims within other age brackets fell during the same period.     [FULL  STORY]