Pensioners prime targets after CAB handles 5,000 fraud calls last year

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Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) has warned pensioners are twice as likely to be targeted by fraudsters after it received over 5,000 calls last year.

Many of these were related to pension scams where fraudsters either tried to gain personal information from the pensioner, moved their savings, offered ‘free' advice, or charged for their services....

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