Older people are more likely to be targeted by scammers, because they are weak in safety awareness and single-minded, and are easily deceived because they are greedy for cheap.

Tourists from a river and lake in Yuxi, Yunnan, used plum and flour as ear wax to deceive the elderly. After pulling out the earwax, he will put the fake earwax in his hand and charge the old man. In this way, he has cheated more than 30 local elderly people. Fortunately, the local police have arrested the liar.

The safety awareness of the elderly is weak.

Most elderly people have a weak sense of security, especially when it comes to bank cards and money. Once they realize that money is dangerous, they generally believe what outsiders say. When the swindler tells the old people that there are certain risks in the bank account and they need to deposit some money, they will feel particularly afraid that the money in their bank card will be cheated by others, so they will continue to operate according to the swindler's statement, and finally the card will have no money.

Old people lack judgment.

Old people have less opportunities to get in touch with society, and their information about some new things in society is very weak, especially some rural old people, who have no judgment on many things. For some low-end scams, these old people are easily deceived. When a liar says something more formal, they will believe that this person is a good person, and then keep listening to the liar.

Old people are greedy and cheap.

In life, a large number of elderly people are deceived because of greed and cheapness, especially those who have certain physical problems and need to take medicine for a long time. When they heard that some health care products can cure all diseases and the price is very cheap, they began to buy them constantly. In addition, some swindlers often give some cheaper gifts to the elderly for free. Old people feel that they have taken advantage and will continue to walk into the trap of swindlers.