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The Department of Social Services of the City of Cartagena has warned of the case reported last Friday in the Strait deputation Well, when some individuals posing as volunteer social services and access to housing of an elderly person living alone, the who obtained personal data from your identity card and toured the rooms of the home, under the pretext of checking their habitability.
From the Department is to remind both the elderly and their families that social workers of the Municipality of Cartagena never occur suddenly at home, but visits are agreed in advance by phone and are always made ​​at the request of stakeholders or friends and for a particular step.
In this sense, Social Care is recommended for the elderly not to miss their homes or provide personal information to persons not properly identified, nor alleged social workers or volunteers whose appointment has not been concluded before.
It will be recalled older people living alone are more vulnerable against criminals, especially in cases of theft, scams and frauds.
In fact both from the local police and social services are being carried out visits and discussions to show the most common and how to react to them.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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