Pensioner's warning over scam scratch card
ALERT pensioner Sidney Feasey is warning other elderly people to watch out for a scam scratch card.
The 87-year-old, who lives in Gloucester, received a personalised scratch card offering him the chance to win up to £8,100 in cash.
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It encourages 'winners' to supply their details, including address and date of birth, to an address based in Belgium.
Mr Feasey, pictured, said: "I wasn't being taken in by this nonsense.
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"But other old people could be duped by it.
"They want you to give all your details and then goodness know what happens to it after then.
"You have to be so careful these days because these things are being sent out all the time."
Mr Feasey last year won his battle against a company who tried to take him to court over a necklace he never asked for. The Citizen challenged the firm and the case was dropped.
3 Comments
by geraint2010
Monday, February 25 2013, 2:22PM
“There is a bigger scam going where everyone's savings (unless salted away overseas) are being eroded by the hour. I think they call it quantitative easing and the consequent plummeting value of the pound!”
by honslknjklyt
Monday, February 25 2013, 11:28AM
“Why is this a pensioners scam? As usual this shows the utter selfishness of pensioners, they segregate themselves. Those scratchcard senders do not know if someone is a pensioner or not, they just get sent.
Yes, I know the argument of they are elderly and are more likely to be taken in...................
ANYONE can get taken in, elderly, living on their own, ill, lonely, etc. A lot of elderly are actually very very savvy.
We often hear about pensioners being "ripped off" for thousands and thousands of pounds. Surprising thing is, they have thousands and thousands to be "ripped off" for or "scammed" for in the first place.
Many people don't have anythink like that kind of money and by telling folk they got "ripped off" for X amount of money, is only advertising their wealth and attracting more.
Anyone can be a target for these, not just pensioners. Many can get caught out by it if they or we are not careful. Pensioners instead of looking out for themselves, could perhaps curry more favour if they included everyone in their warnings.”
by Ms_Superstar
Monday, February 25 2013, 10:59AM
“Reminds me of a similar scam where the scratchcard was free (usually came inside a newspaper or magazine) and you would win a mystery prize which could be thousands of pounds in cash, a world cruise or a worthless piece of costume jewellery. To claim, you had to call a premium rate number, which would cost far more than the value of the 'prize'.”