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The report shows how fraudsters exploit the vulnerability of people over 60, with accounts from victims of the bank-door withdrawal scam, the winning ticket scam, the fake lawsuit and the relative in trouble. The figures cited show that older people account for a significant share of recorded fraud and that delay in noticing it hampers investigation. The digital crime forensic expert details the dynamics of the card scam, in which the criminal watches the victim during a purchase, obtains the PIN and then calls asking that the card be destroyed and collected.

The interview is in Portuguese. The summary above is in English.

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