The pre-Christmas rush can sometimes be a serious problem for the elderly and lonely. The amount of information, the crowd in shopping malls and the multitude of people around are situations that can generate serious threats from fraudsters and thieves. Detective Margaret Marczulewska says she has recently encountered reports that show that sometimes theoretical positive intentions can be a threat. How is this possible?
"Fraudulent volunteers" a major threat
"I'll clean a senior citizen's house for Christmas," "I'll take care of an elderly person for Christmas," "I'll cook food and set the table for an elderly person" - there have been many similar proposals on online forums recently. Probably the vast majority of them are fantastic breaks of the heart, which should be praised and taken as a positive voice and an act of pre-Christmas help to others. Unfortunately, there are situations where Internet help, or even... neighborhood help, is an attempt to take advantage of the opportunity to enter someone's home and steal.
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