Young folk urged to guard against scams

ANGUS Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) has warned that young people in the county are falling foul of scams.

The organisation is now urging others to remain vigilant to “protect themselves against those who would steal their money”.

Angus CAB is in the second week of Scams Awareness Month, a campaign that encourages people to spot, avoid and report scams.

This week, the campaign has been focusing on people under the age of 30, a group that has experienced an increase in fraud during the last few years.

Elizabeth Montgomery-Fox, volunteer development officer, said young people were also more vulnerable to certain types of scam, such as subscription traps, identity fraud, job scams, ticketing scams and general online fraud.

She said: “The evidence suggests incidents of fraud are rising among young people, and yet younger people are more confident than most groups that they can avoid scams.

“We would hate to think that younger people in Angus are lowering their guards and making themselves vulnerable to fraud.

“So, we want to stress to young people locally that they are all potential scam victims and that they need to protect themselves.

“Our website has all the information they need to become more savvy and beat the scammers.”