{"id":42672,"date":"2024-11-10T13:04:57","date_gmt":"2024-11-10T12:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monicacerutti.com\/?p=42672"},"modified":"2025-10-14T16:08:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T15:08:16","slug":"countering-scams-targeting-elderly-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monicacerutti.com\/en\/countering-scams-targeting-elderly-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Countering scams targeting elderly people"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image source=&#8221;featured_image&#8221; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;]<div class=\"dfd-spacer-module\"  data-units=\"px\" data-wide_resolution=\"1280\" data-wide_size=\"40\" data-normal_resolution=\"1024\" data-normal_size=\"40\" data-tablet_resolution=\"800\" data-tablet_size=\"20\" data-mobile_resolution=\"480\" data-mobile_size=\"20\" style=\"height: 40px;\"><\/div>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]A project in which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smatorino.it\/\">Societ\u00e0 Metropolitana Acque Torino<\/a> implements social responsibility not strictly tied to water service management activities.<\/p>\n<p>This involves a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smatorino.it\/firmato-il-protocollo-dintesa-per-la-prevenzione-dalle-truffe-tra-smat-ed-il-comando-provinciale-carabinieri-di-torino\/\">memorandum of understanding for fraud prevention between SMAT and the Turin Provincial Carabinieri Command.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Increasingly, reports are coming from individuals claiming to be SMAT technicians, asking customers to enter their homes and claiming to collect bill payments, perform water checks, and\/or perform technical work on individual homes. And more often than not, the victims are the most vulnerable, particularly the elderly.<\/p>\n<p>SMAT and the Turin Provincial Carabinieri Command have developed a poster with tips for preventing scams. This poster, attached to the integrated water service bill, will allow all SMAT customers to be reached directly or indirectly, through condominium administrators.<\/p>\n<p>This is another step I&#8217;m proud of, part of the company&#8217;s goal of having a positive social impact in the Turin metropolitan area.[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"dfd-spacer-module\"  data-units=\"px\" data-wide_resolution=\"1280\" data-wide_size=\"40\" data-normal_resolution=\"1024\" data-normal_size=\"40\" data-tablet_resolution=\"800\" data-tablet_size=\"20\" data-mobile_resolution=\"480\" data-mobile_size=\"20\" style=\"height: 40px;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image source=&#8221;featured_image&#8221; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]A project in which Societ\u00e0 Metropolitana Acque Torino implements social responsibility not strictly tied to water service management activities. This involves a memorandum of understanding for&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.monicacerutti.com\/en\/countering-scams-targeting-elderly-people\/\">Continua a leggere<span> Countering scams targeting elderly people<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":42673,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3608],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-common-goods"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Countering scams targeting elderly people - Monica Cerutti<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.monicacerutti.com\/en\/countering-scams-targeting-elderly-people\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Countering scams targeting elderly people - Monica Cerutti\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image source=&#8221;featured_image&#8221; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]A project in which Societ\u00e0 Metropolitana Acque Torino implements social responsibility not strictly tied to water service management activities. 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