Minister of Justice Gunnar Strömmer on telephone scams against the elderly

Yesterday, SVT was able to tell about a case in Ljungby. An elderly person received a call from someone claiming to represent an insurance company. However, the person became suspicious - so when the fraudster showed up, the police sat and waited in the home.

But often things get worse and people can lose both money and possessions.

Often it is the elderly who are exposed, something that the Minister of Justice reacts to.

- The elderly should not be afraid to answer the phone, he says.

"Too many affected"

According to Gunnar Strömmer, one solution could be more police officers who can act quickly. He also believes that banks and insurance companies can do more to protect vulnerable people.

- We have forced the banks to sit down with the police and create security in the system to make it more difficult for criminals to succeed in this. Profits from phone scams have dropped by 40 percent, but there are still far too many victims.

According to Gunnar Strömmer, there is also a large amount of darkness.

- Unfortunately, we know that many elderly people do not want to tell that they have been cheated, not even to their relatives. It's like an insult, you feel ridiculed and humiliated.