ST Reflection

Straits Times Reflection
Term 3 Week 6
2E/NA

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Elderly Falling Prey to 'Volunteer' Ruse (trick)

1a) What is the modus operandi (method of operating) of the con artists?
b) What are the Lion Befrienders planning to do to ensure the old folks do not get conned again?

2) Do you like doing social work? Why or why not?

Answers:

Q1a) Their modus operandi is to pose, in most instance, as volunteers from welfare organisations on a project to spruce up the home of these senior citizens.Once let into the home, these "volunteers" help themselves mostly to their unsuspecting victims' cash.

Q1b)They sends volunteers out to help lonely senior citizens and have alerted those under its charge about these scamers.

Q2)Yes.Because the senior citizens need our help as they have no one by their side.