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Scammy Places Targeting Elderly in Heartland Areas​

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I live in Toa Payoh, an area known to have a lot of old people and retirees. I’ve noticed so many skincare places popping up in the central area in the past 5 years, and what’s more they only target/talk to the elderly when they’re alone.

My mum is 70 and she gets approached by them a lot when she’s alone but when I’m with her they don’t talk to her. I loathe them so much I start talking loudly to my mum whenever we pass to “never trust these scammers who only target elderly”

I’ve also looked into a few of these shops before and see young good looking people talking to the elderly, offering them free gifts, tea, etc.

Upon further observation and research, I see them offering not just 1-off treatments but large packages.

These places are preying on the elderly, as they know the people who have money to spend aren’t the working population, but the ones that are retired.

I’ve sat at a McDonalds opposite such a business and watched them for a couple of hours and they ONLY talk to the elderly.

With the recent cases about pressuring elderly into buying packages and the whole hoo-haa about it, is there anything one can do about it? I assume reporting them will not work since they’re technically not doing anything illegal, just unethical.

I once thought about putting it on social media and inviting all the youths to put such places in their area on social media as well, starting a trend to call out such unethical practices and the respective shops that do this but I worry about getting sued for slander.

Any ideas?

 

[Tragedeigh]

Most of these heartland scammers are from Jiuhu. JIUHU MALAYSIAN CHINKS.

 

[GOD IS MY DOG]

if these old women still wanna look good at this age.................what for ??!

 

[uniboi]

Most of these heartland scammers are from Jiuhu. JIUHU MALAYSIAN CHINKS.

•13h ago
It's ridiculous how many of these scam shops have popped up enmass. My old neighbourhood Serangoon had a few hardware shops, eateries and even clinics close down only for these scam shops to take over.

Always the same modus operandi, offer a cheap $3 haircut or $10 massage to bait the elderly in and scam them into buying expensive packages.

They're operating in bright day light in Serangoon Central, beside the police NPC and even in areas where the MP frequently walks the ground at. But no one is taking any action and just keeping an eye closed.

SPF JLB and these are the best friends.