In recent years, many elderly people have been trapped in health care product scams. They refused to take medicine when they were sick, were defrauded of all their "coffin books", and even received sales calls at home after their death. To this end, the official Weibo account of the Henan Provincial Public Security Department @平安中元 has summarized nine major “health care” scams that easily target the elderly, reminding the elderly to be wary of falling into illegal health care “traps.”

1. Free lectures by "experts" at free clinics

Unscrupulous vendors sell drugs, health products or medical devices in residential areas, morning markets or parks, and make false claims or intentionally exaggerate through free physical examinations. Potential health risks of the elderly, thereby achieving the purpose of promoting drugs.

2. Hypely promote the efficacy of products

Regular health products have nationally approved effects. Any health product can only play an auxiliary role in health care or treatment, and cannot Therapeutic effects, while unscrupulous traders hype the efficacy.

3. The product "cures all diseases"

The product is promoted to be miraculous, effective in most internal diseases, and even "cures all diseases".

4. "Chronic diseases can also be cured"

To say that hepatitis B, diabetes, hypertension, cancer and other world medical problems can be cured by taking health care products is contrary to medical science and satisfies patients' eager imagination. Healing, the psychology of not wanting to take medicine for a long time.

5. "Imported, patented, high-tech"

Under the banner of "imported, patented, high-tech, green and environmentally friendly", we attract elderly consumers. Deliberately exaggerate and promote ordinary products as high-tech or green products.

6. "Free travel", "free physical examination"

Use "strategies" such as free cars, travel, and free physical examination to promote health products and induce consumption by the elderly.

7. "Chatting" to engage in emotional promotions

Some elderly people living alone really want to communicate with others, and scammers take advantage of this to engage in emotional promotions. First, he greeted the elderly warmly, and then went to talk to the elderly every day, and also helped with housework. After gaining the elderly's trust, he began to sell expensive products.

8. Set up a trap step by step, and finally "leave"

On the first day, we held a free lecture and gave away washing powder and other items; on the second day, we promoted a low-priced item and called it If you go home and try it out, you can return it and get your money back; on the third day, you can return it as scheduled and get your money back, and sell another high-priced item, usually a few hundred yuan, with the promise of a refund; on the fourth day, you "leave".

9. “You can make a fortune by buying health care products”

Manufacturers claim that “health investment” has huge returns. As long as you buy health care products produced by a company, you can not only get benefits including overseas travel There are various generous gifts, and what is more attractive is that you can get a large number of original shares of the group company. There are various reasons why the elderly are deceived when buying health care products. Not only do they have a strong awareness of health and have a special liking for health care products, but also because the sales methods of scammers are becoming more and more subtle and deceptive.