Knowing that many disabled people may have special needs and vulnerabilities, scammers target them frequently.
They even pass themselves off as being disabled or as helping to raise money for physically and mentally handicapped people as a way of conning money from the general public.
People suffering from a mental disability, especially dementia, are especially at risk but others with sensory and mobility handicaps have also fallen victim in recent incidents.
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