Elderly Falling Prey to 'Volunteer' Ruse

Term 3 Week 6
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1a) What is the modus operandi (method of operating) of the con artists?
They pretend that they are volunteers from Lions Befriendes Association and ask them to open the gate so that they can go inside the house to clean up their house. When they go into the house, they pretend to clean the house up but they are actually stealing money. The con artist is a plump in her 30sor 40s and speaks in mandarin, Cantonese and Hokkien. Ocassionally she also pretend to be a health official.
b) What are the Lion Befrienders planning to do to ensure the old folks do not get conned again?
They are reminding the elderly that before letting a stranger in the house, ask for their identification pass bearing the vistors name and Befrienders` logo. They would also ask older volunteers to introduce new volunteers
2) Do you like doing social work? Why or why not?
I not like doing social work although it is meaningfuland a good thing to help the elderly, i find it boring and a waste of time.