A handful of people met at the Morden Activity Centre Friday morning during the annual Health Expo to learn about scams, fraud, and what they can do to avoid being victims.

Morden police chief, Brad Neduzak, spoke about some of the common scams in the area such as calls from people pretending to be grandchildren in trouble and needing money and threatening calls or emails claiming to be from the Canada Revenue Agency.

"Anytime we have an opportunity to educate the public on different safety issues, like frauds and scams, before people lose money, it's huge," Neduzak said.

The presentation was held at the activity centre during the health expo because seniors are the most likely to be targeted.

"They are a generation of trust and they're generous," said Neduzak. "That is the biggest reason for them being targets, because most of these scam artists know that they are the ones that will bite on some of these scams."

Neduzak and the Morden Police Service encourage people to do research and ask questions when confronted with an investment opportunity, or anything that seems too good to be true. Anyone who suspects they may be encountering a scam via the Internet or phone can call the police station to report it.

Often scam artists try to build confidence in their victims, posing as computer experts, lawyers, etc. so people will trust them. Neduzak called them "wolves in sheep's clothing", and advised people, seniors especially, to be careful.