Calling attention to businesses calling themselves "elderly support centers"

A business operator calling itself an "elderly support center," which is reminiscent of a public institution, asks consumers to cancel their personal information registration, claiming that their personal information has been leaked and has been registered with another organization. Consultation related to a technique in which multiple groups or persons (hereinafter referred to as "related parties") appear and make various demands to the consumer, and in the end, send a large amount of cash to the consumer by courier service. are sent to local consumer affairs centers.

Based on the provisions of Article 38, Paragraph 1 of the Consumer Safety Act (Law No. 50 of 2009), the Consumer Affairs Agency has issued a notice that there is a risk of unfair harm to the interests of consumers in transactions with senior citizen support centers and related parties. We have received information that there is a certain act (defrauding or intimidating consumers to confuse them), so we would like to inform consumers in order to prevent the occurrence or expansion of consumer damage.

Note: In addition to the "elderly support center", similar names such as "elderly welfare support center" and "elderly life support volunteer center" may be used.

For details, please see the Consumer Affairs Agency website.