Britt Persson, 84, lives in Helsingborg with her husband, 90-year-old Malte Persson. One day the phone rang. It was Britt who answered.

And it was an unexpected conversation.

"Someone said that my husband had been granted a loan of SEK 150,000," she said.

But Britt did not let herself be fooled. She knew that the couple had not applied for a loan. Then the caller offered to sort out the matter.

This is how the fraudsters work

And that's where the conversation ended.

- I screamed and said absolutely not! We have not applied for any loans, says Britt Persson.

This is one of many examples of fraudsters trying to trick older people into disclosing sensitive financial information - or a bank card with a code. This week alone, six people were exposed to fraudsters.

The police inform the elderly

The police are working to try to get the elderly to question such telephone callers through information. In the way Britt Persson did.

- But those who commit the frauds are suggested when it comes to finding reasons why you need bank details, says police press officer Eva-Lotta Hermansson-Truedsson.

It is also quite common for them to pretend to be police officers working on an investigation into financial crimes.