A local organisation is hoping to help seniors with a free information seminar as the number of scam calls, emails, and text messages continues to grow.
Whitsunday Neighbourhood Centre will run its free “How To Spot A Scam” Session on Friday, April 28 from 9.30am to 12.00pm.
The information meeting will be facilitated by Gary Greenhill, a Neighbourhood Centre volunteer who runs weekly one-on-one computer literacy classes for the region’s older generations.
Mr Greenhill, who has an array of experience with technology, professionally building websites and coding, is a “certified computer whiz”, and said he had been planning to run these new internet scam spotting classes for some time.
Executive Officer Rebecca Woods said the new “How To Spot A Scam” sessions would be a ‘pilot test’ where they could gauge the response and need from the number of attendees, though she believed there certainly was one.
“What we’re hoping for is a good group of people who want to focus on things with their computers, whether it be security or otherwise,” Ms Woods said.
“It will be an opportunity for people to ask questions in a small, group environment that will be extremely informative.”
The session will also be the official launch of the Centre’s new ‘Digital Library’ where members can loan a Tablet or an iPad.
More information on the Digital Library is available by phone at (07) 4946 7850 or by email at nc@whitnc.org.au
What: “How To Spot A Scam” Information Session
When: Friday, April 28, from 9.30am to 12.00pm
Where: Whitsunday Neighbourhood Centre
Whitsunday Neighbourhood Centre will provide a free “How To Spot A Scam” information session alongside the launch of its tablet loaning system the ‘Digital Library’
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