Elderly parents and scammers
Hi all just thought I would write a quick CP PSA for everyone here with elderly parents.
Yesterday I stopped by my Dad's place on a whim to see how he was doing. He is 74 and lives independently. He was on the phone giving google play card pin numbers to scammers out of India. They posed as bank employees and police, and he believed he was helping to catch criminals.
To make a long story short he was scammed out of over $25000 in the last three days. If I never happened to catch him in the act I imagine they would have cleaned him out of ever last dollar.
PLEASE if you have an elderly parent be very aware at how easily this can happen. I would highly recommend ensuring they only have one credit card with a reasonable limit.
He had 7 credit cards with well over $100 000 worth of credit available. Which is absolutely ridiculous for a man who put about $200 a month on his cards.
If this post saves even one CP member the bull#### we are going thru I think this post it worth it.
There is a special spot in hell for those who target the elderly with scams.
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