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88 year old grandmother Scammed
Posted on 7/26/16 at 1:18 pm
Posted on 7/26/16 at 1:18 pm
Although we have routinely advised her against this, my grandmother was called by someone impersonating a Social Security Office employee. For some reason, she decided to give them all of her information. (DOB, SS#, ALL Bank Info, Mother's Maiden Name, what toppings she likes on pizza, you name it) We have flagged her account at the bank and she is going to open a new one. My mom is on the way to the SS office to make sure she is covered there. (I am on the phone with them trying to get it flagged faster)
Anything else I can do to help her? Any agencies I need to call? It was a private number, so unfortunately I can't give any authorities that information.
Anything else I can do to help her? Any agencies I need to call? It was a private number, so unfortunately I can't give any authorities that information.
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Posted on 7/26/16 at 1:24 pm to Mr. Wayne
People who scam the elderly deserve a bullet in the neck.
Posted on 7/26/16 at 1:25 pm to Mr. Wayne
Terrible about your grandmother and you have to be a real POS to do such a thing, however
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what toppings she likes on pizza,
Posted on 7/26/16 at 1:37 pm to hungryone
I've tried two and they both say they are unable to place a hold at this time. Could it be due to her never buying anything on credit? She has owned her house for over 15 years and buys everything cash. Never even had a debit card.
Posted on 7/26/16 at 1:40 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
I had to crack the pizza joke. She is very intelligent and taught business for 30+ years. The info she gave them is just blowing my mind. I can't fuss at my grandmother though.
Posted on 7/26/16 at 4:04 pm to Mr. Wayne
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I've tried two and they both say they are unable to place a hold at this time. Could it be due to her never buying anything on credit?
Does she not have a credit file? I mean, that's like the unicorn of credit. I've heard it can happen but I've never actually seen it.
I'd call LifeLock on this one. They may have something that can help in this situation.
Posted on 7/26/16 at 5:23 pm to Mr. Wayne
Per Clark Howard: place a credit freeze on her credit files. That's the most proactive thing to do in a situation like this.
BTW, I feel for you. My mother is about that age and she's done similar things. She's from a generation that still believes that people are basically good. Seems like having me for a son would have gotten that out of her system.
BTW, I feel for you. My mother is about that age and she's done similar things. She's from a generation that still believes that people are basically good. Seems like having me for a son would have gotten that out of her system.
Posted on 7/26/16 at 7:01 pm to Azazello
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People who scam the elderly deserve a red-hot stake slowly driven in the neck.
Fixed.
Posted on 7/26/16 at 7:44 pm to Mr. Wayne
Report it to the FBI, this is definitely a violation of multiple federal laws so they'd be interested.
Posted on 7/26/16 at 8:18 pm to Mr. Wayne
How little of a conscience can someone have? So fricked up
Posted on 7/27/16 at 11:37 am to Mr. Wayne
Just a bit of advice from someone who's gone through this, you may want to consider having a family member start monitoring her finances (credit cards, bank accounts, etc.) regularly. My grandmother was scammed over the phone several years ago, which was surprising to us as she was an educated and generally pretty savvy woman. We urged her to be more cautious but figured it was a brief lapse in judgment. Looking back, it should have been the first warning sign of dementia. She's gotten progressively worse over the years and we recently had to change her phone number because she was getting scammed on almost a weekly basis.
Posted on 7/27/16 at 3:11 pm to castorinho
It seems outrageous to us but the reason scammers continue to call is that people fall for it (mostly older people), which of course is dirty pool. One time I got one of them to talk to me. He actually seemed half way remorseful of what he was doing and said he had no choice and there was no other work for him to do. I can't believe he actually told me the scheme. Nevertheless, people that prey on elderly people deserve to die.
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