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My father fell for a telephone scam
Posted on 5/24/26 at 5:12 pm
Posted on 5/24/26 at 5:12 pm
He got a call from a bank pretending to be chase and they claimed he was overcharged for buying a Walgreens gift card. Before he could respond, they were able to hack into his Walgreens account and spent $500 dollars.
It doesn’t help he’s old and has memory lapses either. We traced the phone number back to a warehouse in Miami and the police said there’s nothing they can do at the moment.
It doesn’t help he’s old and has memory lapses either. We traced the phone number back to a warehouse in Miami and the police said there’s nothing they can do at the moment.
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Posted on 5/24/26 at 5:14 pm to Jimmy Hold the Mayo
$500 isn’t that much money
Hopefully your dad learned from it.
Hopefully your dad learned from it.
This post was edited on 5/24/26 at 5:16 pm
Posted on 5/24/26 at 5:15 pm to Jimmy Hold the Mayo
It is happening more and more. At my work I saw a case recently where mom died and dad is home in the house alone. Lonely. Mind not 100%. Fell in love with a fraudster and gave them literally everything he had. Everything he worked his whole life for. Hundreds of thousands. Take care of your parents and grandparents as much as you can. It’s a dangerous world out there.
Posted on 5/24/26 at 5:17 pm to Jimmy Hold the Mayo
Unless you live in Florida, I would think this is a federal crime. Should contact FBI. Probably won’t get any money back, but it might help serve justice.
Posted on 5/24/26 at 5:20 pm to Jimmy Hold the Mayo
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He got a call from a bank pretending to be chase and they claimed he was overcharged for buying a Walgreens gift card. Before he could respond, they were able to hack into his Walgreens account and spent $500 dollars.
Are we missing some steps here?
Posted on 5/24/26 at 5:32 pm to Jimmy Hold the Mayo
What do you mean "before he could respond"?
Posted on 5/24/26 at 5:32 pm to Jimmy Hold the Mayo
Have you contacted Wagreen's? They may be able to help you recover. I work with many seniors trying to protect them from these kinds of schemes. It is very frustrating to see the same people fall for the same schemes over and over again. The victims are not dumb, many were business owners, attorneys, architects, but as they get older, they forget.
Interesting, men seem to be more susceptible than women, women are just naturally suspicious. I suggest you go over the issue with the potential victim frequently, get rid of as many credit cards and especially debit cards. Close Amazon accounts and let their bank know to be on the lookout for suspicious activity.
Phishing seems to be the most frequent to get their usernames and passwords, sometimes I add their email to my computer so I can delete obvious phishing attempts before they even see them.
If all the person does is web browsing and email, I frequently suggest an iPad, they are less susceptible to hacking.
Good luck.
Interesting, men seem to be more susceptible than women, women are just naturally suspicious. I suggest you go over the issue with the potential victim frequently, get rid of as many credit cards and especially debit cards. Close Amazon accounts and let their bank know to be on the lookout for suspicious activity.
Phishing seems to be the most frequent to get their usernames and passwords, sometimes I add their email to my computer so I can delete obvious phishing attempts before they even see them.
If all the person does is web browsing and email, I frequently suggest an iPad, they are less susceptible to hacking.
Good luck.
Posted on 5/24/26 at 5:34 pm to Jimmy Hold the Mayo
Old people are the worst.
Posted on 5/24/26 at 5:35 pm to The Boat
quote:
Are we missing some steps here?
If so, I feel like we're all at risk.
Posted on 5/24/26 at 5:46 pm to Jimmy Hold the Mayo
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Before he could respond, they were able to hack into his Walgreens account and spent $500 dollars.
Humbrah?
Posted on 5/24/26 at 5:56 pm to Jimmy Hold the Mayo
Tell the entire story and being hacked isn’t the same as being scammed, but definitely sounds like you’re leaving some important information out.
Posted on 5/24/26 at 5:59 pm to T1gerNate
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is happening more and more. At my work I saw a case recently where mom died and dad is home in the house alone. Lonely. Mind not 100%. Fell in love with a fraudster and gave them literally everything he had. Everything he worked his whole life for. Hundreds of thousands. Take care of your parents and grandparents as much as you can. It’s a dangerous world out there.
My great grandfather was a wealthy successful businessman and he developed Alzheimer’s and people he had done business with for years, people he considered friends, would lie to him that he owed them tens of thousands of dollars and he would write the checks. I remember my grandparents and my dad having to go have his bank account closed so he wouldn’t give away all his money
Posted on 5/24/26 at 6:03 pm to deltaland
I would track those people down and show them how well a Louisville slugger works on knees.
Posted on 5/24/26 at 6:08 pm to Jimmy Hold the Mayo
Time to call the beekeeper.
Posted on 5/24/26 at 6:18 pm to Jimmy Hold the Mayo
Spend $500 how? Was it delivered somewhere or store pickup?
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