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GRANDMA LOCK TF IN

Bruh at that point, let him keep it. She’s clearly doesn’t care about money.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Saved my roommate from getting scammed.

his way of thanking me was to kick me out of the apartment

I work at a bank in the dispute department. You would be shocked at the scams people fall for.

My favorite story is a guy who deposited a check then wanted gift cards to pay his lawyer. The account officer asked if he ever met the lawyer and he said yes.

She explained this is a scam, lawyers aren’t paid in gift cards. He insisted. She got her supervisor to explain it and he insisted. They got the branch manager involved and he insisted. It’s his money so he got his gift cards.

Couple weeks later he wants to dispute it because it turned out to be a scam.

Thankfully, they documented it all at the time so we didn’t have to take a loss of like $5,000

The scammer is lucky that the Beekeeper didnt hear about it first!

Storytime: I was standing in line in front of a cop at a CVS once buying some candy for my students for Halloween. Suddenly, the doors slide open and this lady rolls in, clearly distraught, with a phone to her ear. She says, “If I get you the cards, you’ll give the money back?”

I immediately knew what it was. I turned around and looked at the cop who sort of rolled their eyes and smirked. I had no idea what he was trying to communicate. As this lady walked up to the gift card kiosk, I waited for the cop to say something. Nothing.

Finally, as she was sorting out whoever was on the other line what card to buy, I chimed in, “Ma’am…that money is gone.” She looked at me and frantically started in, “My husband gave these people 4,000 dollars and–,” I cut her off, “And that money is gone forever. They will never give it back to you. If you buy those gift cards, you’ll be out that money, too. Get it?”

She looked at me for what felt like a very long time. Completely still for like 7-8 seconds. Then, hung up the phone and walked out. Didn’t say a word. Cop never did anything.

The scammers know that once they succeed once, their victim is upset, anxious, scared, fearful, not thinking clearly, and then further capitalizes on that lack of mental clarity to force more mistakes. It’s absolutely vile.

DO NOT REDEEM

How do people THAT stupid manage to survive long enough to become elderly???

This could be an early sign of Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia.

My Mom worked for the US Attorney’s office for 25 years as a Victim Witness Advocate. She sat through trials of countless victims of fraud and was well aware of the common methods. Yet, after she retired, about 4 years ago, she started falling for scams like this. I couldn’t believe it – with her experience, of all people, she should have known better. However, it happened to her not once, not twice, but 5 times! Each time, I helped her open a fraud dispute with her credit card or bank, and then showed her how it was a scam. She seemed to understand and was embarrassed… then it would happen again.

Unfortunately, after other signs of cognitive decline started piling up, my Mom was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. She was a very smart woman, but this condition has reduced her intellect to a very low level. She can’t remember anything and often doesn’t recognize us. It’s heartbreaking. We have total control over her finances now and she doesn’t use a phone or computer, so that has cut down the potential fraud avenues considerably.

Bottom line, it’s not the victim’s fault, it’s the scammers that are deplorable for preying on the most vulnerable in our society.

It can’t be that easy. I don’t believe you. I’ll need proof. Could you give us her debit card info?

and we allow these people to drive and vote.

[Oh Grandma.](https://youtu.be/zbE6fqBuGkA)

she treated getting scammed like a squel, had to run it back for part 2

Honestly, at that point they deserved it. It really bothers me when people say bc they are old so that why they fall for scams. To me the logic of that is backwards. They have been here “x” amou t of time longer. Therefore, they should be more aware of it.

Reminds me of a coworker who got catfished twice in a year & lost all his money both times.

The first time he showed us a pic the “girl” had sent him. It was a professional pic of Riley Reid. We told him it was a pic of a pornstar and he said, “Whoa, I really lucked out.” Tried to tell him it was a scam but he was fully dug in. He ended up giving the account his bank info, which was promptly drained that week.

His bank worked with him but from the conversations I heard it sounded like they gave him a warning.

Second time we didn’t even bother trying to help. He lost all his money and the bank basically told him tough shit.

This is so heartwarming. You see anything is possible if you call scammer and scold them….

Scammers are scum, but never forget that their job is to separate the biggest fools from their money. That may sound harsh when their victims are often elderly or such, but it is the reality of their trade.

We should be able to have agencies that chase these criminals around the world and shut them down so they can’t prey on those sorts of people… But at a certain point you have to realize that the reason it’s so profitable is because lots of people are ridiculously uninformed about social manipulation or just gullible.

The key word here is “elderly”, watching my grandma and her siblings age showed me that. The brain slows down just as the body. The scammer wouldn’t haven’t gotten ole boss lady back in her prime… it also just illustrates how lowly scammers truly are. Don’t eat the vulnerable and claim “natural selection”. Natural selection? You’re an absolute bottom feeder bro.