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My mom is not even elderly and already falls for a bunch of crap. It wouldn’t matter if I educated her on this subject 10 times, she’d fall for the first scam r
by mrhappyunhappy 8y ago
My mom is not even elderly and already falls for a bunch of crap. It wouldn’t matter if I educated her on this subject 10 times, she’d fall for the first scam right after the conversation. Some people are just so gullible that they can’t be helped. I know the HN audience here would like to find a quick fix such as phones that only allow calls from certain people or let elder answer only identifiable ring tones from family, but none of these would help people like my mom. I think the only effective solution would be swift enforcement, monitoring and severe prison time, readily enforced without mercy. Criminals need to get in in their head that if this is behavior they want to engage in, they will pay with their life.
- gnopgnip 8y agomost of these scammers are outside of the reach of us law enforcement, or pseudonymous
- Double_a_92 8y agoUsually they still have someone that picks up the money. I.e. a "friend" of the supposed nephew that is calling for help.
- mschuster91 8y ago> Usually they still have someone that picks up the money Yeah, somewhere in $foreign_country...
- Double_a_92 8y agoNo, I meant where the elderly person lives. Those scams usually don't run over WesternUnion or so.
- gnopgnip 8y agoThose "mules" are themselves victims of another scam
- Joakal 8y agoIt's probably a good time to get a POA and have $500+ purchases go through you, etc. This isn't a solution but a suggestion to help. Tracking down scammers is much harder.