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MeredithMan · 04-13-2022, 07:08 AM

...a lot of these characters specifically target the elderly, under the assumption that many older folks are trusting, (i.e., not suspecting someone is trying to scam them), or that they may be in a weakened mental state.

A couple years ago, my in-laws, (in their mid 80's at the time and starting to show signs of forgetfulness and mild dementia), got the call from "their grand-daughter's lawyer", stating that she had been erroneously arrested in New York City and she was too embarrassed to call her parents to bail her out and to send 5 grand to the atty, who would handle getting her out of jail. They literally got in the car and drove to their local bank to get the money. The local banker had known them for years and when she started to ask them some probing questions, figured out pretty quickly that they were being scammed.

04-13-2022, 07:08 AM	#4
MeredithMan Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Bedford, NH; Meredith, NH Posts: 864 Thanks: 233 Thanked 768 Times in 302 Posts	elderly targets... ...a lot of these characters specifically target the elderly, under the assumption that many older folks are trusting, (i.e., not suspecting someone is trying to scam them), or that they may be in a weakened mental state. A couple years ago, my in-laws, (in their mid 80's at the time and starting to show signs of forgetfulness and mild dementia), got the call from "their grand-daughter's lawyer", stating that she had been erroneously arrested in New York City and she was too embarrassed to call her parents to bail her out and to send 5 grand to the atty, who would handle getting her out of jail. They literally got in the car and drove to their local bank to get the money. The local banker had known them for years and when she started to ask them some probing questions, figured out pretty quickly that they were being scammed.