My father fell for a telephone scam

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.

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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.

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Are we missing some steps here?

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.

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Are we missing some steps here?

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If not, I feel like we're all at risk.

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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.

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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

Time to call the beekeeper.

I feel for you. While not as much money my dad constantly falls for the toll road scam, but thankfully I am able to catch it every time.

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Are we missing some steps here?

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It appears that scammers are so good, just answering your phone allows them to steal from you.

Wait so they were able to hack his account just because he answered the phone?