At a time when seniors should be enjoying retirement, scammers target their hard-earned savings and prey on their vulnerabilities.
“A lot of older adults are lonely. They’re isolated at home. Maybe their friends have moved away or passed away. Their children aren’t close, and they’re lonely,” community engagement director for non-profit Age Well Middle Tennessee, Paula Daigle, told News 2. “So if someone calls, they answer the phone and (scammers) try to befriend them.”
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Lisa's mother is bad about shit like this. It's not that my in-laws are lonely, it's that they're way too trusting. If an email looks official, then by God it must be. At least once every couple weeks, we'll get a call from Sue. "I just got an email saying they're going to shut off our Netflix/Hulu/whatever if we don't pay right now!"
"Did you pay your bill this month?"
"Yes, it's on autopay."
"Ignore the email, Mom."
"But....."
"Ignore the email."
It took a while, but now they call us any time they get an email or phone call that wants any kind of personal or financial information.
