Telephone con-artist on the phone yesterday at my client's house!!
He said" I'm oldest grandson want to speak to my grandma".
I replied to him "Are you Jason?"
he said "Yes I am and I'm in Mexico", so I did hand to phone to my client.... OMG, he is asking wire money to him.... My client told him " your aunt take care of my bank" Mean awhile I called her daughter, so she contact her nephew who he is not in Mexico.... said "hello to MiMi" , Con artist told her he will call her back, sure he did, I told him "you are not Jason!!" He hanged up the phone..... Good thing con man didn't know my client nickname is "MiMi"!!!! All her grandstands call her MiMi.
The things above are common sense but con artists are getting very clever and using available data with seemingly insignificant data to find your weakspots. I'd love to see a simple, clear, and updated list of threatening info. Anyone know where I can find that?
It seems solicitors target people over 80 more. Is it because they know they'll be home and more easily confused? I bet these companies curse the family caregiver, since they are often the ones that put an end to the shady deal. For myself, I wonder how these people feel no shame for what they do. If they felt shame, they would quit.
I am so glad that you weeded Jason out -- the shameless con. Someone like that could have emptied her bank account and felt no remorse.