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I'm wondering where they got my phone number from. I rarely give my number out, preferring to use my old, dead business number instead. I missed his first few words so am not sure if he thought he was calling me, the name under this number or a random number in Texas.
If I get an address and name, where do I report it or rather to whom? My congressman, senator, IRS, Dept of Treasury, local newspaper? Anyone can impersonate me with permission to dig deeper. And, yes, I know, there are thousands more of them out there. But shutting down one is better than ignoring it.
I think of my grandmother, smart but not bright. She'd believe it then tell mom after they paid thousands to crooks. No doubt she'd fall for it. Before they died, a roofing scammer said they needed a new roof. Ten year old house. Showed them worn shingles so they went for it. They put down five thousand of ten thousand due but used a credit card as mom told them for large purchases.
Guy showed up, ladder in hand. No staging, no slats to step on, no shingles. Fortunately we went to their town to visit that day. Mom asks for his permit and building license. He left to get it but never returned. I called the credit card company and explained it all. Credit issued but we had to file a police report. This guy had been doing it to the elderly all over the South Shore, up to $30k per house.
They got his picture from a security camera and this was in the 80s when technology sucked. They caught him in RI doing it, over half a million taken, zero recovered. Jail and restitution but he committed suicide.
So many seniors give to "charity" in another country but it's pure bullshit. The families bitch that no one cares to shut down scammers. I say families need to monitor their elders to be sure it doesn't happen. My mom is 83 with three college degrees. Still bright but she's slipped a bit, more so since colon cancer two months ago. I tell her to bring bills not recognized to me. She's smart enough to check her bank investments weekly. Medicare claimed she owed four grand for non-payment of part of a year. She found her canceled check but literally hot sick worrying about it. "The computer made an error" but she learned from me. "Humans put information into a computer. Which human made me so sick I had to pay for meds?"
Supervisor wrote to apologize and claims the human was retrained. Probably was the supervisor.
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