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yonder

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3. What Botany said.

Mon Dec 12, 2022, 03:24 PM

Dec 2022

My own 87 year old mother has been a victim at least twice, to the tune of some 2-3k, made worse by her pride in thinking she is more independent than she really is which leads her to refuse advice and direction.

One romance scammer claimed to have lost his "business" aboard an off-shore oil rig due to an "explosion" and needed help to restart. There went a thousand bucks or so. If I ever came across him he would be sure to lose his "business", if you catch my drift.

There are despicable, nasty people out there with no moral center. I would like to think they will somehow, eventually, get their due.

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Wasn't there a list of romance scammers out there? [View all] Peregrine Took Dec 2022 OP

Get your mother's checkbook and credit cards Botany Dec 2022 #1

She lives 2000k miles away and would never let me near her checkbook. Sister in law. Peregrine Took Dec 2022 #2

My mom didn't get taken by a "romance scammer" but she did get taken Botany Dec 2022 #4

The person possibly being scammed is not Peregrine Took's mom. ShazzieB Dec 2022 #6

What Botany said. yonder Dec 2022 #3

This guy has managed to get his name on an adress site for her address. Peregrine Took Dec 2022 #7

Yeah, who knows how they insert themselves into other peoples lives? yonder Dec 2022 #8

I've never heard of a site like that. ShazzieB Dec 2022 #5

This is in part why I am determined to move into PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2022 #9