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Have a Talk With Your Parents
My elderly mother got scammed yesterday. I thought they never would have fallen for such an scam, especially one that required the use of gift cards but unfortunately I was wrong. They had a spam pop-up on their computer saying that they needed to call "Microsoft" and she called the spam number.
They then gave remote access to their computer and were told to login to all credit cards and bank accounts. They then told them they were from the FTC and needed to go drain all their bank accounts, in cash, and put it into gift cards, which they did. $4000 worth which was all they had to their name. Luckily I found out but to late, they were still in the scam and I was able to stop further damage.
If you think your parents wouldn't fall for it they actually may, have a talk with them.
I'll pay my parents bills until they get back on their feet so they'll be fine but they are just so upset they fell for it.
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