08/03/2024
To all who have elderly parents or if you're older: Watch out for scammers!
Yesterday my mum received a text from an unknown number - they asserted they were me, and that I'd had a problem with my laptop which needed repairing, and that my phone and microphone were on the blink (so couldn't receive a phone call)- these scammers told my mum she had to transfer 2,500 euros to a bank account urgently to help me.
My poor mum, in good faith, rang me, but I was working and didn't answer immediately, so she rang her bank to start the transfer and thankfully her bank picked up that it was a scam and stopped her. I later rang her and clarified.
I was horrified at how scammers can manipulate vulnerable, good hearted people. Warn your parents and elderly loved ones!