So I volunteer to help an older gentleman (82) with his computer stuff. I like setting stuff up for people, so no biggie. He says he wants to send me some pictures of an old car from his phone and he doesn’t know how. I scroll through his phone and its nothing but pictures of body shots of chicks from the neck down followed by selfies of himself. I think no big deal, kinda weird that its his pictures folder, who saves pictures anyway?
A few weeks later I see him again and I see him typing on WhatsApp. I’m like ok ok ok , something is up here. I ask him who he’s talking to on WhatsApp, and he says it’s a nice girl in Ghana who is going to school, she’s from Canada (WhatsApp saves pictures from the app on your phone, which explains why he has them in his folder). He said he’s asking her how she did on her test. I immediately ask him if she’s asking for money, and he says he sent her $20 in Steam cards. And sure enough, I see a Steam gift card on his stand beside his recliner. He then tells me that she contacted him through Facebook and that it was weird because immediately after he got contacted from someone else with her picture, and he told her that someone is trying to steal her identity.
Its his life, I tell him that I think the person is scamming him, and I wouldn’t talk to them anymore. He’s obviously being scammed but he was adamant that it wasn’t. Anyways, if you have any elderly folks out there, try to keep an eye out for unusual things like that. He knows what a scam is, but he’s the type of person that would give his last dollar to someone in need.
A few weeks later I see him again and I see him typing on WhatsApp. I’m like ok ok ok , something is up here. I ask him who he’s talking to on WhatsApp, and he says it’s a nice girl in Ghana who is going to school, she’s from Canada (WhatsApp saves pictures from the app on your phone, which explains why he has them in his folder). He said he’s asking her how she did on her test. I immediately ask him if she’s asking for money, and he says he sent her $20 in Steam cards. And sure enough, I see a Steam gift card on his stand beside his recliner. He then tells me that she contacted him through Facebook and that it was weird because immediately after he got contacted from someone else with her picture, and he told her that someone is trying to steal her identity.
Its his life, I tell him that I think the person is scamming him, and I wouldn’t talk to them anymore. He’s obviously being scammed but he was adamant that it wasn’t. Anyways, if you have any elderly folks out there, try to keep an eye out for unusual things like that. He knows what a scam is, but he’s the type of person that would give his last dollar to someone in need.
