I don't know the exact amount. In total, I don't think it was much more than $1,500. It could have been much worse, but we did what we could to help her nip it in the bud each time before my sister in law took over her finances.
Yeah, we need to be teaching everyone you do not send money to people who call you. You do not send money to people through the internet. You do not send money to anyone or anything if you didn't initiate the transaction. You do not give money to people you never met or institutions you have never been to their office or store.
This is going to get real bad with AI voice stuff. Someone will call you and sound like that person etc.
Imagine its a ai voice of your relatives or your own family
Exactly.
T-800: Hey Janelle. What's wrong with Wolfie? Can't believe that we are close to terminator tech, if we are not already there yet.
My mother in law is a complete sucker for scams like this.
So is my nephew and he is only 20. Sent the kid to college and he got rolled a couple of times by scams like a rube at a carnival.
Did she get scammed?
A few times. Once through email, then by phone, and a third time by a person she was 'dating' online
How much did she lose?
I don't know the exact amount. In total, I don't think it was much more than $1,500. It could have been much worse, but we did what we could to help her nip it in the bud each time before my sister in law took over her finances.
Anybody got this article without the paywall?
Yeah, we need to be teaching everyone you do not send money to people who call you. You do not send money to people through the internet. You do not send money to anyone or anything if you didn't initiate the transaction. You do not give money to people you never met or institutions you have never been to their office or store.