3 big mistakes that can give scammers access to your bank accounts
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Over $3 billion a year is estimated to be lost due to elder scams because they are typically financially secure, have good credit and are trusting.
Veteran evicted from his nursing home as a result of a scam artist Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson is an award-winning tech journalist who has a deep love of technology, gear and gadgets that make life better with his contributions for Fox News & FOX Business beginning mornings on "FOX & Friends." Got a tech question? Get Kurt’s CyberGuy Newsletter, share your voice, a story idea or comment at CyberGuy.com.
Here's a letter I recently received from Susie, who generously took the time to write to me with a very sad and frightening example of just how low these scam artists will stoop and the devastating consequences of their actions:
"Here’s a heartbreaking story for you. I volunteer at a nursing home. A very lonely 83-year-old gentlemen who lives there and who is estranged from his family answered a call or internet scammer about 8 months ago. He is very cognizant and has no guardian or power of attorney. He pays his own bills with his monthly checks from the VA and Social Security. This incredibly cruel scammer has convinced him she is a woman with a teenage daughter who is destitute. This evil person has convinced him twice to hand over his bank account and also social security number. He is in love with this person and refuses to believe he’s been scammed. The bank has tried to help by cancelling his account only to have him give the scammer his new bank number. We at the nursing home have tried to convince him for months he is being scammed.