Spammers had victim use Zelle to transfer the $$$.
These gullible folks are giving us senior citizens a bad name.
Plenty of people of all ages fall for these scams, the problem is it’s very hard to catch the assholes doing it.
I don’t click on any link until I until think about for a while. I never click on the notifier’s link, I go to my known source to check things out.
I don’t say yes on the phone unless I know for sure who I’m speaking to.
If an unknown caller rings my phone they can leave a message. If they say they represent an entity, I look it up and verify the person’s name who called.
I report as many suspected scams as I can.
I keep my privacy settings on so the phone doesn’t ring unless the calling party is in my contact list.
If the party is not in my contact list they have to leave a message.
If I do not recognize them as someone, I know I do not call them back And I block the number.
Additionally, I know enough about the court system that if they said there was a warrant out for my arrest I would ask for the case number and the court of record. I can use computer access both the federal and state courts in Kansas and Missouri to confirm any legal action that is alleged.
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My use of the term stupid, stupid is in reference to the perpetrators to use z to receive the money by wire transfer.
The article states that the investigators were able to trace the money transfer electronically to the perpetrators.
The article states, “Detectives say they were able to follow the money trail, leading to the arrests. “
I agree that the perpetrators were pretty stupid, and I don’t like to use Zelle because I dread making a mistake and triple check everything before I click go. But the woman who gave away cash wasn’t very bright either. Why did she care if there was a warrant out for her dead husband? And then pay with bags of cash, when she was apparently bright enough to use Zelle? Each person is their own best defense against these sorts of things.
A couple of months after my mother died and, I was going through her mail, she received a jury summons from a federal court. I returned it with a note that she was deceased. She was also 87 and the materials stated that those 75 and older could opt out. I never heard another word.
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