Originally posted by lizbud
That is a very sad case. 
Poor man. Didn't he have family
to look after his best interests ? At his age ,maybe it's partly
dementia that made him so vulnerable. I also received the email
some time ago & thought "Yeah Right" and deleted it.
I agree. Many times the elderly will fall for things that they wouldn't have when they were younger. It is, indeed, very sad.
My father has always been a financially astute man. "Neither a lender nor a borrower be" could have been his slogan. He also used to be quite a cynic, not trusting anyone about anything.
We recently discovered, however, that he had sent a LOT of money to someone he met over the internet. I won't go into any details, but suffice it to say that we were VERY shocked and surprised. COMPLETELY out of character for him! Dementia? Lonliness? Failure to comprehend new technology? We have no idea. But it was very heartbreaking for all of us, and SO humiliating for my dad.
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