For seven years, the mother fell deeper into the clutches of an online fraud, and eventually lost more than $ 400,000 for the scammers who first contacted her on social media.
Despite her son's unimaginable efforts to intervene, he was only corresponding to clogged ends.
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Initially, the elderly mother targeted the messages on Facebook, fraudsters work under the various borrowed names.
The son wrote to Queenin Fontel in the money.
Tell how, over time, that the fraudsters have dealt with it to send money via Apple gift cards and encrypted currencies, which makes almost impossible to track transactions or recover lost money.
Despite the move with her son to obtain support, the woman remained loyal to the artists.
She continued to send them money, despite knowing the financial and emotional losses she caused to her family.
“I called the men. I contacted the Federal Investigation Office. I called the local police to get on the Internet with the help of zero, I shared the son.
“Tell me that there is nothing they can do.”
“I screamed and cried and cried. She did not care. She called a lawyer, and they said it would be very difficult because she has a sound mind.”
The situation escalated to the degree that the fraudsters persuaded the elderly woman to take out the loans, which deepened her financial ruin.
She participated even the title of her son's home with them, which raised concerns about safety and privacy.
Despite everything, she refuses to recognize fraud and continues to send money to her online.
With the absence of legal asylum, and it is not included in the law enforcement, and there is no way to force her mother to stop, the son participated that he feels besieged.
He even thought about her mother's demand to leave, but with a lot of income for higher living help but anywhere, the options remain dark.
A cry for help soon got a response.
Queenin replied, “She is a victim.”
Follow the response, “Keep telling yourself this. Tell your mother that too. Show her sympathy and understanding instead of anger.”
Then he continued to participate, “The latter will not make her put her guard higher.
“Somewhere, deep, you don't know that any of this is real, but this is the final and destructive part of this type of financial fraud. They are building a fake fact for a weak person.”
Expert advice: signs of coding fraud
Toby Brown's fraud expert, the administrative partner of the US Special Investigation Group and investigations into cryptocurrencies in Heroya exclusively, spoke to Sun Us about signs of warning of encrypted fraud.
Beware of “encryption trading, service, or box that provides unusually high returns,” he said because this is “more than the possibility of a fraud.”
Individuals who are still going to invest in investment should guarantee that “professional due care” is implemented in relation to the individual or the platform.
His second advice is to “refrain from responding to a personal demand that involves an encrypted currency from an unknown source.”
This can be through any social media platform, email messages, text messages, or WhatsApp.
The third red flag is treated by people who seem very friendly.
“Many fraudsters use Deepfake to pretend to be someone in dating sites, they are not,” said Brown.
“Once the fraudsters communicate with their unknown victims that are often looking for real contact, they teach them before sharing the amount of money they earn with encryption.
“The victim is then lured to make large investments, and deposit the money he will not see again.”
Likewise, the expert warned people against engaging with strangers or people who just met them if they asked for money or encouraged them to invest.
Finally, “Be aware of anything that looks very good so that it's not true. It is generally generally.”
