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Your right mate. My mum (who at the time) was in the early stages of Alzheimer's was nearly caught out. She had signed on the dotted line for a new 15k kitchen. It was only when my brother saw the paperwork that we managed to put a stop on things. This was a supposedly reputable company.

 

Hi guys,

cooled a little over here on earlier posts, sorry if I confused the initial story.

 

Sorry to hear of these all-to-common night mare realities.

 

Mum who is very confused has entertained various tricksters, more so when the 'rewards' on offer sound good ie: super clean patio, non-existing long lost relation in a far off country leaving her a fortune.... though requiring funds to release.

 

We have had quite a few. Last year she remortgaged her house and sent a large preportion off to her financial adviser who was investing it for her!

 

All her funds have been redirected and now managed by the bank of which she has a grocery allowence..... 2 weeks ago we found her not buying food, but sending £10 & £20 to another scammer.

We've changed her numbers as they call her. She then still doesn't believe she won't get anything back, so she calls them on numbers she has stashed!

 

Bleeding heck it, it starts all over again.

 

I know its easy to sit in little ivory towers with straight forward answers, but can tell you doesn't always work on the ground.

 

Steve

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I really feel for you, Steve. My parents are now starting to show signs of dementia.

It's such a worry. My dad has been ripped off so many times by car dealers in recent years.

 

Like you say, there's a limit to what you can do.

just a shame theres so many evil ****s out there who prey on them.

 

Dunno the answer - though someone once said you can reduce any sort of behaviour massively by applying the death sentence for it - but nanny state etc....

 

Good luck.

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