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Recently my dad has gone down hill mentally and I stepped in to manage his affairs. Once I executed all the POA stuff and gained access to his accounts what I found was alarming.
My stepmom is a facebook junkie who plays those stupid slot games and was befriended by a user on facebook promising of riches if she would wire some money and pay some fees.
It started off with small amounts and progressed to larger amounts, however she was not the only one sending money. She was also receiving large sums of money that were being wire transferred into her accounts from various people.
She was taking that money and wiring off to different countries with what looks like some type of laundering scheme. However she's never coming out on the positive side of things.
I've shut her down by removing her access to monies and creating new accounts that these scammers can't get to.
They keep hounding her (the facebook user and a middle man whom is texting her) to receive money since she stopped all contact with them since Tuesday. I tempted to take the money they send and then move it into another account and close out the account they have account data for to account for the loses my dad has occurred.
I've messaged some of the ladies warning them of the potential scam whom have wire transferred money to her account but none have returned my messages. Its like they don't exist. All their facebook pages have the same type of theme: single, widowed, or husband sick and they play those slot games.
Has anyone else heard of this type of scam?
My stepmom is a facebook junkie who plays those stupid slot games and was befriended by a user on facebook promising of riches if she would wire some money and pay some fees.
It started off with small amounts and progressed to larger amounts, however she was not the only one sending money. She was also receiving large sums of money that were being wire transferred into her accounts from various people.
She was taking that money and wiring off to different countries with what looks like some type of laundering scheme. However she's never coming out on the positive side of things.
I've shut her down by removing her access to monies and creating new accounts that these scammers can't get to.
They keep hounding her (the facebook user and a middle man whom is texting her) to receive money since she stopped all contact with them since Tuesday. I tempted to take the money they send and then move it into another account and close out the account they have account data for to account for the loses my dad has occurred.
I've messaged some of the ladies warning them of the potential scam whom have wire transferred money to her account but none have returned my messages. Its like they don't exist. All their facebook pages have the same type of theme: single, widowed, or husband sick and they play those slot games.
Has anyone else heard of this type of scam?
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