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Old 08-05-2009, 10:59 AM   #11
pam123
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Originally Posted by Khalil View Post
The old people excuse is lame and unacceptable in my book. My mother is 73 years old and she would never fall for crap like this.
If you are a moron when you are young you will more than likely be a moron when you get old.
If it was not for morons most scams would not work, regardless of age!
At 73 no, another 5/10 years then yes.

I've got some clients who were able to spot spam/scam a few years ago but can't do it now ( And their kids are going crazy.).

A lot of this is pointed at seniors ( I'm blessing the fact that I set up so many accounts with seniors as "guest" . ) They don't "get it" any longer; they really can't tell.

It's an extension of mail and telephone scammers, they target the seniors with a series of probes, and move in on the mentally failing ones.

Don't make the mistake of thinking that your senior just "stumbled" over this; it was deliberatlely sent/set-up, to steal from someone like him.


I used to think that seniors on line was a great idea but now I'm having second thoughts.
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