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Parent scammed out of £250,000

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scamchild · 05/05/2024 01:13

Posting here for traffic but I guess it is aibu in some sense as I have no idea what to do.

This is the 4th time my parent has been scammed out of a large sum of money. This time an inheritance lump sum.

She's a Covid denier. She thinks banks can't be trusted and will collapse and a complete conspiracy theory freak. I'm wondering if she is mentally unwell given she's done this 4 times.

She's given £250k to "coinbase" and "gold" only it's a "gmail" account. And written in bad English. And various other things. I can't get an answer out of her. How much? When? Why? How? She's confused and seems to think she's only lost a small amount but also says she has nothing left. So £250k is gone. She communicates to scammers on "telegram"

Help me!!!! I literally dont know what to do.

Called bank and they are useless. They will only deal with her. The password she gave me for bank doesn't work! I've called action fraud but have limited info.
She lives a flight away so I can't meet her easily.

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Ohlookwhoitis · 08/05/2024 20:56

AlinaRawlings · 08/05/2024 12:31

Mad that you say that when that old Covid “conspiracy” of the vaccines causing more injury than they help is now being revealed as true. The Astra venica vaccine is being halted as of today due to excess deaths and class action law suits (you’ll soon find that it killed far more than the 80 they’re downplaying it to be). “Conspiracy theorists”/truthers are not nut jobs, we just have far more common sense than you followers.

Oh my god, stop telling lies 😂It's being withdrawn due to more up-to-date vaccines targeting newer variants of the virus.

https://news.sky.com/story/astrazeneca-starts-worldwide-withdrawal-of-covid-vaccine-13131585

AstraZeneca starts worldwide withdrawal of COVID vaccine

The pharmaceutical company said demand for the jab had tailed off as more up-to-date vaccines target newer variants of the virus.

https://news.sky.com/story/astrazeneca-starts-worldwide-withdrawal-of-covid-vaccine-13131585

OutOfTheHouse · 08/05/2024 22:36

AlinaRawlings · 08/05/2024 12:31

Mad that you say that when that old Covid “conspiracy” of the vaccines causing more injury than they help is now being revealed as true. The Astra venica vaccine is being halted as of today due to excess deaths and class action law suits (you’ll soon find that it killed far more than the 80 they’re downplaying it to be). “Conspiracy theorists”/truthers are not nut jobs, we just have far more common sense than you followers.

Utter nonsense. Please don’t peddle this rubbish.

Mary123211 · 30/08/2024 11:49

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