Taken From: new.com.au
Date Published: May 22nd, 2013
Summary: This is the second time police have stopped an elderly women from boarding a plane to Africa to meet a scammer she met online. The online scammer already scammer her of $75,000. The elderly women's daughter feared she could have been kidnapped and ransomed if she hadn't been stopped from boarding the flight. The scammer claimed he ran a business in Africa and wanted money to set up an orphanage. The scammer called and had online exchanges everyday. The scammer calmed he loved her and wanted marriage. The scammer in reality turned out to be a 26 year old African man. There is almost no hope of recovering the money, she had been scammed of. Police have identified 22 other victims of fraud and scammers.
Opinion: I think people, especially the elderly should be more careful of what they encounter on the internet. I believe it is terrible that scammers are targeting the elderly. The elderly are especially vulnerable to attacks on the internet. The police did a good job of discovering the scammer and stopped her from boarding the plane. I think authorities should continue to work hard to finding scammers and stopping them.
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