A taxi driver saved an elderly woman from being scammed out of $25,000

[Grammy23]

59. My mother-in-law was saved from a scammer's clutches by

an astute clerk at her local pharmacy. She went in and attempted to buy one of those $400 “green money cards” they are often instructed to buy. Then they are to call the scammer back with the card number. The clerk recognized right away that it was the money card scam. She told my MIL not to do it because it was a scam, so she was able to prevent her from being taken.

My MIL will be 89 in April. She was a licensed practical nurse. She is a simple woman in many ways but years ago would never have fallen for those scams. For about the last 10 years or more she has been scammed by con artists for mostly small amounts of money ....$25-35. We have tried and tried to tell her not to answer calls from numbers she does not recognize. Sometimes she listens to us, sometimes not. She also is victimized by tons of “charities“ who send her stuff in the mail. If they mention Sick children or veterans she will almost always try to send them some money. We have even looked up some of these so called charities to show her they are not doing what they say they are doing with the money. She agrees they are scammers but then another one comes along and she forgets about the last time. Sigh..

I pray that I never get to the point of being scammed like my MIL has been. It is sad and despicable to take advantage of someone who is old and does not show good judgment any more.