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He is with it enough not to  fall for this!

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Read about gullibility and see if it helps. Loneliness might play a part as well.
Today my husband was getting new tires on his car. He was waiting for a call that the car was ready. An unfamiliar number came on his phone, thinking it might be about his car, he answered. It was a call from Social Security telling him there was a problem with unauthorized use of his social security number and he was to hold for the investigating police officer. DH said the caller sounded so credible. But he knew that social security would never call, so he hung up. But he said, I could see where people would take that call. It was upsetting. The scammers are very intelligent. They look for people who will ignore the obvious tells that what they are selling is bogus.
Does your dad agree he was scammed or does he defend his actions? If he acknowledges that he is an easy touch, you might be able to come up with some ground rules on how to handle calls from people he doesn’t know.
He is definitely not alone.
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NeedHelpWithMom Dec 2020
So they moved from the IRS calls to SS calls. Crazy!

I had one of those from the IRS and the caller in a foreign accent told me that an FBI agent would be knocking on my door.

He got mad at me when I said to send him right over and that I would put on a pot of coffee for him! LOL
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Reduction of reasoning & judgement skills.

When you say "he is with it enough", what do you mean specifically? His memory is good? He can hold conversations well?

Hearing problems could be a contributing factor too?
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