My mom has been writing checks to various charities and organizations that are mostly scammers.
In one instance my sister took a check away that was in an envelope to a scam pharmacy who is selling memory cure pills. She wont take the actual pills that the doctor prescribed for her so she’s trying what she sees on TV.
As soon as my sister left mom wrote out another check and sent it right out to the company.
Mom is constantly sending checks to various charities, small donations but nonetheless checks that add up.
She thinks it’s for the local police but it’s not and no matter how oftern we explain it she keeps doing it.
We have also tried to get her away from publishers clearing House and told her if we saw any more checks to them we would take the checkbook away.
To get around this she then processed monthly automatic withdrawals to publishers clearinghouse to get around the check issue.
The last time one of us tried to get her checking account away from her she became angry and violent.
Help!
To keep your Mom from writing large checks, the bank can set up the checks that anything over $100 or whatever would require two signatures. You can tell Mom that is to prevent fraud or in case her check is stolen.
It is very hard for anyone who is getting older to give up so much of their independence. And the checkbook might be her last bit of independence.