Beware of this suspected scam, please tell your grandparents to double check any texts they receive

by Puzzled_Caregiver_46

16 comments

  2. It’s pretty convincing until the “May you have a beautiful and warm winter” at the end.

  3. If these scammers went after the mega filthy stupid rich, I genuinely wouldn’t care.

    The fact that they’re going after some of the most vulnerable members of society means I want to castrate them with a cactus

  6. ”Suspected”???

    It’s about as blatant a scam as you can get.

  7. My gran’ll be fine, she never has her phone charged. Send her a txt she’ll get back to you in April.

  9. Very official! 🤣

    It’s a numbers game for them. The sad part is that some people do fall for it.

  10. Thanks for the heads up; I just phoned my great auntie to warn her (she’s been caught out before, unfortunately) and the first thing that she said to me was that she needed my help to claim for a winter heating allowance. She’d had a text and it needed done immediately because there was a really tight deadline. Makes me so angry, and it’s so difficult to stop her from falling prey to these scams. She’s 93 and doing her best to keep up with technology, but this stuff is just beyond her.

    Seriously, thanks again!

  12. I made time to speak to all my grandparents and tell them basically “Treat any and all contact you receive as lies”. It’s easier just getting them to remember this rule than explaining the exceptions.

  13. My m-i-l got one and deleted it immediately. We’ve been working on her cyber skills!

  15. Wow. Targeting folks who likely have fuck all to start with. How low can you go. Disgusting.

  16. If my gran falls for that shite then I’m disowning her. 

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