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<p>[QUOTE="calcol, post: 3605902, member: 77639"]Unfortunately, some older folks don't have the reasoning they used to have and were raised in an era before scammers were as common. It was also an era when scamming was either done in person or via print media, so these folks had little experience with scam attempts when they were younger.</p><p><br /></p><p>My wife's late uncle wanted to buy his descendants (males only, mind you!) each a double eagle before he died ... about 20 of them. He was about to do it via a junk mail ad. The coins may have been genuine, but if so, were still overpriced. I was able to have him buy PCGS coins from a dealer I know and at a good price. We've had to deal with a couple of other older relatives who developed dementia. One lost $100k to a scammer before there was intervention.</p><p><br /></p><p>Point is that victims shouldn't blamed for being foolish until you know more about them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cal[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="calcol, post: 3605902, member: 77639"]Unfortunately, some older folks don't have the reasoning they used to have and were raised in an era before scammers were as common. It was also an era when scamming was either done in person or via print media, so these folks had little experience with scam attempts when they were younger. My wife's late uncle wanted to buy his descendants (males only, mind you!) each a double eagle before he died ... about 20 of them. He was about to do it via a junk mail ad. The coins may have been genuine, but if so, were still overpriced. I was able to have him buy PCGS coins from a dealer I know and at a good price. We've had to deal with a couple of other older relatives who developed dementia. One lost $100k to a scammer before there was intervention. Point is that victims shouldn't blamed for being foolish until you know more about them. Cal[/QUOTE]
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