12/07/2026
This was exactly how my maternal grandma fell victim to scammers in 2010.
They called her pretending to be someone she knew, gained her trust, and convinced her to reveal her ATM details, including her PIN. They emptied her entire gratuity.
The shock and heartbreak were too much for her. We lost her not long after.
Whenever I see stories like this, I'm reminded that these scams have destroyed real families long before the internet made fraud more sophisticated.