https://community.aarp.org/t5/Scams-Fraud/Suicide-After-a-Scam-One-Family-s-Story-AARP-Article/m-p/2574805#M3399 <P>Hello, a co workers father had this happen but he had a heart attack. The scammed pretended to be an old classmate from high school. At first he was making a profit until he wasnt. The family didn't know he wiped out all his savings until it was to late. He left is wife with nothing. I had no idea this was getting to be so common. Sorry for your loss.&nbsp;</P> Sun, 27 Oct 2024 23:02:39 GMT LashonH169554 2024-10-27T23:02:39Z https://community.aarp.org/t5/Scams-Fraud/Suicide-After-a-Scam-One-Family-s-Story-AARP-Article/m-p/2574724#M3397 <DIV><DIV>FROM THE ARTICLE - SEE ARTICLE FOR MORE!!!</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>A crypto scam takes everything from a grandfather. His family shares his story.</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>By AARP. Published October 25, 2024.</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>Dennis an 82-year-old proud father and grandfather, makes a connection with a woman he meets on Facebook named Jessie. Jessie claims to have made a lot of money through crypto investments and offers to teach Dennis how she did it. Having developed a trusting relationship with Jessie and hoping to build an inheritance for his family, Dennis decides to invest his savings. When it is revealed that the investments are a scam and Jessie is a fraud, a devastated Dennis takes his own life. Now his son and daughter share his story in hopes of reaching just one person who might be going through a similar situation.</DIV></DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><P><SPAN><A href="https://www.aarp.org/podcasts/the-perfect-scam/info-2024/suicide-after-scam.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.aarp.org/podcasts/the-perfect-scam/info-2024/suicide-after-scam.html</A></SPAN></P> Sat, 26 Oct 2024 22:13:57 GMT https://community.aarp.org/t5/Scams-Fraud/Suicide-After-a-Scam-One-Family-s-Story-AARP-Article/m-p/2574724#M3397 SummerOnTheWay1 2024-10-26T22:13:57Z https://community.aarp.org/t5/Scams-Fraud/Suicide-After-a-Scam-One-Family-s-Story-AARP-Article/m-p/2574805#M3399 <P>Hello, a co workers father had this happen but he had a heart attack. The scammed pretended to be an old classmate from high school. At first he was making a profit until he wasnt. The family didn't know he wiped out all his savings until it was to late. He left is wife with nothing. I had no idea this was getting to be so common. Sorry for your loss.&nbsp;</P> Sun, 27 Oct 2024 23:02:39 GMT https://community.aarp.org/t5/Scams-Fraud/Suicide-After-a-Scam-One-Family-s-Story-AARP-Article/m-p/2574805#M3399 LashonH169554 2024-10-27T23:02:39Z