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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 8 May \ parent \ on: Knowing what you don't know mostly_harmless
Yes, he was retired but now faces going back to work and or selling house to downsize.
Since the last scammers attack I really worry if he sells house or gets more money they will be lurking to scam it off him.
How do you get rid of them?
You need to completely delete all tracing data and they are clearly very cunning, persistent and skilled at what they do.
They know the law is unlikely to catch them.
Online scamming is a major growth industry.
Are they always contacting him on the phone? Could their phone numbers be blocked, and only known numbers (in the contact list) be allowed?
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They did previously mostly use phone contact as I understand it but using multiple numbers which appeared to originate from multiple origins.
I don't know how they do this but apparently it can be done. More recently I think the contact was mostly via them posing as others via email and facebook messaging.
In the more recent events I think there was also some contact was via his phone as he mentioned the need to change his number to prevent the same happening again.
Screening incoming calls is a good idea if it can be done might be one of the ways of reducing the risk, but as the facebook attack shows they have multiple vectors via which they can approach an established target.
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Yeah, it sucks. I hope there's a special place in hell for these folks.
I know on Andoid, there's a way to limit phone calls to ONLY those on the contact list. Prune the contact list, and you're good.
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