[Drunkfoowl]

My friend is a bank manager. He says everyday 2-3 elderly people come in confused about a scam.

This is a silent crisis impacting almost eveyone. My grandma personally had her gold stolen by a scammer.

She is now in a home for dimensia.

[dagmx]

I don’t think it’s a silent crisis per se, but just one people ignore.

There’s tons of media about it, tons of people are aware of elder fraud etc but people don’t want to think about the vulnerable of society. There’s been jokes about it and media about it going back decades.

People are aware but solving it requires an uncomfortable level of change in society, training and regulations.

As an aside, both Thelma and The Beekeeper are recent movies about elders being scammed and revenge being taken. Both very different but enjoyable.

[specialist]

Cable media is filled with ads for scams purporting to prevent other scams.

[stogot]

It really is a silent crisis. I warn my family constantly about ones targeting elderly, but even people my age fall for others

[ryandrake]

Children who are not cognitively and emotionally ready for the Internet shouldn't have access to it. Similarly, any elderly folks who are not cognitively able to deal with social media (or the Internet in general) should be cut off from it, too.

You can (and should) have That Talk with your parents about scams on the internet, but if they're still falling for them and not getting the message, maybe it's time to gently steer them off the Internet. We take the car keys away from people who can't handle driving anymore.