Barbara Loses Life Savings to Scam
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My dear mother, retired Las Vegas resident, Barbara (71), tragically fell victim to an elaborate telephone scam two weeks before Christmas. Criminals posing as Microsoft and Department of Justice agents coerced her to send them over $18,000 of her life savings by convincing her that the life of her son, me, was being threatened by foreign money launderers.
Your kind donation will go directly to help Barbara recover some of the money she lost, enabling her to safely pay her meager bills each month. With an open and loving heart our gratitude goes out to you for any help you can offer.
Please share this story and this link with everyone you know, not for our benefit, but for yours and theirs. Criminals like these never strike once. By doing your part to spread awareness you can help cut these guys off before they even start again. You can help save countless innocent people by simply sharing this knowledge. Thank You!
Here's the full story:
On the 13th of December Barbara received a phone call at her home from a man posing as an internet security agent from Microsoft. He calmly and untruthfully informed her that her computer was hacked and that he would help her to fix it by purchasing security software for $109 over the phone. Unfamiliar with computers, she agreed and helped the man install the software. Two days later the same man calls to tell her that the US Dept. of Justice has tracked her “hackers.” He then transfers her to a phony DOJ agent who informs her that the original (bogus) hackers are part of a major money laundering ring. They are using her son’s life in California as collateral, and Ryan’s, and her phones and emails are tapped by the launderers, all of which is false. The fake agent then convinces her to help them catch the criminals by sending numerous MoneyGrams and Apple iTunes gift cards, the supposed vehicles for the sham money laundering. The scammers actually altered her computer remotely to make it appear that the DOJ was depositing money into her checking account to pay for these items, but in reality they were covertly extracting money from her savings account, from which she survives. They were watching everything she did on her computer, including banking and passwords.
In total, between her checking, savings and credit card accounts Barbara lost $18,623 to the scammers in less than six days for fear of her son losing his life. The money in her savings account, and a small social security check, are all she has to live from for the remainder of her life, and most of this money is now unrecoverable.
Even your smallest donation will help.
Thank You!
Your kind donation will go directly to help Barbara recover some of the money she lost, enabling her to safely pay her meager bills each month. With an open and loving heart our gratitude goes out to you for any help you can offer.
Please share this story and this link with everyone you know, not for our benefit, but for yours and theirs. Criminals like these never strike once. By doing your part to spread awareness you can help cut these guys off before they even start again. You can help save countless innocent people by simply sharing this knowledge. Thank You!
Here's the full story:
On the 13th of December Barbara received a phone call at her home from a man posing as an internet security agent from Microsoft. He calmly and untruthfully informed her that her computer was hacked and that he would help her to fix it by purchasing security software for $109 over the phone. Unfamiliar with computers, she agreed and helped the man install the software. Two days later the same man calls to tell her that the US Dept. of Justice has tracked her “hackers.” He then transfers her to a phony DOJ agent who informs her that the original (bogus) hackers are part of a major money laundering ring. They are using her son’s life in California as collateral, and Ryan’s, and her phones and emails are tapped by the launderers, all of which is false. The fake agent then convinces her to help them catch the criminals by sending numerous MoneyGrams and Apple iTunes gift cards, the supposed vehicles for the sham money laundering. The scammers actually altered her computer remotely to make it appear that the DOJ was depositing money into her checking account to pay for these items, but in reality they were covertly extracting money from her savings account, from which she survives. They were watching everything she did on her computer, including banking and passwords.
In total, between her checking, savings and credit card accounts Barbara lost $18,623 to the scammers in less than six days for fear of her son losing his life. The money in her savings account, and a small social security check, are all she has to live from for the remainder of her life, and most of this money is now unrecoverable.
Even your smallest donation will help.
Thank You!
Organizer and beneficiary
Ryan Vaniski
Organizer
Irvine, CA
Barbara Vaniski
Beneficiary
