Good Morning,
I am sitting at my desk with a very hot cup of Door County County Cherry Crème Coffee and a message on my mind.
On Thursday of this week I received a phone call from a young lady. When I answered she addressed me as "Dad". I was expecting a call from an attorney. I replied with yes. She went on, explaining that she had been in an automobile accident and needed money for a tow truck. I asked again
"who is this? " The reply was "your daughter and I need help. I need your credit card number". She used our daughter's first name. I have caller ID on the phone system in my truck and it showed the call to be a local one and the name did not match our daughter's ID. The area code was local and our daughter lives elsewhere in the United States with a much different area code.
The hard cold fact is that I was being scammed and fortunately I caught on quickly and shut down the caller toot sweet. I did report the incident to the police and as I expected there wasn't much they could do about it. The officer asked me if there was anything going on in my life that would make me be an easy target. I told him that recently we were mourning the loss of our grandson. He asked if there was a published obituary and I responded yes.
He went on to explain that people read the obituaries and prey on the hurting, especially older folks (which I qualify for). They use the sad news and try to trip people up in a time of weakness.
My point for the day is we all need to be aware of these scams and keep your wallets closed. There is a time to be generous and ways to do it that are safe. Unfortunately this world has way too many people willing to work at crime instead of an honest day's work. Verify, verify verify and then verify again.
1 Peter 5:8 Be sober minded, be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
Food for thought!
Marty
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