Weiters scammed

[Baggers]

It was reported that the scammers appeared extremely legit after receiving a series of text s and phone calls,  he transferred all his life savings into what they called a safeguard account over a period of a week. He transferred his daily limit every day until his accounts were empty.
Poor bugger, didn't tell anyone at first.

DO NOT TAKE CALLS OR TEXTS FROM ANYONE YOU DONT KNOW AND BY THAT I MEAN ONLY FRIENDS?CONTACTS.

I read recently that the young and aged are the best/most vulnerable targets as one is familiar (grew up with this advanced technology) with this 'new' tech and more likely to trust, and the aged are at the other end of this... naive and hence trusting.

Personally, with every single unknown or unfamiliar communication, either on my phone or email, I start with significant suspicion and delete it or block the number. And if I have any real concern, I call the bank, private health insurer... whoever, directly and inquire.

Then there is another area of concern. About 12 months ago I noticed a suspicious debit on our cc of $99. We immediately reported it to the bank as unfamiliar and a potential fraud. Within 3 days the bank notified us that it was indeed a fraud and a week later we got our loot back. Turns out that someone who'd taken a legitimate phone order from us kept our cc details and commenced a spending spree with our cc details, and others. I guess the employer of this person also got in strife for not protecting cc info correctly/sufficiently.