At this point I am willing to try anything to make her understand that she is not talking to Russell Crowe. If I could reach out to Mr. Crowe or his manager, I would do whatever it takes to get her to understand that she needs to stop.This month, Septermber she found out that she has Breast Cancer and will be going into surgery in October. Her doctor knows of this texting and he has mentioned to her she needs to save her money because of not knowing what she might need in the future after surgery. She is not truthful with Dr.We asked the Dr. if there's anything we can do, he said since she is buying and sending cards to this person, there's nothing to do.
Do you have any suggestions??
Thank you,
Rio1063
My suggestion is to take your mother's phone with no access to internet. Contact your Attorney General's Office and report the scam. Your mother is a vulnerable adult and should not be taken advantage of in this manner. She will need her money for her care and not passing it on to criminals to support their families.
Speak to the doctor again and ask for thorough cognitive testing, not a mini test but a full work up. If you can get her to go and she’s diagnosed mentally incompetent then you may use your POA (if you’re designated as such) or you can go to court and apply for guardianship.
A step you can take for now, if she agrees, is signing her up for a credit monitoring and protection service. You can tell a little fib and say your job is paying for employees and their families or something similar, so you can see if she’s losing more than just gift card money.
Get her a prepaid credit card and let her use that.
She clearly has either mental illness or dementia (her good judgement is gone).
Is she diagnosed with dementia or does she have Mets to her brain from the breast cancer?