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My father-in-law has a 30 year history of schemes and scams to get-rich-quick. Along the way he’s lost hundreds of thousands of dollars, not only for himself but also for friends and family that have “invested” in these “opportunities”.
At some point along the way he came across the Nigerian Email Scam and found the answer to all his financial troubles. Many letters, emails, phone calls, airplane tickets, and tens of thousands of dollars later, he still hasn’t received a penny.
Along the way there’s been family interventions, letters, visits, and phone calls to help kick his addiction to these scams.
We’ve opened our spam box to show other scam emails and sent copies of media exposés on the Nigerian Email Scam. "It's not the same," he says.
Are there state/legal/medical options to stop him?
His pension would be more than adequate to put him in a home of some sort, but how can we get him there?
Other options?
2006-09-17 20:22:53 · 12 answers · asked by helpstopscamvictim 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Sounds like he needs a Psych eval. You better talk to your health care provider about getting him committed.
2006-09-17 20:26:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If he is really interested to make money online, then let him make money only. BUT this is a risk. This is an addiction which is hard to break. I have been through scams of all sorts. Matrix to Autosurfs. I made some and lose some. In the end I decided to work for it on foreign currency exchange.
Teach him the ways of investing FOREX or at least point him to the right direction. At least he will be working for financial freedom instead of giving money to scammers.
P.S. Tell him NOT to buy "winning systems". Most of them are losers. The only trade system that will win for you is your own. But there is one exception. I have found that "Vegas Wealth Builder" is one of the best trading strategy out there with a good track record.
2006-09-17 20:39:43 · answer #2 · answered by Ah Boi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The idea i am going to suggest is a little tricky one.
Your father-in-law is behaving foolishly
To be foolish is a way out to counteract this.
Dress up one of your friend as a representative from the Nigerian palace or whatever.
Ask him to contact your father-in-law . Give him some money and tell that this is the interest or whatever.
Through your friend ask ur in-law to give money only thru this consultant friend of yours.
Put this money in some pension fund .
Give the returns to your in-law on a monthly basis.
Promise your father-in-law something big etc.etc
The idea is give him money 'cause thats what he want.
Also take his money before he give that to some place.
Do send spam-like mails to him and cheat him for your and his good.
Do hack his email id. filter out other spams. etc etc
2006-09-20 05:08:49 · answer #3 · answered by pinkfreud(aruninte.blogspot.com) 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Take him on a trip to Nigeria and let him experience first-hand the corruption and connery. Then let him decide if he still wants to do business with these guys.
Better yet on this trip he could meet these guys face to face and have a lawyer present and do it all such that these guys would just back down coz it would be too easy to get caught.
But let him know: They ARE all the same. They're scams, every last one.
2006-09-17 20:47:18 · answer #4 · answered by stj 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get your father in-law a good psychiatrist to convince him out his addiction to scams. He may not like the idea of being treated by a psychiatrist so it would be better if the psychiatrist disguises as a new friend.
2006-09-17 20:48:05 · answer #5 · answered by Albert 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he falls for scams but he isn't incapacitated. it isn't as if he can't get email in a retirement home. I think the easiest solution is for him to change his email address and not use it for anything other than friends and family and for the email newsletters that he wants. You can also install a spam filter (it's a software package).
2006-09-17 20:35:02 · answer #6 · answered by Jack C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nah, I have loads and loads of e mails but I never open them to find out what they are, I also watched the dating scamming last week and will be tuning in tonight to see what Sir Trevor has up his sleeve!
2016-03-27 06:47:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have two options.
Option one is inject him with heavy sedatives and take away his computer or break it
Option two, give him my email address and tell him to send cash only.
2006-09-17 20:27:02 · answer #8 · answered by Colorado 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Someone needs to take custody of his estate/belongings. Ancipate him.
2006-09-17 20:26:23 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you could apply to the court to have him declared incompetent ..it means he's a menace to his own welfare.
otherwise just tell him to his face that you're washing your hands of him, and mean it.
2006-09-17 20:35:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋