Two sisters from Ontario travelled to Newfoundland to spend time with their mom after they learned she lost $20,000 to a romance scam.
"In late July, we were contacted by a relative who said our mother had been scammed," said Pauline Harnum, who went with her twin sister Paula Harnum. Both sisters now reside in Woodbridge, Ont.They went to see their 77-year-old mother, Elaine Harnum, who lives in a small village in northwest Newfoundland. The sisters said their mother was feeling lonely after their father died, and that she had recently been treated for cancer.
Many scammers use social media websites to try and find lonely victims and, before long, start asking them for money. This is why Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario says it tries to educate seniors on the dangers of cyber fraud. "If you see someone coming in and they are buying thousands of dollars worth of gift cards at the corner store, there should be an alert system, and they should have some kind of responsibility as well," said Paula Harnum.
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