My Mother-in-Law's Romance Scam
Language: en
After my mother-in-law retired, she fell into an online romance, insisting she'd found her second chance at love. I'd worked at the Anti-Fraud Center for years. I recognized this scam pattern immediately. So in my previous life, when my mother-in-law was about to wire three hundred thousand dollars of her retirement savings to support her boyfriend's "business venture," I stepped in to stop her. Her boyfriend quickly blocked her, and she had a complete breakdown,pointing at me and screaming: "You think everyone's like you, eyeing my three hundred thousand in retirement savings!" My…