# Mom is giving money to a scammer, what can I do??? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 11, 2012, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-is-giving-money-to-a-scammer-what-can-i-do/621583 "2012-05-11T03:09:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Micheal\_shawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9adbd/32.png) [@Micheal\_shawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Micheal_shawn)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-is-giving-money-to-a-scammer-what-can-i-do/621583/41 "2012-07-19T06:25:45Z")
The basic two diseases dementia, Alzheimer’s disease are very popular among the person crossing the age of 70 and yes personal care centers and the assisted living centers do take care of the persons living there but i think that these diseases can not bring more harm to the individual if he is doing exercises and just u know kind of busy in his or her daily life… ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-is-giving-money-to-a-scammer-what-can-i-do/621583/42 "2012-07-19T12:07:55Z")
> [@Micheal\_shawn](#): > > The basic two diseases dementia, Alzheimer’s disease are very popular among the person crossing the age of 70 and yes personal care centers and the assisted living centers do take care of the persons living there but i think that these diseases can not bring more harm to the individual if he is doing exercises and just u know kind of busy in his or her daily life… Very popular? I don’t think you know much about Alz at all. Come take part in my life caring for two grandparents with the disease. Yes, staying active helps, but eventually there is a decline. To the OP, we just recently got a P.O. Box so my grandparents wouldn’t just decide to tear up bills they didn’t like. However, you need to check because I think that certain classes of mail are not forwarded because we still get quite a bit of junk at the house. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-is-giving-money-to-a-scammer-what-can-i-do/621583.md?page=2)