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Kate Kleinert never imagined she would ever rush to a store to buy gift cards to fix somebody else s string of problems.
First, there was the young teen who lost her mother a few years ago, found herself in a boarding school in London and needed motherly assistance and a $100 gift card as she developed into a woman.
Then, the teen s father Tony needed to hire a lawyer and get ahold of several thousand dollars to get out of a work contract overseas so that he could return to the United States to be with Kate.
Kleinert is a kind, compassionate woman, and generally skeptical. She never imagined she d feel an emotional spark like she did last summer when Tony sent her a friend request on Facebook during the pandemic.
The AARP Fraud Watch Network has issued a warning to older Americans of a gift card scam where criminals are posing as clergy and asking people to help the less fortunate. Seth Boffelli with the
CHEYENNE, Wyo. AARP s Fraud Watch Network is warning Wyoming residents about a new take on an age-old scam targeting older Americans across the country. Seth Boffeli, advisor for the AARP Fraud Watch Network, said criminals are taking advantage of people s sense of charity during the economic fallout of the pandemic. .