What to do?

JC5

Last few days DH has taken $600 out of his bank account, answered a phone call at 8:15 am from some scam place asking for his Medicare # because they will pay for a back and knee brace. Thank goodness I intervened as he was looking for his Medicare card! He woke up and called the house phone at 5 am! Not sure what to do . I did take his debit card and he is so upset! Wow this is endless!

trottingalong

get the durable power of attorney and make sure the bank has a copy. Also, change all passwords. Make his debit or credit card disappear. He should not have access to any of your accounts. Can you put the house phone on silent?

Jeanne C.

also go online and freeze his credit with the 3 credit bureaus so no one can open a line of credit in his name.

blacksparky

I also have made sure DW doesn’t have access to any credit cards. I had her social security assigned to me and opened a new account with me only holding the debit card. She had one of her cards saved by various online businesses. I reported the card as lost. When I received the new card I put a lock on it and hid it from her. I bought several store gift cards at small amounts and put them in her wallet. She now thinks she has her credit cards back. The things we do to keep the peace. 😩🤔

Victoriaredux

How did he get to the bank to take out $600? Drive?

Once a person is on the scammers list they are out there for everyone.

You need to get him off the phone and away from your finances or you could be wiped out. It isn't a bad judgement like a middle of the night shopping purchase but him risking everything because he can no longer manage his affairs. I hope you have the legal piece done.

SDianeL

lock down everything. No internet. Don’t let him answer the phone. You could lose everything. Fun to him. Tell him the phone is broken and you have to get a new one. Same with internet. You have to call the provider. Rinse and repeat the fibs. If he’s driving he shouldn’t be in my opinion. He could cause an accident or get lost.