Originally Posted by
angryoldman
We have a customer who is 79 years old, and is single. He's a very nice man, who has been giving his "niece" money for approximately 1 year. He comes into our branches and withdrawls $4000, $5000, $8,000, whatever, and always says "My niece needs money." So a few weeks ago, he stops into a branch and applies for a $100,000 Home equity loan. His home is paid off, and his pension and social security income qualifies him for the loan. So the girl asks what he's doing with the money. He says "I have some debts to pay off, and my niece needs some." So the girl who took the application calls me and thinks something is fishy about this "Niece". So I call the customer and ask several questions. He assures me, everything is OK and he has no problem doing the equity loan. Over and over, he says "No worries. It's OK".
Fast forward now to yesterday. He stops in a branch to withdrawl some money. He looks at his receipt and notices he has $17,000 left in his account. He asks the teller "Where did all my money go??" Here, he finally admits that his so called "Niece" was actually a woman he met in Atlantic City at a Poker Table. She was scamming him all along, writing checks and withdrawling money. He authorized her to be a joint account holder, so she scammed over $70,000 from him. And poor guy takes a loss because he thought she was really digging him. I hope this woman catches AIDS and herpes and dies a slow painful miserable death.