Telling an older loved one they are being scammed?

You need to sit her down and very seriously explain to her about all the scams that are out there. They are on the phone and the internet. If you can find some good examples of what has happened to women, and men, too, it would be helpful. They prey on women mostly, and know just what to say to get what they want. This guy only wanted a phone. Next thing, he will want something else. She needs to end this before she gets into real trouble over it. He's going to ask for money next and you've got to stop her.

I belong to Facebook, too, and I wonder if there is a way you can report this guy? I've never had a reason to report anyone, so I have never looked.

I just hope you can succeed in making her realize how these scams work, and hopefully get her to end all contact with him.

It's a scam. If you don't want to tell her, call the police, non emergency number, and tell them you know a "vulnerable" older person who is the victim of a romance scam and ask if they can send an officer to talk to her

Normally they won't won't say you called, they will tell her that her name came up as part of an investigation into an online scam ring and she is their latest victim

Ort show her this article from last week's NY Times about this exact scam targeting older women http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/18/your-money/swind... -- tell her you read it and it sounds exactly like her situation then you googled and found a lot more

And show her this page from the US Embassy in Ghana's website http://ghana.usembassy.gov/romance_scam.html

Tell her some guy on an oil rig is making over $100k a year, wouldn't need her money, would order a phone for a kid himself and definitely wouldn't have a child in Ghana

Also if you can get on Facebook or you know his name Report his name and get other family members to report him as a fake account. I can guarantee your relative is not the only person he is scamming. Or post his profile here and I'll report it

Its not a possibility its a certainty

as soon as ghana is mentioned its a scam

look online Google ghana romance scams check any photos with Google image

Sit with her and do the research together so she does not need to take your word

when you like someone you dont want to think the worst about them until it's too late

i dont know where you live but I know the aussie police and government have sites with warnings about these scammers

get online its all there

LOLO Let her do her thing. You know and we know she's being scammed. Let her find out the hard way and she'll learn a big lesson.