Holy shit how old is OP?
But it happens. I heard even Armybrat once fell for the "Your cousin in Pecos asked you to Pony Express him 20 greenbacks" -- but that was pre-Ma Bell or even telegraph lines.
But seriously, my own Ma was scammed this past year not once, but twice, by the Toll Road texting grift. She gave two of her credit cards to them the second time. Why two? Because the first card gave her an error that it didn't work.
Shockingly they didn't use the cards. Poor hackers probably had too many cards at their disposal and were understaffed.
I am still debating just taking her phone away because barring a Guardianship, how does one stop it?
If our fucktard politicians or, hahaha, consumer protection agencies, want to do something, they should allow for televised/YouTub'ed/TikTok'ed broadcasts of scammed elderly people emptying their catheter bags on these fuck stains.
Or, and this may be too cruel and unusual, make them listen to "The Greatest Hits of Joe Tessitore" game broadcasts for a week straight.