The movie"Thelma" follows a 93-year-old grandmother on a quest to get back the $10,000 she lost after falling victim to an imposter scam call.
Financial experts recommend freezing credit and establishing a financial surrogate early for aging parents to protect their identity and assets.from what sounds like her grandson saying he's in jail with a broken nose following an accident and needs $10,000.by June Squibb, follows the scammer's instructions by fearfully gathering bunches of cash hidden around her home and sending it to a P.O. Box address.last year reached nearly $2.7 billion, according to the U.S.
"I think the kind of emotion leading action there was definitely a real thing and something that I tried to dramatize in the movie as well," Margolin told CNBC."She was kind of getting ready to do it, because she was really panicked. And luckily she called my parents."Scams like the one Thelma fell victim to are increasingly common, experts say.
"You have to find a way to kind of process the feelings of watching somebody go through something like this, but also to do so in a thoughtful way, so that when you do talk to them about it, you don't kind of add to the shame and embarrassment that I believe is probably already there," Margolin said.