An elderly woman who thought she was chatting online with Robert De Niro fell victim to a scam, but luckily her granddaughter saved her at the last minute, along with her money the would-be scammer wanted. 76-year-old Gina Morgan from Wales met a Facebook user with the name 'Robert De Niro page' but didn't raise any suspicions, thinking it was the popular actor. So they started chatting, and at one point the stranger asked for $500 to sell a fan a VIP card, promising daily contact with De Niro, photos and autographs, the New York Post reported. Morgan then asked her granddaughter Shannon Rich for help because she was not familiar with the technology, so she couldn't complete the transaction. As soon as the 28-year-old saw her grandmother's cell phone, she realized it was a scam and informed her about it, and she also took a video that she published on TikTok, warning that the elderly […]
Source: News Beast
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