Venting. My father is 75 years old and received a call explaining his card was restricted due to a fraud alert/charges. They told him basic information about himself and that few charges had been made on his card out of state for XYZ amounts (just making shit up) Skipping ahead, he was on the phone with them for 3 hours. By the end of the conversation he provided them with every single detail you could imagine it's so out of character for him I can't even believe it. We're talking Credit Card / Debit Card numbers for multiple accounts, security questions, email code verifications and he even sent them a photo of his FUCKING drivers license. The only reason I knew about this was after taking him to lunch the day after, he mentioned his card might not work because he had a fraud charge the other day, but spoke to someone and was able to get it corrected. I asked a few basic questions because I was immediately suspicious and had concerns. He explained that they called him directly (first slight red flag) and eventually admitted they talked for 3 hours (huge red flag) and helped him with his other cards (WTF RED FLAG) then they were going to call him again today at a specific time. Thankfully, they called when I was there and knew right away it was a scam after making him place it on speaker and listened to a few questions they started to ask him. I eventually called one of the CC companies directly with my dad, they verified someone was trying to make charges the same day after he provided the details he finally realized it was a scam all along. I then contacted the second card company, same result and so on. I'm just so incredibly angry. I've warned him about this and told him to always hang up or just not answer any unknown numbers and never provide details and to call me if you have any issues/questions. I'm a HUGE tech guy and have been my entire life. We have an incredible relationship and speak all the time and see each other every single week and yet, nothing no peep no mention of it and I had to fight him to get him to tell me more details. Now, he's locked out of his email and I'm not able to recover the account because the scammers already reset his password and setup a recovery. I'm in the process of cancelling every single credit/bank account and freezing his credit. I'm just tired. If you have any advice, I'm all for it. Edit: Before anyone asks, I haven't blamed my father for this. I explained to him it's okay, and to not beat himself up over this. These scams are designed to be convincing.