202-407-7248

said I won a sweepstakes

BEWARE. These cranks called & told my elderly mother she had won a sweepstakes. Before they hung up she had given them her bank account number & driver's license number. They asked for her social security number but she couldn't find it. They gave her their phone number to call back when she found it. This number 202-407-7248. Even gave her a name to ask for "Matt Peterson". When I called back & asked who they were they said they were from the Consumer Affairs Division in Washington, DC located at 1850 Pennsylvania Avenue. But they din't answer the phone that way. First they said they couldn't  tell me what sweepstakes she had won but when I kept pressing they finally stumbled over a name, "The National Sweepstakes" They were very pushy about didn't she want to claim her prize? When I said no, they said, "well you must be rich." I have frozen all her accounts & personal information. Don't fall for this scam. If a person wins a real prize the will be notified by Registered Mail. Never give out personal information. report all such calls to the Fraud Bureau.

These wastes of human life got my grandmother last yr. she bought multiple laptops, shipped them all over, even took out a mortgage on her home and land that had been paid off for years. I researched number found out it originated in Nigeria and had a stateside area code and phone number probably due to a free app from the App Store or play store. Once I was finally able to intercept a phone call, and said my piece, they stopped calling. It's been approximately a yr and they've started again. They've been calling the last two days stating that she has won the "sweepstakes" and bc it's been delayed she's actually won 2.9 million dollars all she has to do is pay a lawyer fee of 27, 000 dollars.... luckily I found this link, which she still doesn't want to believe is true, she wants to believe she's a millionaire. Was ch out for your elderly family people. May the Lord bless and keep you all

This is a common problem with some older people.  They don't need an "app", caller id spoofing software is readily available and very cheap if purchased.  You should have a police officer come to the house to talk to her.  You should be taking over her finances, and you should change her number and install a call blocker on the line.  One that will accept whitelists would be best.  Program all the numbers that would be allowed to call her into the list so that everything else is blocked.  They know they have someone that they can con out of money and will keep calling.

In addition to BigA's good advice ...
Depending on the competence of your grandmother, consider getting her to agree to at least share financial responsibility with a trusted relative (child or grandchild).  Make accounts require TWO signatures.

If her competence is failing, you may need to get a doctor and/or lawyer involved, to relieve her of financial oversight.

Those are difficult decisions, and require careful handling.