A distant family member got scammed last month. elderly person got a phone call from a scammer saying he needed to pay money because hackers got into his internet. they sent him to lowes for $1500 of gift cards, and he mailed them to a post office box address. then they called again the next day and wanted Nordstrom gift cards, but when he went to Nordstrom's the saleslady heard him on the phone, and refused to sell him the gifts cards and explained to him he was being scammed.

God Bless the lady at Nordstrom's for saving him. They would have called him every day for who knows how long until they bikled him of as much as possible. Now the family knows he was scammed, and they are helping him with future calls (and a police report). The family have told him to stop answering the phone, period, unless it is a person in his contacts list, and if it is not, to have a family member call back if it is a legitimate call.