My mother is older and has some minor mental impairment from a stroke. She lives alone in a different city from me, and does not drive. For the second time, she has gotten into a 'relationship' with a person that initiated contact online; the first time it was through LinkedIn and I caught wind of it before it got too bad. This time, she hid her 'new friend' from me and has sent thousands of dollars of gift cards to them. I need to be able to more closely monitor her activity online to a) make sure we stamp out any further damage from this scam and b) keep it from happening again. Where should I start? First, I have access to her bank account online because I help her pay bills. That's how I caught this scam - I noticed the large even-numbered charges at places like Wal-Mart and Walgreens. I think this started on Facebook and moved over to text messaging, but I'm not sure. Ideally I'd like to be able to almost "parent" her facebook, email, and text messages, but I need to be able to do it remotely. I pay for her phone plan through GoogleFi but I don't think that gives me access to her actual text history. I plan to ask her for passwords but I feel like there are probably things out there to help me with this.
FYI I've been trying to get her into a senior living place in my city since the stroke but she's stubborn. If this continues I'll have to consider other options to get more authority over her care. That is definitely on my mind but in the short term I'm focused on keeping her safe from a distance.
FYI I've been trying to get her into a senior living place in my city since the stroke but she's stubborn. If this continues I'll have to consider other options to get more authority over her care. That is definitely on my mind but in the short term I'm focused on keeping her safe from a distance.