[shoobiedoo]

My mom just lost about fifteen thousand dollars. The sad part is, she knew full well, for years now, if you hear a certain accent from a cold call, just hang up the phone. She received calls almost every day since she still needs a landline to talk to family, so she is very well versed in avoiding them.

So for her to fall for a scam has us worried, it might be a sign of neurodegenerative disease. She went from sharp as a tack when it came to ignoring scammers, to falling into it. I'm sure this is a very common theme. These parasites prey on the elderly losing their mental acuity

[JSR_FDED]

There should be a special place in hell for people who take advantage of the elderly

[cbdevidal]

Or they used a different accent

[georgefrowny]

Relying on accents as a tell is only going to get less predictive due to real time accent conversion services like https://krisp.ai/ai-accent-conversion/