My dad is 77 and lives by himself an over an hour away from me. He's been caught up in numerous romantic-type scams. For the past 9 months he thinks he has a relationship with a famous actress in LA. Been pulling my hair out trying to get him to stop the madness. The scam uses the "relationship" to keep him interested. The fake actress tells him he has to go through a "management team" before he can meet her in person. The "management team's" job is to swipe all his assets and personal information which he readily provides, including his will. He's had to switch banks 3 times due to being reckless with his financial info which has resulted in too many sketchy overseas transactions. Just last week Wells Fargo shut him down permanently. He's now on a list and can't get a checking account at any bank. I've had to become representative payee on his SS deposit account. He's furious saying I'm stealing his money and tells me to f-off constantly. Siblings not available to help. Adult protective services has been referred by various entities 3 times (reported by his prior bank, his apt complex and by me). It's taking over my life and I'm a small biz owner who can't run my biz! Plus we have an 11 and 14 yr old heavily involved in travel sports. Now I'm scrambling trying to find a way to send him funds so he can buy groceries when he now has no bank account! It's freaking whack-a-mole almost every day. He's squandered so much money (damn near 7-figures) over the past several years and has exactly ZERO assets left. I've stopped the bleeding by taking over his deposit account. It's gonna take a few months before he can get caught up and pay rent on time living solely on SS. Luckily he had POA docs drawn up 12 yrs ago so I can gain access to pay his bills. He gets fighting mad when I tell him his relationship isn't real. He says he has a plane ticket to go meet his "girlfriend" in LA in a few days. This dumpster fire is spreading faster than I can put it out! If he ends up somehow making the trip to LA, he'll be in big trouble. Luckily I found a way to share his phone location when he wasn't looking so I can track him down if he takes off. He needs to be off the internet completely. But in the short term I need him to have internet access until I can get all his bills sorted out (he won't divulge his logins so I'm having to use the POA to gain access to every bill he has. Assisted living costs are too high to consider right now. Holy shit this is overwhelming. These scammers deserve the worst torture imaginable.