Relentless and aggressive text messages and emails from political campaigns demanding donations are preying upon vulnerable elderly people who have unintentionally given away hundreds of thousands of dollars, an investigation has found.
One man’s life savings account was drained over two years as he fell victim to predatory messages from Republican political groups, CNN found as it looked into the stories behind hundreds of small-dollar donations. The 80-year-old, who was later diagnosed with dementia, unknowingly donated nearly half a million dollars in the process.
