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My 80 Year Old Mom Thinks Shes Dating Elon Musk And Sent Him Over 50k In Apple Gift Cards While Selling Her House.

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Location: Washington, my mom is 80 years old, and recently I found a bunch of unpaid bills including a 28k mortgage on a previously paid off two story house with fireplace. The letter from the mortgage company shellpoint said she hadn't paid in 10 months and were days away from foreclosure. I paid 2555 to get it up to date but she still owes a few other companies thousand here and there.

I investigated further, and she had started to sell but talking to her she said she has been going to multiple stores (Safeway, Dollar Tree) and buying as many apple gift cards as shes allowed. Its easily over 50k and when I talked to her at first she said she was buying them for a friend who she said converts them into bitcoin. I warned her it's a scam and she's being used. Last week she met with one of those "we buy your house as is" companies who offered her well bellow market value. I talked to the guy, tried telling him shes in no condition to sell her house and he disagreed saying thinks shes mentally competent to make this decision. I finally convinced her let me see her "boyfriend" and asked where shes going to live now that her house had been sold. She finally showed me and it's a picture of Elon Musk who she thinks is going to whisk her away in a private jet to some exclusive island resort. I asked why a guy rich as Musk would need money or gift cards she said governments hates him and has tied up his money. I can feel my heart breaking because she fully believes this even after I explained deep fakes, showed her articles in the news of others who fell for similar scams and I dont know what to do.

The title company said the company didnt send the money on time and that the contract is broken but company calls her every 5 minutes and is threatening litigation. I can't convince her shes vulnerable and hurting herself or that she needs guardian. I reported it to the police, medical professional and elderly help holiness but they did nothing. Can anyone please help? ????????

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