Story out of Cook County, Illinois:
It’s called the “Fake Love Scam,” and it’s heartbreaking.
Younger people woo and even marry elderly victims and then strip them of everything they have.
The public guardian’s office alleged in court filings that Sophie Miller got Aloysius Mack, 92, to pay $80,000 for a now-shuttered laundromat business. Mack also bought her a $40,000 van and put her on his bank accounts totaling about $335,000. And she got him to change his will so she would inherit Mack’s Schaumburg home valued at $260,000.
“She scammed me,” Mack says. “And the worst thing of all she stole my hard-earned life savings.”
Mack’s great-niece was appointed his guardian this week and a protection order was entered prohibiting Sophie Miller from contacting him. The Public Guardian’s Office was able to get back $40,000 of the $80,000 he paid for the laundromat.
Now attorneys are trying to get the marriage annulled so they can undo all the legal documents Mack signed tying his finances to her. Cont. (Video/Autoplay)
Story from - CBS Chicago
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