Jim, 87, from Doncaster, is a full time carer for his wife, who has advanced dementia, and is himself in recovery from prostate cancer. The devoted husband does all the chores around the house and is also happy to lend a listening ear when he gets a phone call.
Unfortunately, heartless fraudsters have many times taken advantage of his good-hearted nature to con him out of thousands of pounds.
He appeared on BBC One’s Dirty Rotten Scammers, to share his latest story of being a victim, where he lost £5,000 after fraudsters took control of his computer.
The pensioner, from Doncaster, came across an advert for a Bitcoin investment scheme.
He was not getting any interest on his savings with his bank, so he decided to invest £500 with the scheme.
Once he had signed up, he had a call from a salesman, asking for access to his computer to set up the investment.
Jim said: “They got me to open my laptop, get it on twin screen, he said I’ll do everything for you.
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“He said, at any stage if you want to, you can withdraw your money, whenever you like.”
After Jim had finished speaking to them and they had processed the payment, he found out that they had in fact taken £5,000.
Jim contacted his bank, but it was too late to recover the funds.
He tried to retrieve the money by calling the company, but they said that his account did not exist.
He said: “I worry about the thousands of old…
