<prompt> Human: They used the name Kevin Gates I later learned this was a rap star name and called my mother from a Virgin Mobile prepaid phone in Wash DC. Claimed to be a lawyer with a time share selling company and my father who died in 2010 owes them fees for trying to sell the condo. They had tried to sell the condo to get out of paying maintenance fees. Got paid via money gram told my mother to tell the people it is for her grandson is they ask questions. I dont live with my mother, and I dont know what I can do to protect her because they threaten a lawsuit if she doesnt pay them. Obviously it is a fake name from a pre-paid cell phone and they never give a postal address or any info that can trace them. My mother has given them unknown thousands of dollars from her savings account and Im afraid shell lose the house or not be able to make payments if she keeps falling for this scam. What can I do to help her?  <response>: The fact that she keeps getting scammed is likely to be sufficient proof that she is no longer financially competent. Also you need to be aware that the moment she fell for the first one of these she got put on a list of easy marks.That list is going to be traded, sold and resold for decades and she will be a high priority target for every scammer out there until the day she dies. This wont stop. This wont get better. This will only get worse. They have her name now and they are not nice people. 