I'm doing this not just for my grandmother and my family, but for all California families, so they don't have to to through what we're going through.
Matthew Sugiyama
Our story
My name is Matthew Sugiyama. I'm 16 years old and a student at Campolindo High School in Moraga, California.
My 80-year-old grandmother was scammed out of most of her life's savings. My grandmother's life has been shattered. When a senior is scammed, it doesn’t just affect a single individual - it affects their entire family. Our family and countless other families have suffered at the hands of unscrupulous scammers.
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There's little hope seniors can retrieve the money stolen by scammers. The financial and emotional toll on these seniors and their families is huge.
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That's why I created this website. It's to help educate and inform people about elder scams, so that we can take action and help prevent the seniors in our lives from being victimized.
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