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   Carlos E.R. to Anssi Saari   
   Re: How to stop friend from being scamme   
   27 Jan 26 12:14:03   
   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2026-01-27 10:06, Anssi Saari wrote:   
   > micky  writes:   
   >   
   >> He could go back to the phone. Neither phone has a sim but they both caa   
   >> use wifi.   So I'd have to do something in both places.  He doesn't get   
   >> out of the mental ward until Wed night or Thursday, only 3 days.   
   >   
   > Must you give the phone back to him? And even if you do, what if you   
   > delete his Whatsapp account and feign ignorance of what's happened?   
   > Assuming his chats are mostly with those scammers. He'd need to create a   
   > new account with a different phone number and might not be able to find   
   > those scammers and they might not find him, at least not right away.   
      
   A deleted WhatsApp account can be created again from scratch on the same   
   number, I believe. Maybe putt a password to it.   
      
   If the lawyer says that they did not do this, and tell him this, he   
   might listen.   
      
      
   >   
   > Then again, if they found him on Facebook, you might have to delete his   
   > Facebook account too. That might also contain more important stuff like   
   > photos. Or maybe change his password so he can't get on there. Might   
   > work for a delay.   
      
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
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