Anita’s mum sold her jewellery and wedding ring, still convinced her ‘boyfriend’ is real. She is far from alone.
Anita Gatley’s mother is 78 years old, recently widowed, and living in a retirement village north of Auckland. She is smart, social, and fiercely independent.
Over the past 18 months, she has withdrawn cash from her bank account to buy iTunes gift cards at the supermarket, handing tens of thousands of dollars to strangers in coded numbers on cardboard.
Read more on the NZ Herald website.