Barely a week passes in this house without one of us picking up the phone to an automated call offering my parents a free medical alert system. Of course, it is not free, but rather a well-known fraud trying to get their credit card information either for a donation, shipping or some additional emergency service.

我家几乎每周总会有人接到自动语音电话，向我父母提供免费医疗警报系统。当然，它不是免费的，而是众所周知的诈骗电话，以捐款、运送或者提供附加应急服务为名，窃取信用卡信息。

Luckily, because I live with my parents, who are in their 80s, I am not only their medical alert system (shout if you fall) but also their fraud alert system (hang up if they call). Last month, there was the guy who phoned saying my mother had made an appointment with a lawn service (she had not), asking for a prepayment. Then there was the large package that arrived a few days ago — some cleaning supplies my father bought that, unbeknown to him, did not cost $12 but rather $100, once the extra fees were added to what appeared to be a box of Clorox. “The moment I gave my credit card, they automatically added more products I didn’t want,” he told me in his defense.

我的父母都80多岁了。幸运的是，我和他们住在一起，我不仅是他们的医疗警报系统（如果他们摔倒了，大喊一声我就听到了），而且是他们的诈骗警报系统（如果有人打诈骗电话，我会让他们挂掉）。上个月，有个家伙打电话说我妈预约了修草坪服务（她其实没有预约），要求提前付款。几天前，我们收到了一个大包裹，里面是我爸在不知情的情况下购买的一些清洁用品，不过，费用不是12美元，而是100美元，那箱东西不过是高乐氏漂白水，却增加了额外费用。“我一提供自己的信用卡，他们就自动添加了一些我不想要的产品， ”我爸为自己辩护说。

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