Ninety-something Thelma Post lives alone, with her family popping in on her every day, especially her grandson, Danny. She spends her days reading, sending e-mails and puttering around Instagram, or watching TV while doing needlepoint. She and Danny marvel at Tom Cruise’s running abilities. She’s a little hard of hearing and has had some health problems, but she’s doing all right.
Or at least she is until she gets swindled into giving up ten thousand dollars by a deepfake scammer.
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