Seems a little premature until he is sworn in and delivers on his promises

You don’t have to be tech savvy to realise the adage “if it sounds too good to be true…”. I would have thought Americans of all people would develop armour against scams. But even a modicum of due diligence like asking relatives, or googling his situation might have protected him.

I should add that my dad is 80 and housebound and gets scam calls all the time and bats them off like flies so being old is not an excuse.

And I thought my wife was gullible for nearly falling for a cadburys hamper giveaway scam. But this several orders of gullible worse.