Dear people who tried to scam my amazingly wonderful grandfather,

I’d like to start off by saying I don’t know you or your situation and I don’t know what led you to need to steal money from other people. I’m hoping you’re in an awful situation and trying to make ends meet and this was your only option. If that’s not your situation, you’re honestly a terrible person.

And honestly, I’m under the assumption that it is not mandatory for you to be calling grandparents and pretending their grandchildren are in trouble to get money from them.

In this modern age, our lives are available for everyone to see and get a hold of. It’s not too hard to find the phone number of a person you don’t know, or their address, or even the information for their distant family members.

I’m aware that my presence on social media probably is what caused this whole thing. And does that mean I immediately cancel my accounts on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter? Do I stop writing articles and hide in my room because somebody was able to find out an uncomfortable amount of information about me, just on the assumption that my life is too available on the internet?

Newsflash: Also in this modern world, I will not be able to strive socially or professionally without being as available as I possibly can be to friends, co-workers, or employers. Using people like this is apparently inevitable in our lives as we become more technology dependent.

What I will never understand is what goes on in a person’s head to make them unkind. What happened in your life to make you attack people by pulling on what is close and important to them?

I swear to you that if we met in real life, I would not verbally attack you or be unfair. You are a person, or perhaps a group of people, that have gone through ups and downs in your life and I can appreciate that. I would just ask you why.