A 77-year-old lost $390,000 of his retirement savings after picking up a scam call. Now he wants to help others.

• Jeffrey Maas was told that his savings account had been compromised because of a computer error.
• He followed the advice for resolving the issue: withdrawing money from his bank account and buying gold.
• The grandfather of two lost $390,000 and is now taking legal action.

Maas said that, by going public, he hopes people will take note of his personal story of being scammed, and it will raise awareness of exploitative crimes like phishing.