Grandparents Scam
Posted on July 22, 2009
Filed Under Home Improvement |
Have you heard of that scam that’s going around right now that’s targeted toward grandparents? It’s wild, but this happened to my sons’ grandparents just a couple of weeks ago. They called me to ask if my son was home and okay. Someone had called them claiming to be him in trouble in Canada! When his grandfather asked if he was in an accident or in jail, all the guy on the other end would tell him was, “Sort of.”
The gist of the whole thing was that whomever was posing as him wanted them to wire money. But since his grandmother said it didn’t sound like him, the caller on the other end hung up. And that’s why she called me right away to make sure he was okay.
I guess quite a few people fell for it and wired their precious money away. It’s so sad that these predators target the elderly, and especially their love for their grandchildren. It’s not enough that they have to worry about their health and their safety. Now they have to worry about predators, too. It would be nice if all they had to worry about was bingo and shuffleboard. But they don’t.
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