Are you aware of the Grandparent Scam?
By momalisa65
@momalisa65 (1971)
United States
May 21, 2018 7:48am CST
Beware if you are a grandparent. Or if you know a grandparent, warn them about this.
There is a scam going on where someone calls a grandparent on the phone and pretends to be their grandchild saying they are in jail and need money to get out.
They say “Don’t tell my parents, just send the money.”
My son’s grandfather got a call like this a couple years ago in the middle of the night and got out of bed and wired $1500.00 to these scammers!
And I just heard from a friend of mine who is a grandmother that someone like this called her the other day. She was upset that she didn’t have the money to help her grandson. Thankfully she didn’t! It was a scam!
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8 responses
@anikoonline (3250)
• Hungary
21 May 18
I've heard of this scam. A few years ago these scams happened here, too. Thankfully many newspaper and online magazine wrote about it.
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@momalisa65 (1971)
• United States
21 May 18
That’s good. I guess they didn’t put it in our newspaper around here. They probably should!
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@anikoonline (3250)
• Hungary
21 May 18
@momalisa65 I think it helped a lot. They put it in the local free newspapers that older people also read. And I remember a story when the grandfather agreed to pay and the scammers went to his flat for the money. When they arrived there, the cops were waiting for them.
@allen0187 (58438)
• Philippines
22 May 18
First time I've heard of this scam. Surely, the grandparent will alert the parents of the child right and no one will fall for this scam.
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@cintol (11261)
• United States
21 May 18
This happened to my mom a few years back over my son, thank goodness she called me to see if he was ok and I told her that was a scam. Now she hangs up on everyone.
@cintol (11261)
• United States
21 May 18
@momalisa65 I was so thankful but she was so worried about him and they said he was in Canada and she knew he wouldn't be out of country so that was her first tip
@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
21 May 18
Ohh, we should be extra careful.. scammers are everywhere.
@tso1960 (225)
• United States
21 May 18
This is just one of the many scams going on. I hope that they get the people who run this kind of scams.
