Weirdest Thing Happned To My Grandma,

Let It Fall · #1 01-04-2010, 05:05 PM

Ok so Im not very close to my grandma, I usually see her about once every 2-4 Years. She lived in Connecticut and I in Louisiana.

She gets a phone call from someone, she said sounds just like me. The guy, pretending to me, says he got into some trouble and needs to get bailed out of Jail. He says I he took a trip to Canada with some friends and they were caught with drugs, and not to tell my dad. The phone is then given to the Sheriff and it all seems very real. The deputy says that I will have to be bailed out of jail and bail is 5,000$, my grandma believed all this and was instructed on how to send the money. He was given specific directions to send 2,500 using a walmart money gram and transfer 2,500 from a stop & go [we don't have these down here] well she actually got out of the bank with the money and got to walmart, where Im no sure howexactly all this went, but she sent the money or went to send it and the girl working behind the counter was a little suspicious and so was my grandma since it said the money was going to a place in london.

Im not sure if my grandma then called me or if they canceled it and then called me, but either way I get a call from my grandma [don't know how she got my number] asking where I was and if I had heard what happened and then asking if I was in canada, she was in shock. I told her no I was in the woods hunting and didn't know what was going on. She said she would call me back. At this moment I thought either
A. My grandma was going nuts, Canada?
B. There was a terrorist attack in Canada and my grandma was being OVERYLY worried. [seriously I never plan on going to canada]

So I go home Call her back and she tells me the whole story. She filed a police report. I have never heard my grandmother cry, but she was. I was completely confused, yet thankful she didn't get scammed 5,000$.

Also as she was leaving walmart the same people called her CELL Phone, [previous convos were on home phone] and she bitched them out.

So tell yalls grandmas not to wire anyone 5,000$

And NO calling my grandma stupid!

Papazita · #2 01-04-2010, 05:09 PM

First of all, Grandma needs to change her phone numbers, now.
Second of all, you guys need to find out how they got all this info about you.

Third... what the fudge?!?!?!?!?!

TortillaChip520 · #3 01-04-2010, 05:19 PM

That took bollocks.
I would start laughing once the person started believing me!

Joey3313 · #4 01-04-2010, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Let It Fall

And NO calling my grandma stupid!

She sent no money, and wound up bitching out the scammers. That ain't stupid at all, good on her!

I fail to see what basis one would have to make such an allegation.

MJ5150 · #5 01-04-2010, 05:21 PM

My grandma's are dead, so I'm safe.

Why do grandmas always be having money and ain't got no job? - Sinbad.

-Mike

Papazita · #6 01-04-2010, 05:35 PM

Come to think of it, a weird thing happened to my grandma the other day, too...

RWP · #7 01-04-2010, 05:41 PM

Sucks we have to put up with crap like this. Glad it all turned out okay, but this story isn't over yet. I would pay to have my numbers changed and unpublished. Not unlisted, unpublished, big difference.

Rudyboy98 · #8 01-04-2010, 06:35 PM

Great thing your Grandma got in touch with you. Hope this never happens to you again!

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Chunk-O-Funk · #9 01-04-2010, 06:37 PM

Good thing they didn't call my Grandmother. She would have told the sheriff to keep his dumb butt in jail.

No, not really.

Glad to hear she didn't send the cash.
People suck. There's a special place in hell for people who would try and scam someones Grandmother.

guitar ed · #10 01-04-2010, 08:15 PM

Unfortunately, this scam has been around a while. Many grandparents have been ripped off.

I am glad she figured it out in time.

edg

yehongxiang · #11 01-04-2010, 08:39 PM

There were quite a few similar cases in Singapore a couple of years back. Interesting to see how this scam is catching on everywhere else too.

Glad your granny didn't fall for it though.

heroincredible · #12 01-04-2010, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Let It Fall

[seriously I never plan on going to canada]

**jmattbassplaya** · #13 01-04-2010, 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Chunk-O-Funk

Good thing they didn't call my Grandmother. She would have told the sheriff to keep his dumb butt in jail.

I was actually thinking the same thing

Jimmy Bones · #14 01-04-2010, 11:35 PM

I plan on going to Canadia to see if everybody keeps their doors unlocked, like Mike Moore did in 'Bowling For Columbine.'

And scamming the elderly is still the preferred method of scamming. Hell, as an insurance agent, it was my JOB to scam them, till I grew a conscience and quit.

shaggy45 · #15 01-04-2010, 11:42 PM

Same thing happened to my grandmother. They said they were her oldest grandson (which is my brother) and that he went to a friends wedding in canada and his car broke down and needed $5000 wired to get home. She didn't pay...

heroincredible · #16 01-04-2010, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimmy Bones

I plan on going to Canadia to see if everybody keeps their doors unlocked, like Mike Moore did in 'Bowling For Columbine.'

And scamming the elderly is still the preferred method of scamming. Hell, as an insurance agent, it was my JOB to scam them, till I grew a conscience and quit.

I'd say that most people whose homes I've been in keep their doors unlocked when they're home (some leave them unlocked when they're out, but that depends on the area too). Even at night. Heck, my dad forgot to close the garage door for 3 days when we went on a trip, and when we got back nothing was gone.

Stumbo · #17 01-05-2010, 12:45 AM

Call your grandma more often!

Agito · #18 01-05-2010, 03:59 AM

I heard about that story few times already, Sometimes it's a woman who says she needs X amount of money so she can buy ticket etc etc and she would return it and there is a whole background to these scams

Hoover · #19 01-05-2010, 07:09 AM

Is it just me, or does anyone else agree that Scammers, Grifters, and general Social Parasites should be exempt from any anti-Death Penalty arguements? You try to rip of innocent grandmothers, you get your head chopped off with a rusty chainsaw, end of story.

RWP · #20 01-05-2010, 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Hoover

Is it just me, or does anyone else agree that Scammers, Grifters, and general Social Parasites should be exempt from any anti-Death Penalty arguements? You try to rip of innocent grandmothers, you get your head chopped off with a rusty chainsaw, end of story.

Agree, they cause so much pain and suffering. We will just have to vote them out in November.