Here I go again, connecting you to a radio clip from NPR. I heard it on Tuesday afternoon. I find this to be infuriating. The "Grandparent Scam" was also on our local news recently. It has happened here in Cincinnati.
There sure are lots of different kinds of scams done by telephone, in addition to all those others via computer.
I received a call the other day, trying to convince me that I had signed up to win a Mercedes. I don't sign up for stuff like that. I am on the "Do Not Call" list for whatever that's worth. I don't know what that call was about, but I am quite capable of ending a phone call, no matter how hard someone may be trying to keep me on the line. There are also those "survey" calls. I get rid of those, too. I am suspicious of any calls like that.
The "Grandparent Scam," which should be so obvious, sadly, too often, is not. Many have been taken. The best defense is to get the word out.
In the "Grandparent Scam" the caller says, "This is your favorite grandson (granddaughter)," but does not say a name. The caller asks for money to be wired because he or she is stranded, in trouble, whatever. And then there is a, "Please do not tell my parents," request in it.
The "Grandparent Scam" is working. It's evil stuff.
This is for real.
Here is Tuesday's "Talk of the Nation" from NPR. Please share the information. And if you know elderly people who may be easy targets, please educate them to beware. This show is well worth listening to.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...oryId=97466835
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