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Old 11-28-2008, 11:18 PM
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This exact scam actually happened to a friend of ours this past summer in Connecticut. She got a call from someone in Canada. This person tried to pass herself off as her granddaughter asking for money to be wired to her. Thankfully, she knew her granddaughter was not visiting Canada and hung up on the caller. The strange part was the caller identified herself using her Granddaughter's correct first name. How on earth do these people fine out all this information?
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