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Originally Posted by graciegirl
I answered and he said . Hello grandma and he was sniffing and sounding like he was crying. I said......Who is calling please, as I always do, I am hearing impaired. My closed captioning that is a few seconds delayed showed me the caller had called me grandma. No one has ever called me grandma in my family, EVER. I hung up. Be wary...and careful. Anyone who would know you are older and do this on purpose is one awful loser.
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This happened to my 91 year old father a few months ago. The caller claimed to be my son, and somehow he had the name right. Perhaps from Facebook. Being a bit of a joker, my dad carried on the call for quite a while, asking if the caller remembered when they had done this or that special thing together, or that meaningful Christmas present from ten years back, or stories about my late mother. The caller remembered it all. Every story had been made up on the spot. Then my dad told the guy off and hung up, laughing.
Somewhere Jesus said that if anyone hurts a kid, it would be better for a millstone to be tied around the guy’s neck and for him to be thrown into the depths of the sea. I would like to see that be the mandatory punishment for anyone who tries to scam anyone this way. If millstones aren’t available, a suitably heavy substitute could be used. It’s just not right! What sort of scum would even try such a scam.