[Schaumburger]

A few months ago my father received a phone call during the day from a young man, and the conversation started something like this "Hello Grandpa, I need your help..." and then the young man described how he got into trouble at a bar, was in jail and needed bail money and not to tell his parents. This is the classic Grandpa/Grandma phone scam which has been going on for several years. My dad was absolutely convinced that this young man calling him was my sister's stepson who is 25. I told my dad that it most likely was not my sister's stepson, but just some scammer who preyed on the elderly, and that this Grandpa/Grandma phone scam has been going on for several years. My father would not believe that someone claiming to be a grandchild in trouble would make these kinds of phone calls to senior citizens. Fortunately he told the caller that he could not help, and hung up.

Has anyone on TOTV ever received one of the Grandpa/Grandma phone scam calls? My father is still convinced it was my sister's stepson who made the phone call.