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Originally Posted by 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.
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We do not believe anyone who calls us (that isn't a friend or family member). We just "hang up".
Our pet peeve is the F.B.I. calling, the sheriffs dept., the police dept., the fire department, etc.........the latter three looking for donations. We found out long ago that they are not even LOCAL, but from God knows where........and just hang up on them. We donate in person to our local guys.......who are our neighbors and volunteer firemen, etc.
We also do not like when the various charities CALL in the middle of a movie, etc...........we tell them we are "tapped out on our contributions".
We do give, and give from our heart..........but not to those who call on the telephone.
The best one was when the forest fires were raging out west most recently. We kept getting frequent phone calls.....and RUDE ones at that, from American Indian Tribes who wanted us to donate to their "peeps" who were suffering from the fires.........when I asked where they were located and they said "Amsterdam, New York" not far from Vermont........I turned it around and asked them if they'd like to donate to my son and his family in Colorado or our friends in California......at which they HUNG UP THE PHONE.
We notice that we no longer get all the miraculous medals and Indian feathers from the Lakota Sioux tribes/orphanages out west anymore.........not since all the child /sex scandals broke in the news...........people just stopped donating to all of these charities.
As my mom always said, "Charity begins at home".........
Glad your dad just hung up..........tell him to go with his gut instinct the next time. If he isn't speaking to the "real deal" then it is a scam.