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Grandparent Scam Reports & Reviews (32)

- Elyria, OH, USA
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I received a call from someone calling me grandma and telling me he needed money to be bailed out of jail. He asked me to call his lawyer to find out what he needed to do to get out of jail. He also told me he was in a car accident. I asked who he was and he wouldn't answer so I hung up.

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My mother received a call from this person indicating her grandson was in jail for drunk driving and needed to be bailed out. He did not want his parent to know per the attorney (HA HA) calling. He provided mom with a case number.

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- Bradenton, FL, USA
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Case LS 886297

Pretending to be my grandson

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Scammer called senior citizen claiming to be a grandchild who need money due to an injury. Senior citizen asked appropriate questions and then hung up the phone. Call came from a local area code.

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Caller said grandson was at Roanoke Memorial Hospital and was in an accident and was embarrassed to call family.   wanted cash money.

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- Leo, IN, USA
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Got a phone call saying it was my grandson and he had been in an accident and broke his nose. A friend and him had gone to Boston, MA. 2 car accident and had a DUI of 0.09 and was in jail. Big sob story and how sorry he was. A lawyer would be calling next. We began to wonder if this was possible but hadn't seen our grandson in a day.A 'lawyer " then called next and told the story and what was needed..$5,000 to get out of jail..bail. our grandson was home, working. He was not anywhere near Boston, MA. Scam. "*****" tried to call back but we asked when his birthday is. He didn't answer, just hung up.

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- Cleveland, OH, USA
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I received a call and it stated hello gram and not by grandma. The caller stated that he was in a car accident and the car that he hit was a pregnant lady and his voice was slow because of the accident. The grandson said please don't call anyone. I questioned him too much and they gave me a case number 220584-ww. The ww is my grandson's initial of his last name. After he gave me the case number I hung up. A man proceeded to call me back by the name of John Matthews and he sounded to be pretty intelligent. I hung up and called my children. I am a senior"

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- Abilene, TX, USA
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Got a phone call from Sgt. Frazier and was told i was not going to be able to speak to my grand daughter but I needed to send 4500 to make her bail with the bail bonds man in Florida. I was told that she was under a gag order by the court to not be able to speak to anyone. So i went to my bank and took out 4500 and sent a money order via UPS to my granddaughter at 1113 NE. 89th in Miami, Flordia.

Only after thinking to try and call my granddaughter, she actually picked up and told me that she was not going to court and had no idea what I was talking about.

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- Caldwell, ID, USA
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Received a phone call and they said "Hi Grandma, I broke my nose.." but first he went into this long story about saying he got invited to a wedding in the Dominican Republic and he went right down there and the people were friendly and so nice but he was in a car wreck just this morning and broke his nose and needed 3 stitches in his lip. I laughed and said, "you sound kind of different" He said it is not funny. I asked him to send a picture and he again said it is not funny. I asked him how long it took him to travel there and he said they flew out of Florida. I asked him what time it was there and was kind of stringing him along and he seemed to get tired of it and hung up but I knew at that point he was going to ask for money.

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On 2/28/19 at 10:35 AM, I received a call from a young voiced male who claimed to be my grandson. He addressed me as grandma. That alone made me suspicious as I do not have any grandchildren (that I know about), My daughter-in-law has a son from her first marriage, whom I think highly of. This person first asked that his experience not be told to his parent. He said that he went to Wyoming to visit a friend dying from cancer and had dinner and a couple of drinks. He said he was in an auto accident and fractured his nose and the police were involved. I did tell him, "and I suppose you need some money?" He hemmed and hawed and I told him that I don't involve myself in family affairs and that he should contact his mother. I also told him that I don't even know if he is the person that he claims to be and that this might be a scam that's circulating. My daughter-in-law and my son were already visiting her son and family in another state. I called my son immediately after I had hung up the phone, and told my him about it. He said that his wife's aging step-father had also been receiving similar calls.

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My mother received a call from whom she believed to be my son Christopher. the caller stated he had been in accident and hit a pregnant woman while texting on his phone, he was arrested and his bond was set at 80,000 and he needed 10% which was 8,000 cash. the caller did not tell my mother what to do with the cash only that they would call back once she gathered the cash. My mother called me with the news so I called my daughter-in-law thinking that my son was in trouble, come to find out that he was at work and it was not him calling for bond money.

my concern is that my parents are senior citizens and panicked thinking that their grandson was in need. I want the news to get out so other older people don't get scammed. I will tell you that the caller sounded like my son, and knew about him. I warned my parents not to answer again if they call back and do not give any banking info or credit card numbers. also my parents number is listed. 

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Grand daughter called and said she was in a car accident and in jail for reckless driving, said she was hurt with stiches in her mouth and the police found something in her car so don't tell anyone. So called lawyer got on the phone and said to send cash money ($8000) overnight to bail her out of jail.

Called Fed ex to stop the package. Fed ex told us the package would not be delivered. Fe ex delivered the package with money anyway.

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Received a phone call from someone pretending to be my grandson. He said he had a cold. At that time someone pretending to be a lawyer got on the phone and said my grandson had been in a bad accident with injuries and would be placed in jail unless we paid an $8000 bond. We called our grandson and he was at work and was not sick.My husband called the number back and said we were not going to pay.

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called and said Grandpa? Then claimed to be my grandson. I have no son or grandson. I have received several of these calls.

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Received a call from a young man claiming to be grandson. He said he had been in an accident and was being arrested and needed bail money. Told him that I was going to report him to the BBB. He hung up.

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- Honolulu, HI, USA
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I got a call stating that my grandson was in jail and that I had to pay $30,000 for bail by Western Union. I knew it was a scam.

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- Bonduel, WI, USA
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I received a call from someone claiming to be my granddaughter. I have had this happen before and hung up.

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- Decatur, AL, USA
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Said she was my granddaughter. She knew my granddaughters and what my granddaughter called me. Said she was in an accident and got arrested for having alcohol in the car. She cried and seemed like it could really by my granddaughter. She said an attorney was going to call me and tell me how much money she needed to send to get her out of jail. They made it sound so real. The "attorney" called from the 850 number. Wanted $1,189 for bail bondsman. Before I went in the bank to get money I called every family member trying to verify where my granddaughter was and finally talked to her, so didn't send money. They gave me a wiring # of LA941.

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My 80 year old mother in law, got a phone call from Juan, a lawyer involved with my grandson who was in an accident. And there was a funeral. Why haven't you sent the money yet. We told him that we reported him to police and attorney general.The caller spoofed the number of the person they had called prior to the call to her. He said my grandson was in the Dominican Republic. He had an Indian accent.

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- London, OH, USA
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I am 87 years old. I got a call from someone pretending to be my grandson. He'd been partying and got in an accident. My grandson rear ended the car in front of him. They said he was drunk driving, and tested .086. They said since it was such a small amount, it wasn't the cause of the accident, but the rental car insurance needed $4500 to release him from jail. They asked if I could help him. I said yes. They said I would need to talk to their attorney. Which I did. I said I would have to check on it. They asked me to call them back at 250-609-2188.

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