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SCAMPULSE
Scammer's address 1922 W Lexington St, Baltimore, MD 21223, USA
Country United States
Victim Location WI 53718, USA
Total money lost $2,000
Type of a scam Family/Friend Emergency
Grandmother was instructed to pull into a parking lot after purchasing Best Buy cards, scratch off the card numbers, and call "Sgt Reed" back to read the numbers on the Best Buy cards, which she did.
"Sgt Reed" kept calling about every hour to ask grandparents how they were doing and to update grandparents on grandson's court hearing process. Finally, at 4 pm "Sgt Reed" told grandparents that was finally going into court. About 45 min later, another call came from "Sgt Reed" stating that all other defendants testified but hadn't. Later in the evening, "Sgt Reed called again and told grandparents that would have to stay all night because the court hadn't decided what to do.
On the morning of August 7, 2018 at approximately 8:30pm, "Sgt Reed" called and said that the Judge had acquired was new evidence against and he had to go back to court because they found a pack of "cigarettes" marijuana joints laced with MDM in them. He indicated that was extremely upset and nervous because of additional evidence but that grandson still claimed he was innocent because the driver asked him to hold the pack of "cigarettes". Within an hour, "Sgt Reed" called back and said that the Judge gave grandson two options. First, grandson could go through another hearing with new evidence against him and second, the case could be settled out of court with the grandparent's help. The grandparents decided on the second option and were instructed to withdraw $5,000 cash. After returning from the bank, they were instructed to place the money in increments of $1000 in five different places in a magazine, wrap it in brown paper and mail it either by priority next day delivery UPS or FedEx with no signature required. Grandparents were also instructed to say that they were mailing a photo album if either carrier asked what the package contained. Grandparents were given an address and told to put their return address on the package. Grandparents became extremely suspicious when a Maryland address was given and immediately called the grandson's girlfriend, grandson, and the local police department.
Police came to the house, took down information but stated that it was difficult to catch the perpetrator if the scam is "coast to coast." He told grandparents not to get their hopes up of being able to catch the scammers and for grandparents money being returned. While police officer was there, "Sgt Reed" called twice. The second time the local police officer answered the phone and asked who was on the phone and identified himself as the police. "Sgt Reed" hung up immediately.
On August 8, 2018, a relative used reverse phone lookup to try and find name of scammer and discovered the phone was a landline phone number with Rogers as carrier located in Vancouver Canada. Relative called the Vancouver police and was told that the local police department for grandparents needed to send an online communication that would initiate and investigation there.
On August 8, 2018, the local police officer called grandparents to check to see whether or not they had received further phone calls. Grandmother told police officer about relative's call to Vancouver police. He stated once again how difficult it was to catch scammers and that police administration would make the decision to call Vancouver or not.
A day later and grandparents are bravely telling their story even though they are still upset not just about the money but about the possibility that their grandson may have been in a precarious situation. They hope to help others avert such an emotional scam.