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My Grandson Called, Too

coffee drinker — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 17:31:46 GMT

The other day I got a call from my "grandson" telling me he was in some type of trouble. Apparently, he "hit" some woman with his car and she's very angry and insists he pay for damages. Imagine, the nerve of some people. "Grandson" wanted me to send him some money. I had only 1 question for "grandson." "How can you be my grandson, when I have no children, hence no grandson." Then I told him what he could do and he promptly hung up on me. This "grandson" must have been raised by wolves.

Has this happened to you?

Re: My Grandson Called, Too

ValuSkr — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 17:36:03 GMT

Sounds like those scammers didn't do their homework. Shame on them!

Re: My Grandson Called, Too

stevieb — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 17:39:16 GMT

Has happened before and happened again recently. He sounded old enough to be my grandfather. No kids here either. A friend of my mother's fell for this scam many years ago. Such a shame people are just such crooks.

Re: My Grandson Called, Too

PA Mom-mom — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 17:46:06 GMT

@coffee drinker Something similar happened to my DD, and my SIL grabbed the phone and started to tell the guy off, but he's been working on his temper, so he just told the guy he should go to church. LOL

Re: My Grandson Called, Too

stevieb — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 17:46:58 GMT

This is a widely used and long standing scam. It's tempting to lead them on, but I didn't want to hang on the phone. He hung up quickly when I asked him his name and then said I didn't have grandchildren.

Re: My Grandson Called, Too

jackthebear — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 18:39:18 GMT

@coffee drinker wrote:
The other day I got a call from my "grandson" telling me he was in some type of trouble. Apparently, he "hit" some woman with his car and she's very angry and insists he pay for damages. Imagine, the nerve of some people. "Grandson" wanted me to send him some money. I had only 1 question for "grandson." "How can you be my grandson, when I have no children, hence no grandson." Then I told him what he could do and he promptly hung up on me. This "grandson" must have been raised by wolves.

Has this happened to you?

no b/c I never answer the phone

Re: My Grandson Called, Too

Love my grandkids — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 18:44:58 GMT

@coffee drinker Good on you! They *think* all women of a certain age have grandkids! The funny thing is my grands each have a special cute nickname for me that no one outside the family knows!

If I ever got a scam call my first question would be to ask what's your name for me! THEN I'd tell them to stick it!

Re: My Grandson Called, Too

RedTop — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 18:48:33 GMT

Yes, 2 grandson calls for me, also no grandchildren. I told them they were a low down POS, out of the will, dead to me, and next time they dared set foot on the property Pops would not be firing a warning shot! They hung up and no calls since.

Re: My Grandson Called, Too

haddon9 — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 18:49:37 GMT

@coffee drinker wrote:
The other day I got a call from my "grandson" telling me he was in some type of trouble. Apparently, he "hit" some woman with his car and she's very angry and insists he pay for damages. Imagine, the nerve of some people. "Grandson" wanted me to send him some money. I had only 1 question for "grandson." "How can you be my grandson, when I have no children, hence no grandson." Then I told him what he could do and he promptly hung up on me. This "grandson" must have been raised by wolves.

Has this happened to you?

It happened to my mother about ten years ago. Thank goodness she didn't fall for it.

Re: My Grandson Called, Too

deepwaterdotter — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 19:12:38 GMT

@jackthebear wrote:
@coffee drinker wrote:
The other day I got a call from my "grandson" telling me he was in some type of trouble. Apparently, he "hit" some woman with his car and she's very angry and insists he pay for damages. Imagine, the nerve of some people. "Grandson" wanted me to send him some money. I had only 1 question for "grandson." "How can you be my grandson, when I have no children, hence no grandson." Then I told him what he could do and he promptly hung up on me. This "grandson" must have been raised by wolves.

Has this happened to you?

no b/c I never answer the phone

I also don't answer the phone.

Re: My Grandson Called, Too

Sage04 — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 19:17:50 GMT

This happened about four or five years ago. Someone called my nephew's grandmother (not my mother) with a story and instead of saying anything she sent a son to Walmart with $1,500. They called back and added more to the story and needed more money.

She finally called his dad and he decided to go Walmart to send more money. My other nephew on my side of the family called the nephew (his cousin) that this was all about and talked to him. He was at home.

He then called my nephew's dad and told him to stay away from Walmart and go home. So the scammers didn't get the other $1,500.

This one was also about a car accident. All his grandmother had to do was call her grandson or his parents, but she was so upset that she believed what was said.

Re: My Grandson Called, Too

Puppy Lips — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 19:56:16 GMT

This happened to my Dad. His "grandson" called and told him he was in some kind of trouble and needed money, and he was afraid to tell his parents. My Dad fell for it. He went to the back to get some money, don't know how much. Someone at the bank, thank goodness, caught on and stopped my Dad from doing it. Unbelievable how low some people can go to scam others.

Re: My Grandson Called, Too

sunshine45 — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 20:04:25 GMT

@jackthebear wrote:
@coffee drinker wrote:
The other day I got a call from my "grandson" telling me he was in some type of trouble. Apparently, he "hit" some woman with his car and she's very angry and insists he pay for damages. Imagine, the nerve of some people. "Grandson" wanted me to send him some money. I had only 1 question for "grandson." "How can you be my grandson, when I have no children, hence no grandson." Then I told him what he could do and he promptly hung up on me. This "grandson" must have been raised by wolves.

Has this happened to you?

no b/c I never answer the phone

same.....i am often surprised that people still do answer the phone.

if it is something important, someone will leave a message and i can call them back, but the vast majority of the time it is someone i dont know, a wrong number, or a scam/political/charity call that i dont need to take.

Re: My Grandson Called, Too

Cakers3 — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 20:11:21 GMT

Just tell them they can pick up the money at the police station then hang up.👮🤪

Also never ever respond YES if asked is this so and so because now they have a voice print which can be used against you.

Re: My Grandson Called, Too

chrystaltree — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 20:20:39 GMT

I'm always surprised that people engage scammers in conversations. Why? I'd have hung up and blocked the numbers. I wouldn't have listened to all that foolishness.

Re: My Grandson Called, Too

wilma — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 20:28:07 GMT

My mother-in-law gets these calls once in awhile. She's 92 and has several grandchildren. She asked one of the callers for his name and his parents' names to prove who he was, and he hung up.

I rarely answer my phone if it's someone I don't know. I block unknown numbers on my cell phone without ever answering them. Most are scams, extended warranties sales calls, and other junk. On the rare occasion I do pick up, I don't listen to their nonsense. I say "not interested" or "no, thank you", hang up, and then block the number.

Re: My Grandson Called, Too

Pixie12 — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 20:26:48 GMT

I got a call from someone claiming to be my grandson and needing money. My grandson was very young at the time. I told him I don't have any grandkids and he quickly hung up.