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My grandsons keep calling me.

Group 5 minus 1 — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 13:28:21 GMT

I only have 2,but 4 or 5 have called me asking for money.

What I can't figure out is how people fall for this scam.

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godi — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 13:43:24 GMT

It's sad when they prey on people like that.

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haddon9 — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 13:47:52 GMT

My mother told me she had gotten one of those phone calls maybe ten years ago! Seems like it must be working since it's still going.

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millieshops — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 14:01:02 GMT

The scam has to work only every once in a while to pay off- spend 40 hours and hit a call worth $1000 on which you pay no taxes-- Good money as long as you have no moral compass

btw- some years ago, a friend of mine had a grandma call- sounded like her grandson, but fortunately she was close to the family and knew he wasn't traveling. She asked the caller his sister's name and he immediately knew that scam call was wasted

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RedTop — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 14:03:39 GMT

We haven't had one since I screamed at the guy "you are dead to us, out of the will, and next time you step on this property and Pops shoots at you, he will be aiming higher!"

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Zhills — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 14:06:57 GMT

Some of my calls have had my grandson's right name and it showed his phone number.

Tough decision in that case, just in case!

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Meowingkitty — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 14:11:12 GMT

I had one years ago. Thing is I have no kids or grandkids. I told the caller to just keep him.

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Group 5 minus 1 — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 14:16:56 GMT

One call was from a guy who said his name was Peter. I asked him why his Mom had named him Peter. Didn't know. I knew-Peter was her rock. I got a little sad when I remembered that.

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wagirl — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 14:44:04 GMT

@Meowingkitty ---just read your post---and laughed out loud---good comeback----

some young men for some religious church thing that came to my apt door at almost 9 p.m---I shooed them away, told them is way to late for all this-- when one of them asked if I knew of Jesus Christ---I said why yes----and he is in bed right now----closed the door -----and went to bed!!!!

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haddon9 — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 14:45:36 GMT

@RedTop wrote:
We haven't had one since I screamed at the guy "you are dead to us, out of the will, and next time you step on this property and Pops shoots at you, he will be aiming higher!"

@RedTop Hilarious!

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kaydee50 — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 15:04:47 GMT

We never answer the phone unless we recognize the caller or phone number. Since they never leave a message, we have never had to talk to any of these scammers although I admit some of the comebacks posted here are pretty good!

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Love my grandkids — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 15:44:43 GMT

I hate it that so many people fall for this.

My grands each have a special nickname for me and anyone who tried to pull this stuff would NEVER know those! All I'd do is ask for it and that would be the end of that.

Of course I'm smarter than scammers anyway so doubt the convo would get that far!

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RedTop — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 16:02:56 GMT

@Love my grandkids

My mother does not answer any phone call except mine, and my brothers. All 3 of us have explained the grandparent scam call to Mom in that her grandchildren have good jobs, and have NEVER and will NEVER call her for money! They have parents to handle any financial need.

The main thing for Mom to remember is that her grandchildren call her a name that we've never even heard before.

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on the bay — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 16:14:28 GMT

@RedTop wrote:
We haven't had one since I screamed at the guy "you are dead to us, out of the will, and next time you step on this property and Pops shoots at you, he will be aiming higher!"

@RedTop,

Lol! Way to go!😄

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Carmie — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 17:49:28 GMT

This scam is happening with younger folks too.

Several years ago, our friend's son received a call from his young teen daughter. She was crying on the phone and then a man grabbed the phone from her and made a demand for money.

the young father..mid 40's is divorced from the child's mother. The call was so intense that he thought his daughter was kidnapped. The father was hysterical and crying on the phone begging for his daughter's life and safety.

Finally, the live in girl friend called the teens mother on her cell and found out his daughter was okay.

I personally think it was somone he knew. The guy is always flashing large wads of money and he sells luxury cars and always drives something flashy.

If the girlfriend didn't keep a clear head, he would have been out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. He was willing to wire his last dollar to save his daughter and he has money.

It could happen to anyone, not just elderly folks.

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chrystaltree — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 21:50:56 GMT

There are grandparents who virtually no relationship with their grandchikdren. They see them for a few days once a year sometimes not that often. They don't even know what the grandkids sound. So, when they get a call out of the blue, they are anxious to help. They even feel good that the kid called them for help.

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house_cat — Sun, 24 Oct 2021 02:26:51 GMT

If you have a podcast app, search for "The Perfect Scam", produced by AARP. The stories are riveting and I can't believe the things people will fall prey to. If you get a call that sounds fishy the safest thing to do is to NOT engage. Just. Hang. Up. The people on the other end are professionals and it's their goal to keep you on the phone as long as possible in hopes of hooking you in.

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Twins Mom — Sun, 24 Oct 2021 03:26:04 GMT

@Zhills

Quite scary. DM had call from "police" in the city that DGS lived. Just how do they get those facts?

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ValuSkr — Sun, 24 Oct 2021 03:36:00 GMT

@Twins Mom wrote:
@Zhills

Quite scary. DM had call from "police" in the city that DGS lived. Just how do they get those facts?

I think they get it from Facebook. People - both grandparents and grandchildren - disclose so much online. The scammers put two and two together to make a convincing phone call.

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Buffalogal47 — Sun, 24 Oct 2021 12:52:17 GMT

@ValuSkr And that's just one more reason I will never use Fakebook.