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Solve : Grandparent scam victims get their $3,000 back?

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This is not directly computer related. I put it here because it is a big problem here in the USA. Maybe elsewhere too. (It is not a new scam.)
WOOD TV News, Published: July 28, 2015
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...he received a fraudulent call from a person claiming to be his grandson.
The caller said he had been arrested in Las Vegas and needed to bond out of jail. The SCAMMER told Andrie that he needed to purchase $3,000 in GIFT cards to furnish the bond, so Andrie went to the local Rite Aid and purchased the cards.
This is a very, very common thing now. In some cases the local low enforcement nigh be in on the scam. But the intent is to scare RELATIVES into putting up the bail bond money right away. Whenever anybody is arrested for anything, it becomes data available to ANYONE with a computer.

Read the STORY. It has a happy ending.


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