National Consumer Protection Week Tip of the Day: Grandparents still being scammed

 

By now we hope you’ve heard about the Grandparent Scam. But did you know that the scheme continues to drain money from unwitting victims’ bank accounts? It does so by becoming deviously more sophisticated. A new twist involves a supposed grandchild or other relative who’s been arrested overseas and begs you not rat him out to his parents. He can’t talk long because a “police officer” picks up the phone and demands bail money be wired immediately.

(Scams, National Consumer Protection Week)
Last updated by Public Affairs Unit at 3/7/2012 3:24:27 PM

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