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Escambia Sheriff’s Office Issues Fraud Alert For Senior Citizens
February 11, 2009
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Department has issued a fraud alert for senior citizens following an attempted scam.
An elderly victim in the Pensacola area reported to deputies that she received a phone call from an unknown caller stating that it was her grandson. The victim asked which grandwon since she had more than one, and the caller stated “which one do you think it is?” The caller said he was the best looking grandson.
The victim then gave a name of one of her grown grandchildren to which the caller stated she was correct. The caller then went on to state that he was in a car accident in Montreal, Canada, and he needed $3000. He said he was at the airport and they would not accept his credit card.
The victim thought this odd since her grandson was in the military and assigned oversees. The caller stated he had taken a vacation and was in fact in Montreal. The caller stated he really needed her help and gave an address of 727 Main Road, Montreal, Canada, and specifically asked the victim to obtain a money gram because no other money order type was accepted. Before taking action the victim spoke with friends who advised her not to send the money because it was a scam that they had heard about on an internet news site.
The victim did not send the money, but called the sheriff’s department and filed a report.
“These type of scams as well as others are perpetrated every day with some victims, realizing they have been scammed, to embarrassed or ashamed to come forward,” Escambia Sheriff’s Department Spokesman Ted Roy said in a news release.
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I recently received an email that was sent with my brother’s real email address, asking for money, saying he had had to make a quick trip to London, and had not had time to tell anyone he was going. He said he had been robbed at the hotel. There was a lot more flim flam, but I know my brother, and this sounded nothng like him. AND, my brother is 63 years old, working and studing to be a lab tech. Also, he could not afford to go on a trip like that now. Another of our siblings received the same email.
I don’t know why people who work so hard trying to scam people do not just work as hard at something honest. Lately, I have to remind myself frequently that God said not to fret over evil doers. Then He reminds me of their end.