Woman Loses $4,000 in Grandparent Scam, Police Say
A Bucks County resident recently fell victim to a scam in which someone pretends to be or to represent a grandchild in trouble, Pennsylvania State Police said over the weekend.
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Lower Saucon Woman, 88, Loses Nearly $10,000 in ‘Grandparent Scam’
A Lower Saucon Township man is asking residents to remind their elderly parents, neighbors and friends not to send money to someone claiming to be a relative in trouble without checking with that person or another relative first, after a scammer who targeted his 88-year-old mother was able to swindle her out of nearly $10,000.
Lower Saucon Woman, 88, Loses Nearly $10,000 in ‘Grandparent Scam’
A Lower Saucon Township man is asking residents to remind their elderly parents, neighbors and friends not to send money to someone claiming to be a relative in trouble without checking with that person or another relative first, after a scammer who targeted his 88-year-old mother was able to swindle her out of nearly $10,000.