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The grandparent scheme has seemed to supplant the IRS scam in prevalence.Quinn said that scam was more regularly seen six or seven years ago. "They would call and say it's the IRS. You owe money.
Scams and confidence tricks are difficult to classify, because they change often and often contain elements of more than one type. Throughout this list, the perpetrator of the confidence trick is called the "con artist" or simply "artist", and the intended victim is the "mark".
Sixteen individuals have been charged in connection with a "grandparent scam" in which hundreds of elderly people were defrauded out of millions of dollars, said U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger.
A common version is the "grandparent scam," where the con artist contacts a grandparent claiming to be their grandchild and asking for money. The plea is so persuasive that the grandparent wires ...
Robert Louis Sanchez, 57, of Albuquerque, pleaded guilty to taking part in what is known as a grandparent scam, in which con artists prey on older people with fabricated stories about a grandchild ...
The Grandchild Hook. What to look out for: In the "grandparent scam," crooks call seniors claiming to be a grandchild who has run into financial or legal difficulties while in another country, or ...
Alamy By MELANIE HICKEN Across the country, law enforcement officials are warning seniors to beware of so-called "grandparent scams," in which fraudsters are impersonating a grandchild in distress ...
Three men from the Dominican Republic have been extradited to New Jersey to face charges relating to a massive grandparent scam” that stole millions from elderly Americans in the Northeast, the ...