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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.
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.
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 ...
A savvy bank teller kept a local grandmother from falling victim to a recent grandparent scam, a type of fraud that tries to scare people into turning over money to save a loved one in crisis.
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 ...
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The grandparent scam As it turns out, Kimbler disrupted what law enforcement calls the “grandparent scam.” The scam goes back years, with the FBI receiving reports about it since at least 2008.
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