The scum of the earth can always be counted on to be inventive:
Indiana State Police detectives at the Jasper Post report investigating a new scam that has caused several people to lose money.
Preliminary investigation shows the victims have received a phone call from a person pretending to be their grandson. The caller had enough information that the victims truly believed it to be their grandson. The caller stated he'd gotten in trouble in Canada and needed money to get out of jail and back to the United States. The caller then would tell the victims not to tell his mom and dad so he wouldn't get in more trouble and that he would pay them back after he bonded out. The victims, believing the caller was their grandson, went to the bank, withdrew the funds and wired the money. Later, the victims discovered that the caller wasn't their grandson and that they had been conned.
Online sites requiring registration and sign-ons ask for you to provide something only you would know in case you forget your password -- usually something like your mother's maiden name. Maybe we're going to have to start making a list of these kinds of things for everyone we know. This little con artist is obviously not learning intimate details about the victims' lives, just enough surface stuff to subdue their suspicions.
