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Scammers use whatever tools they can to convince older Americans and improve their chances of getting the money by gleaning family member details off social media or using technology that can clone voices, disguise phone numbers and create fake mug shots, according to federal reports. A more recent twist involves scammers obtaining the cash by sending unknowing drivers for rideshare companies like Uber and Lyft to pick up the cash, something the FBI warned about in 2021.
“I didn’t think I was bringing that kind of paper,” she said of the scene she witnessed in the man’s kitchen. Just as the man hung up from that phone call, the phone rang again, he said. A next caller asked for US$6,500 to get his grandson out of jail, which the grandfather would get back after his grandson goes to court.
About 10 minutes into her drive to Raleigh, Kimbler pulled over to a gas station to fill up. Suddenly “Marabell” called, asking her why she stopped. The couple spoke to Kimbler and asked her to return the money. She called New Bern police, she said, and they forwarded the call to Pamlico County Sheriff’s Office. She asked someone from there be present when she handed over the cash, just in case the scammers were still tracking her.As it turns out, Kimbler disrupted what law enforcement calls the “grandparent scam”.
But it’s happened elsewhere. In April, an 81-year-old Ohio man received a call about his nephew being in jail, and then shot the Uber driver sent to pick up the cash.
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