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Vernon woman nearly bilked in phone scam

Callers said daughter was in jail and 香蕉视频直播榣awyer香蕉视频直播 asked woman to send $65,000
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A Vernon woman nearly fell victim to a phone scam where two callers pretended to be her daughter and lawyer and asked the woman to send more than $60,000. (hobnoborlando.com photo)

She picked up the phone and heard a woman香蕉视频直播檚 voice, crying.

She asked if it was her daughter.

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The male voice further instructed the woman, in her 80s, to not tell anyone about the call or incident under any circumstances, or her daughter香蕉视频直播檚 bail would be revoked.

香蕉视频直播淗e gave her his name, cell phone number and business number (both active Alberta phone numbers) and asked her to call him back once she香蕉视频直播檇 been to the bank,香蕉视频直播 said the daughter. 香蕉视频直播淗e told her that if the bank asked what it was for, to tell them that she owed someone some money and wanted to repay them. He gave her the wire transfer details.

香蕉视频直播淢y dear, sweet, loving mother did as he asked and went to the bank to get the wire transfer forms.香蕉视频直播

Thankfully, for the family, two things happened.

The bank teller asked the woman some questions and told her the banking information was for an account in China, which started the mom asking herself some questions, and the bank was about to close.

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The daughter香蕉视频直播檚 son, who also lives in Vernon, had talked to his grandmother briefly and told his mom of the visit.

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香蕉视频直播淭hese people are professional criminals preying on honest, loving seniors who would do anything to protect their family, including acting out of character themselves. They are very convincing, preying on emotions 香蕉视频直播 so much so that when I called my mom from my landline in the evening she did not believe it was me. She was thoroughly deceived and convinced that I was in jail.香蕉视频直播

It香蕉视频直播檚 a variation of the Grandparents Scam, where scammers phone unsuspecting seniors, pretending to be a loved one in trouble, and ask to have money wired to help them.

The family has started a file with the RCMP.

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Stewart said anybody asking for bank account information should send up a warning sign.

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