Crime of Persuasion: Senior Bilked Out of $11K in Phone Scam
Oak Lawn senior wires $11,000 out of country under phone ruse that grandson was in trouble.
An 82-year-old Oak Lawn man fell prey to a phone scam after a caller posing as his grandson fooled him into sending $11,000 out of the country. Oak Lawn police said the man received a phone call on his landline around noon March 22 from a caller posing as the senior’s grandson. Sign up for the O-L Patch newsletter and breaking news alerts. According to the report, the “grandson” called the man “grandpa” and said he was in a Mexican jail because he had been in a car accident. The caller told the man he had a lawyer named “Stanley Rosen” and gave him the lawyer’s email address and phone number, both of which police said were fake. The caller said he needed $2,700 wired to a third party in Cabo San Lucas Mexico. The caller explained that the …
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Harry Saroyan
9:40 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
Oh yes, I am another victim that conned out of over $7,500.00 on August 13 through 15. The con artist said he was a defense attorney from phoenix and that our grandson was in an accident. I don't know where to turn at this point but I guess we have been taken for a ride. The stupidity on our part. more ›