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haele

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16. Oh, my MiL just got one of those calls friday - put her in a panic for a few minutes.

Mon Feb 5, 2018, 02:48 PM

Feb 2018

Until she realized that the kidlet still hasn't learned how to drive. It didn't help that neither the kidlet nor her husband answer the phone anyway.

1. Check the area code it's coming from; the call MiL got came from Washington D.C. (hint #1)
2. Call the FBI. This is interstate fraud.
3. Let the grandkid know there's too much personal info on their Facebook. That's how most of the scammers find the grandparents.

Haele

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Is there someplace where I can/should report this? [View all] LAS14 Feb 2018 OP

Call your phone service carrier. LuckyCharms Feb 2018 #1

PS...Their number was spoofed to another phone number. LuckyCharms Feb 2018 #2

Also your local police question everything Feb 2018 #6

Good idea. n/t LuckyCharms Feb 2018 #7

Your state Attorney General office probably has online form to report this. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2018 #23

It's a spoofed number sharp_stick Feb 2018 #3

google the number burnbaby Feb 2018 #4

I don't remember who to report this to, I assume ... SWBTATTReg Feb 2018 #5

That's the Grandma Scam. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2018 #8

Thanks. That was the place to go. Interestingly... LAS14 Feb 2018 #11

This happened to my grandson's grandpa, too. Frustratedlady Feb 2018 #9

Stuff like this is why I never EVER... LuckyCharms Feb 2018 #10

+1 dewsgirl Feb 2018 #13

The FTC has a hotline or website you can contact Caliman73 Feb 2018 #12

Its a money ripoff scam, don't answer or just hang, then Google grandparent scam. nt procon Feb 2018 #14

Hey, man, did you know Interpol is looking for you? hunter Feb 2018 #15

Oh, my MiL just got one of those calls friday - put her in a panic for a few minutes. haele Feb 2018 #16

Not the FBI, the FTC. They are tracking these scams. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2018 #18

With respect to number 2. NCTraveler Feb 2018 #20

Kick dalton99a Feb 2018 #17

See post #8. NCTraveler Feb 2018 #19

A friend's elderly mother got taken by this. Liberal In Texas Feb 2018 #21

What the--?? ailsagirl Feb 2018 #22