Our own grandmothers can no longer be scammed (they all live "upstairs" now), so we'll issue this alert in the name of grandmas everywhere:
Be aware of con artists calling and saying, "Hello, Grandma, this is your grandson."
These leeches are on the loose in California and could be in your neighborhood soon -- as soon as they read this.
According to a a sheriff's spokesman quoted in the Los Angeles Times, the creeps ask for less than $1,000 because "Western Union does not require identification for sums under" that amount.
The scumbag tells "Grandma" that he's in trouble because of a car accident and then asks for bail money.
Grannies, we urge you to just say no, whoever it is on the phone. Even your real grandson is a worthless punk anyway, who doesn't deserve any of your hard-earned cash. Let 'em rot in jail a little while.
Don't worry, they'll thank you later for your "tough love."

Posted at June 08, 2004 10:23 AM