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[quote="anon-0806"]Cranbury Police Warn Residents of "Grandparent Scam" Last week the Cranbury Township Police Department received two reports of similar crimes targeting elderly victims said Chief Rickey A. Varga. The scammers impersonated their victims’ family members and made urgent pleas for immediate financial assistance. “We’ve never had two incidents in a week with a considerable amount of money for each incident,” Varga said. The first incident occurred on Oct. 9, at approximately 10 a.m., when a 73-year-old female resident of Labaw Drive reported she received a call from an individual believed to be her son-in-law. According to Varga, the actor claimed he was arrested in Mexico and had a window of two hours to be wired money so he could post bail. The actor further told the victim there was a gag order in place and that she was not to speak a word of this to anyone. ... http://eastwindsor.patch.com/articles/cranbury-police-warn-residents-of-grandparent-scam?ncid=newsltuspatc00000001[/quote]
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<table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="100%" class="forumline"> <tr> <th class="thCornerL" width="22%" height="26">Author</th> <th class="thCornerR">Message</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>anon-0806</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Wed, Oct 24 2012, 8:31 pm EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Cranbury Police Warn Residents of "Grandparent Scam"</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Cranbury Police Warn Residents of "Grandparent Scam" <br /> <br />Last week the Cranbury Township Police Department received two reports of similar crimes targeting elderly victims said Chief Rickey A. Varga. <br /> <br />The scammers impersonated their victims’ family members and made urgent pleas for immediate financial assistance. <br /> <br />“We’ve never had two incidents in a week with a considerable amount of money for each incident,” Varga said. <br /> <br />The first incident occurred on Oct. 9, at approximately 10 a.m., when a 73-year-old female resident of Labaw Drive reported she received a call from an individual believed to be her son-in-law. <br /> <br />According to Varga, the actor claimed he was arrested in Mexico and had a window of two hours to be wired money so he could post bail. The actor further told the victim there was a gag order in place and that she was not to speak a word of this to anyone. <br />... <br /><a href="http://eastwindsor.patch.com/articles/cranbury-police-warn-residents-of-grandparent-scam?ncid=newsltuspatc00000001" target="_blank">http://eastwindsor.patch.com/articles/cranbury-police-warn-residents-of-grandparent-scam?ncid=newsltuspatc00000001</a></span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> </table>
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