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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsText I just received: "Hi grandpa. I'm okay but a little stunned. I missed a turn and hit the curb then a parked car. My
phone wont turn on so call me here at xxx xxx xxxx.
Unless my daughter has been keeping something from me, I dont have any grandchildren!

Ritabert
(1,683 posts)Don't answer it and delete it. They usually want a gift card.
Floyd R. Turbo
(31,148 posts)dollar inheritance!
Ritabert
(1,683 posts)JoseBalow
(8,524 posts)
Bernardo de La Paz
(59,171 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(31,148 posts)Ritabert
(1,683 posts)eppur_se_muova
(40,167 posts)Most grandparents don't see their grandkids often enough to recognize them for certain, so scammers send messages like "Grandpa help it's an emergency and I can't reach Mom and Dad if I don't put up bail money they're gonna throw me in jail".
They only have to fool one person occasionally to make it pay off.
Floyd R. Turbo
(31,148 posts)viva la
(4,325 posts)He'd been arrested in Poland.
LOL. He was pretty surprised to hear that when I called him to check.
Floyd R. Turbo
(31,148 posts)Oeditpus Rex
(42,810 posts)of when I went to get my first mobile phone about 30 years ago and found out I was dead.
Floyd R. Turbo
(31,148 posts)HappyH
(109 posts)Some years ago I got a letter from a major insurance company wanting to know if I was dead, and if I was, who should they send the life insurance money to. Turned out that my mom had taken out a policy on me at birth, which was not an uncommon thing back in the 1950s. And thanks Mom, I was able to borrow some money against the policy to help pay for my daughters college bills.
MiHale
(12,192 posts)The yacht company wasnt impressed darn!
Floyd R. Turbo
(31,148 posts)Midnight Writer
(24,806 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
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Ptah
(33,921 posts)Where did she say she is?
I need to help her, again.
She can be a pain.
Again, I'm sorry, Floyd.
Floyd R. Turbo
(31,148 posts)womanofthehills
(10,416 posts)I figure they get it off of Facebook.
Last caller who said he was my grandson had an extreme NY accent. We live in NM. The caller says - Hello Grandma- this is your grandson _____.
Big clue as my Grandson always just says Hi Grandma. Plus, I rarely answer the phone for I number I dont recognize.
The caller hung up when I asked why he was talking with a NY accent.
My grandson is always stuck in Mexico.