Grandparents Being Targeted By Scam In Hughes County

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The victims are senior citizens and the criminals claim to be their grandchildren who are asking for help.

The victims are senior citizens and the criminals claim to be their grandchildren who are asking for help.

By Associated Press

Story Created: Jan 14, 2009 at 5:45 PM CST

Story Updated: Jan 14, 2009 at 5:45 PM CST

Hughes County law enforcement reports at least two cases of a telephone scam that targets grandparents have been reported in the county.

Someone calls a senior citizen, claiming to be their grandchild and asking for money due to an emergency. The caller asks for a
wire transfer of large amounts of money.

The scam was first reported in South Dakota last fall.

Hughes County Sheriff Mike Leidholt said one call involved a Pierre woman who was ready to wire more than $2,000 but was stopped by wire transfer employees who thought it was a scam.
   
Leidholt says the latest incident, reported Tuesday, involved a woman from Blunt who got a call from someone claiming to be her
grandson but that she handled the situation correctly and checked.
     

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