Phone Scammers Call 73-Year-Old Grandma Asking for $8,000—But She Turns Tables, Catches the Crooks

Phone Scammers Call 73-Year-Old Grandma Asking for $8,000—But She Turns Tables, Catches the Crooks
Courtesy of Nassau County Police Department
Epoch Inspired Staff
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A clever grandma from Long Island has turned the tables on a telephone scammer who tried to dupe her out of $8,000 in cash.

The 73-year-old from Seaford—who only gave her first name, Jean—on Jan. 20 got a call from a man claiming to be her grandson, saying he'd been arrested for drunk driving and needed to be bailed out of jail.

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