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09-11-2009, 02:10 PM
Loudoun County, VA: The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office is alerting senior citizen’s to be ...
Loudoun County, VA: The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office is alerting senior citizen’s to be aware of a phone scam involving their purported grandchildren. In at least five cases this week senior citizen’s in Loudoun County have received a call from a person identifying themselves as their grandchild or claiming their grandchild was in jail in Canada. The caller states they need thousands of dollars to get out of jail. The caller asks the victim to wire money to an account in Canada. The senior citizen community is asked to be leery of requests for wiring monies out of the country. A significant increase of complaints of this type of scam has been reported nationally. If you think you have been a victim of this type of scam please contact the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office at 703-777-1021 or your local law enforcement agency.
Read the full article at the Loudoun County Website (https://alert.loudoun.gov/latest.php#15996)
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Loudoun County, VA: The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office is alerting senior citizen’s to be aware of a phone scam involving their purported grandchildren. In at least five cases this week senior citizen’s in Loudoun County have received a call from a person identifying themselves as their grandchild or claiming their grandchild was in jail in Canada. The caller states they need thousands of dollars to get out of jail. The caller asks the victim to wire money to an account in Canada. The senior citizen community is asked to be leery of requests for wiring monies out of the country. A significant increase of complaints of this type of scam has been reported nationally. If you think you have been a victim of this type of scam please contact the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office at 703-777-1021 or your local law enforcement agency.
Read the full article at the Loudoun County Website (https://alert.loudoun.gov/latest.php#15996)
You can discuss this article here by replying to this thread.
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