So my 89 year old mother got the call at 10am on thursday. Her grandson who is a freshman in college is in jail and the lawyer needs the money right away least her grandson gets thrown in general population at the jail. She told him she had to shower before she could go to the bank, he said that was ok and that he would call her back and give her instructions on how to proceed. Luckily she called me on her cell as the landline was not working after the lawyers call on the land line. I talked her off the ledge and tried calling her land line and got a busy signal. Seems that she forgot to hang up the cordless land line so everyone who called it the rest of the day got a busy signal. She feels stupid for initially falling for the scam but is proud of herself for calling me. She was outside most of the day today, he could have called but didn't while she was in the house.
She lives in unincorporated Lake County. She didn't get far enough with the scammer to find out if she was supposed to meet someone in person and hand over cash or make some sort of bank transfer or something else. I am wondering if I should have called the Lake County Sheriff or if it is something that I should still do and if there is anything they could or would do? She does have a name and phone number but I am sure they would lead nowhere.
She lives in unincorporated Lake County. She didn't get far enough with the scammer to find out if she was supposed to meet someone in person and hand over cash or make some sort of bank transfer or something else. I am wondering if I should have called the Lake County Sheriff or if it is something that I should still do and if there is anything they could or would do? She does have a name and phone number but I am sure they would lead nowhere.