Grandson is in Jail Lawyer Needs 9600 to Get Him Out

[shootersix]

i got the "police officers assoication fund" or some other bull***t call last friday, i let them give me the whole speech, and after they asked if id be willing to donate, i said "it'd be a lot easier to donate if a police officer hadn't shot my father"...all i heard was a click!...classic!!!!!

 

[JettaKnight]

NPR's Rough Translation had a podcast from the inside - an IT dude was helping bust a major phone scamming operation based in Costa Rica.

https://www.npr.org/2019/07/29/746407667/the-mind-of-the-mark

 

[jpr]

My 90 year old father got the call the my son (his grandson) was in jail in Costa Rica and he fell for it and sent them $1800. They tried it again about 6 months later and he was actually at a Western Union office and luckily the lady there called me so crisis averted. They tried it a third time but this time my father told them he would call them back and then called me. These people are brazen knowing that chances are they will not be caught.

 

[HoughMade]

If my mother were inclined to panic and think her money was really needed to help her grandchild, her first call would be to me, the parent.

Why is this not pretty much universal? I mean, clearly the scammers do this because it works....how is that possible?

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

So, did we ever find out what the little miscreant did to get himself put in jail?