“It’s social media,” Constable Boyd explained. They know their ages, where they live and go to school, their hobbies and more. One of the reasons why these scammers are able to so successfully target grandparents is because they seem to know personal details about the grandchild.
#Little postie install#
They install phones, register a formal-looking 1-800 number, set up an answering machine and get to work.” “They set up what are called ‘boiler rooms,’ an office space where they operate for about a month. “These guys are hard to catch,” Constable Boyd noted. According to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (once known as Phone Busters), the revenue from these two scams is as lucrative as the drug trade, while being much safer for those running the scam. The grandparent scam and the computer scam-where someone phones claiming to be from Microsoft or a computer repair company and attempts to gain access to the household computer-are the two biggest scams out there today. They’re putting such a sense of fear and urgency behind the pleas that these grandparents rush off to help, without double-checking.” “They know these people have money, because they’ve saved their entire lives. “What is so despicable is that they’re playing on the emotions of the senior,” he said. The grandparent scam is one of the most prevalent and lucrative phone scams out there, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Constable and Community Officer Al Boyd explained. When grandma phones, she finds out she had a near miss-her grandson is at work, not in jail. The Manitowaning grandmother, who asked The Expositor to not use her name, is saved by the staff at the Little Current post office who recognize the scam and tell her to make sure her grandson isn’t at home. In a few minutes, they’re on the line, sobbing about being in jail to another vulnerable grandparent. In only 15 minutes on the phone, a scammer almost made $900. Unable to bear the thought of her grandson in jail, grandma rushes off to the post office to send out money, only to find out the office in Manitowaning can’t help her. “How did he get down there?” The lawyer explains her grandson was in a car accident following a wedding. It means a lot to Dad and our family during this stressful time.“It’s better that he is able to tell his parents in person,” the lawyer suggests. Once again, thank you so much for all your patience, kind words, and donations. The doctor has said it looks to be treatable, but have advised that due to the location they will be unable to surgicaly remove it so the likely treatment option will be radiation and/or chemo. We are still waiting for more results to come through, however the biopsy so far has revealed the mass as being a cancerous tumour. From those tests they have found what was a small mass in his brain. When we got to him he was unconcious, and was rushed to hospital where they ran quite a few tests over the following couple of weeks. That first day back he collapsed and had a seizure in the back of his van. Eventually he was given the all clear with the thoughts that some of his heart meds were working a little *too* well, so he was sent home and then was back to work two days later. He was taken to AnE where they ran an ECG and bloods, and the ecg came back a bit odd so they sent him to the hospital for a bit more monitoring just incase.
#Little postie update#
On another note, with dads permission, we would like to give you all a bit of a run down and an update on what has happened / happening currently.Īt the end of November dad passed out (or so we thought), and we assumed it was due to the heat and dehydration. So on dads behalf he would like to thank you all so so much! He was so touched and very surprised by it all! We don't think he realised just how much he means to everyone. We kept the give-a-little page quiet from dad, then on Christmas we told him about it and showed him the page with all of your generous donations and lovely messages. Hi all, we hope you have all had an amazing xmas / new year break.
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