A 73-year-old knew she was being scammed. So she lured the scammer to her home and had him…
Jean, a 73-year-old grandmother, was at her Long Island home Thursday morning when she received a phone call from a man claiming to be her grandson. He was in jail for drunken driving, he said. He needed her help posting an $8,000 bail.
This number called at 2:19am in the morning and went to message, the caller did not leave a message as usual. I have been receiving calls from similar number format for some time. Always the same, call without leaving a message. I believe these number formats are scammers after so many now. They are persistent and continue to try with a slightly different format number each time. It has been going on for months now. suspect it may be the same person or persons. I continue to block these numbers as they are suspicious and suggest the same to others in the same situation.
Nuisance Feb 17, 2026 00