ZEELAND, Mich. (via WOOD TV 8) — Police are putting out the warning about a phone scam that separated a Zeeland couple from more than $16,000.
It appears whoever did it was a pro. Using charm and information likely gathered off social media, the scammer convinced the people in their 80s that they were helping their grandson out of a jam.
"The audacity is just overwhelming," said Zeeland Officer Dave Thompson, who contacted 24 Hour News 8 to get the word out.
On Thursday, the elderly pair received a call from a person who sounded like their grandson, saying he was in trouble in Miami.
"He had hit a pregnant female crossing the crosswalk and that she was in critical condition," Thompson said.
Then a man claiming to be an attorney for the grandson and the hospital told the grandparents that he was being charged with a felony. They asked for bond and money for the hospital in the amount of $11,250.
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