Radnor police warning of phone scams, Green Dot prepaid credit cards
Article from Main Line:
Radnor police are warning residents to be mindful of phone scams that often target the elderly residents by inducing them to get send cash though the Green Dot prepaid credit cards.
Police say the scam involves the victim receiving a phone call asking the victim to purchase a Green Dot prepaid card. In two recent Radnor cases, one caller claimed that the victim’s grandchild was in prison and needed bail money. In a second case, the caller said the victim was a lottery winner.
Police say officers were informed Jan. 30 when police were contacted about the two cases.
In one case an elderly female victim took a phone call from a man claiming to be her grandson. The caller said he was at the U.S. Embassy in Santiago, Dominican Republic and was in jail and was in need of bail money.
The caller told the victim to go to a drug store to purchase the Green Dot card. The victim verified that her grandchild was not in the Dominican Republic and did not perform the transaction.
In a second incident, a victim reported receiving a call telling her that she won the lottery in Wisconsin and that she should go to a drug store and purchase a Green Dot c…………………continues on Main Line
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