Caller has called 3 times -- always asking "Gramma?" and then when asked who is this the line goes dead. Very worrisome -- the last time he identified himself as "Your oldest grandson" when asked his name. My oldest grandson does not call me "Gramma" so knew it was a fraudulent call. Have contacted the local police regarding this.
Don't worry about it...... this caller in in Fl... I have had two of the calls. No grandkids? They give up.
This has been reported, ah well, nothing will be done. Metro Pc phone should be checked but won't be ! We know how that goes.
A man's voice said "grandpa"? when I answered. (I have no grandchildren.) I asked who was calling and he gave my son's name, and said he was "in a bit of trouble." It was not my son's voice, so I said he was not my son. He said, oh, well, and hung up.
A male calls all hours and says are you his grandma. He can get abusive but we have his private call information and have reported it to Naples and Bonita Springs police and city government for follow up.
He called my grandparents this morning, and they asked him to call back. My grandmother then called me and let me listen to his story on speaker-phone:
Says he is (my name), and got in a car accident while vacationing in Spain. He wanted my grandparents to not inform my parents, as he didn't tell them he was skipping his classes to go on vacation. He explained that he sounded different because his nose was broken in the car accident. He also stated that his friend is in the hospital with a concussion. He wants money wired to his bank account so he can be back to college by Friday. He says he is calling from a payphone because his cellphone was destroyed in the accident.
I then started to talk to him via the speaker-phone, asking him if he is OK. He asks me who this is and I say "your cousin." I have him repeat the story several times until he runs out of "facts" to give me. I then ask him why he hasn't answered my texts. He explains that his cellphone was broken. I tell him that I don't think it is broken, and he becomes indignant, saying "dude, I'm in the hospital using a payphone. It's broken." I say it isn't broken, as I am (my name) and I am using my cellphone. He responds with "you serious?" "what the [***]?" and "seriously?" I then repeatedly ask him who he is without giving him room to talk to anger him and encourage mistakes. He eventually identifies himself as (my first name, my grandparents' land name), then grows silent. He then ends the call with "you're wasting my time; are we going to scam these [***] or not?"
His first call was at 0713 Pacific Time, with his last call at 1012 on November 1st, 2011.
The number he used every call was 239 384 6078
The call came from a Metro PCS land-line from Naples, Florida