This was a poorly executed "Grandma/Grandpa" scam. The evil caller will try to convince you that they are your grandchild (even if you don't have any grandchildren) and separate you from your cash. The "grandchild" will pretend to be in trouble somewhere in the world and count on your generosity to bail them out.
This was really very poorly executed. I expected much better. You would think that with the millions that these snakes get from unsuspecting marks, they could hire some better voice actors.
My grandfather just got this call an hour ago from someone claiming to be me by name, and also somehow knew that I was his first grandchild. Luckily I was at my grandfathers house when that happened. Watch out for these [***].
My 80-year old dad fell for it and spent the day frantically trying to find out if my son (his grandson) was ok/alive. These people are freaking evil. I'm crying writing this.
I just got this call 5mins ago...thank God I answered and not my mother in law. But little do they know my husband and I don't have any kids as of yet.
Creepy lower-than-snakes and truly stupid people. No sense of pride in themselves at all. Just gutter crap.
No, we don't answer numbers we don't know. I just look the number up online.
What bothers me is that they're using my cell phone. It's not published anywhere. Where do they get cell phone numbers if you don't put them online. Do they hack cell phone company's records? Do they hack businesses that might have that number?