I received a call from this number and the person said Hello Gramma and when I asked "Who is this"? he said "Don't you recognize your favorite grandson"?
Then I said is this SAM and he said YES and told me he was with friends who had gone out to eat and had a couple of beers and then he was rear ended and the police came and smelled the alcohol and he was arrested. He was given an attorney who talked to the judge and got him off because he has no previous record. However, they won't release him until he pays the rental car company for the damages to the car. He wants me to keep this a secret and not tell his parents but asked if I could send him money. I said my bank is in Washington DC and I live in Utah and I don't know how I would send you any money. He said would I like to talk to his lawyer and I said I would. The lawyer called and he gave me the same exact story. He then said I could send a Moneygram. I said I had never heard of a moneygram and he said I could get one at Walmart. I would need to send 2800.00. I said this really sounds fishy and the attorney said he knows that but assured me it isn't. He said I could use my credit card to get the moneygram and when I asked where I would send it, he said to Sam. I then asked if I shouldn't send it right to the court house, the jail or the insurance company. He said send it right to Sam. I told him I had to leave and do some errands and I would be home again in a couple of hours. I asked the Attorney what his name was and he said Jeffrey Boro. I failed to ask him for his phone number and noticed that on my caller ID it just said Unknown Caller. So in the meantime I did my errands and was not happy about this at all. I googled Jeffrey Boro and he is in fact a criminal attorney in Montreal. But my grandson said he was calling from Vancouver. I called the number back that my grandson had used and got an answering machine. I left a message that I needed more information. I spoke with my attorney daughter in California and decided I would just not answer the phone when he called back and if in fact it was my grandson, that he should deal directly with his parents. When I returned home, I received about 3 or 4 calls from this Unknown Number and I just let it ring. In the meantime I found out my grandson Sam is right here going to his college classes. I then googled the 438 area code and discovered a whole list of other people from that area cole who have received scamming phone calls. Thank goodness I am just paranoid enough to not fall for this. Instead of calling them scammers I would call them scumbaggers