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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsText I just received: "Hi grandpa. I'm okay but a little stunned. I missed a turn and hit the curb then a parked car. My
phone wont turn on so call me here at xxx xxx xxxx.
Unless my daughter has been keeping something from me, I dont have any grandchildren!

Ritabert
(1,680 posts)Don't answer it and delete it. They usually want a gift card.
Floyd R. Turbo
(31,128 posts)dollar inheritance!
Ritabert
(1,680 posts)JoseBalow
(8,524 posts)
Bernardo de La Paz
(59,143 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(31,128 posts)Ritabert
(1,680 posts)eppur_se_muova
(40,167 posts)Most grandparents don't see their grandkids often enough to recognize them for certain, so scammers send messages like "Grandpa help it's an emergency and I can't reach Mom and Dad if I don't put up bail money they're gonna throw me in jail".
They only have to fool one person occasionally to make it pay off.
Floyd R. Turbo
(31,128 posts)viva la
(4,324 posts)He'd been arrested in Poland.
LOL. He was pretty surprised to hear that when I called him to check.
Floyd R. Turbo
(31,128 posts)Oeditpus Rex
(42,809 posts)of when I went to get my first mobile phone about 30 years ago and found out I was dead.
Floyd R. Turbo
(31,128 posts)HappyH
(108 posts)Some years ago I got a letter from a major insurance company wanting to know if I was dead, and if I was, who should they send the life insurance money to. Turned out that my mom had taken out a policy on me at birth, which was not an uncommon thing back in the 1950s. And thanks Mom, I was able to borrow some money against the policy to help pay for my daughters college bills.
MiHale
(12,190 posts)The yacht company wasnt impressed darn!
Floyd R. Turbo
(31,128 posts)Midnight Writer
(24,802 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(31,128 posts)
Ptah
(33,921 posts)Where did she say she is?
I need to help her, again.
She can be a pain.
Again, I'm sorry, Floyd.