Crime & Safety
International Scammers Con $3 Billion From the Elderly
We finally put a face to the voice on the phone promising our elderly money from a sweepstakes win or missing Nigerian princess -- and we find out how much money our seniors are sending THEM.
We've labeled them "Granny Scams," a working term for a multi-billion dollar con game aimed at our nation's senior citizens -- and taking them for their life savings with incredible ease and rare repercussion.
One recent case dramatically demonstrates the depth of the problem and mechanism of malevolence a fast-talking group of grifters is using to bilk our mothers and fathers out of their life savings.
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