We got a call from our friend's brother recently asking us if our friend was in jail in Canada. We told him, no, we just talked to him, he's out here in Hawaii. It turns out that a scammer posing as a police officer called our friend's grandmother and told her that our friend was in jail in Canada and needed to post bail. They even put someone on the phone to pose as our friend and his grandmother believed that she had spoken with our friend! It is a real money scam. Grandparents are susceptible because they usually haven't talked to their grandchildren in some time and may not realize that they are not talking with their grandchild. Pass this on, please! It is a very believable scam. Imagine that your grandparents confront you about being in jail and you deny it! They are likely to just get angry that you are now lying or denying it.
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