Three men scam US grandparents out of US$24,000; money recovered from Airbnb, report says


The alleged caller, posing as the grandson, said he had been in a car crash and needed bail money, reported Syracuse.com. — Unsplash

STATEN ISLAND, New York: Grandparents in upstate New York thinking they were helping their grandson who was in jail were instead scammed out of US$24,000 (RM104,568), authorities said.

The alleged caller, posing as the grandson, said he had been in a car crash and needed bail money, reported Syracuse.com, SILive.com’s sister site.

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