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Oct 21, 2009 | Posted by: roboblogger

Elderly conned in surge of 'grandson' scams

Full story: The Union

An Alta Sierra resident was fooled last week into trying to wire nearly $3,000 to Canada to help out his "grandson" - but was stopped at the last minute by an alert employee at Walmart.

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