Crysta Willis got a call that her grandson, Eric, was in jail, but they were actually in the same house
NEED TO KNOW
- Crysta Willis, a member of the Cuyahoga County Scam Squad, outsmarted a scammer lying about her grandson being in jail
- The FBI warns that this type of scam targets grandparents with urgent pleas for money to help their loved ones
- Officials advise verifying claims and reporting scams to IC3.gov to help track criminal networks
Scammers thought they were fooling another grandparent, but one grandmother in Ohio ultimately got the last laugh.
When Crysta Willis received a call that her grandson, Eric, was in jail, the scammer told her that she needed to wire $5,000 as his bond, according to local news outlet Cleveland 19 News.
“He says, ‘I’m the deputy somebody and your grandson was in an accident. He’s at fault and you need to pay his bond for him to get out,’ ” Willis told the outlet…