Boise Police are warning parents about a new phone scam designed to strike fear into the hearts of loving families.
Scammers are calling parents, pretending to be medics, and claiming their child has been injured.
“Scams are an epidemic. Nobody really wants to talk about it. And I would guess most people don’t understand the gravity and the impact that it’s having,” said Detective Brad Thorne with Boise Police. “It’s a trillion-dollar industry worldwide. Idaho alone was [scammed for] $54 million just last year, and that’s with less than 50% reporting.”
WATCH: Boise Police warn of new phone scam targeting parents
Thorne said the latest scam is what investigators call a “family emergency scam,” a variation of the so-called grandparent scam…