A Southern California police department is warning residents on Friday of a recent wave of phone scams targeting the elderly and their desire to help family members.
“In these incidents, scammers call victims and falsely claim that a loved one has been involved in a traffic collision and is being held against their will until a wire transfer of funds is made,” the Rialto Police Department in San Bernardino County stated in a news release.
Police said the victims are instructed to go to a Walmart store to conduct the money transfer. If the Walmart employees refuse to process the transaction, the victims are then directed to local grocery stores such as Cardenas or El Super to send the money…