‘Grandchild in jail’ scam: Massachusetts police intercept $25K UPS package elderly woman sent scammer
Updated Apr 30, 2021;
A group of Massachusetts police officers helped an elderly woman avoid falling victim to a scammer who tricked her into sending thousands of dollars via the United Parcel Service with a so-called “grandchild in jail” scheme, according to authorities.
Dracut police received a call from a woman in Florida who told them she believed her mother was the victim of a scam and had sent $25,000 to an address in the Massachusetts town, officials said.
The daughter explained how her mother received a call saying her grandson was arrested and that money needed to be sent to a lawyer for him to be released, according to a statement from Dracut Chief of Police Peter Bartlett.