cbzdel
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...Someone has enough info on my to get my Grandpa to wire them $5000 almost immediately then have a photo ID to pick it up on the other end!!!!
Not filled out anything online.. The only thing that can link me back to them is say an emergency contact form from a doctor office!!
You are assuming that the “security breach” came from your end, i.e., someone knew you or got your personal information and found out who your grandparents are. Seems more likely that it came from their end, i.e. someone found information on your grandparents and was then able to find out who their grandson is. These scammers love to target senior citizens. Do your grandparents live in a small town where school or church or other easily accessible records might exist? Did grandma or grandpa recently get interested in genealogy and go to a web site and enter their family tree? Did they give a human interest interview in a local paper where they said how proud they were of their grandson Chris Bzdel who now lives in Tacoma? It could have been something that seemed quite innocuous.
They seem like a waste of money to me. Maybe it depends on the company...but lifelock for example has this some pretty insane terms for their million dollar protection. Identity Theft Prevention – Identity Theft Protection
You agree that LifeLock will not make payments to you for any loss or liability you may incur. Then what is the point?
you will execute any documents LifeLock reasonably requires; What lifelock might think is reasonable and what I think is reasonable are probably two different things.
UPDATE:
My grandpa jsut called me and was calm and relaxed, and has accepted what has happened..
Here is the new info:
- He called the phone company and asked about the phone numbers and the the call from "me" and the "attorney" came from the same phone number which was tacked back to a pre-paid cell phone.
- He was in contact with Money Gram again today and spoke with their head quarters, he was told by the "attorney" that the money was going to Vancouver BC but actually it was picked up on the east coast of Canada somewhere (I dont recall the name)
- He spoke with the police about this again today, and the police basically told him there has been no crime committed. He said I just lost $5000, the police said the person on the phone asked for money to be sent and you sent it to them, maybe in fact this persons name really was Chris Bzdel, unless you can prove it was fraud you need to stop calling us. WHAT BS!!!!
- My grandma remembers more on the phone call with "me" she now remembers "me" saying Hello and her asking "Chris?" and "I" replied yes, so that is the only way it I was involved.
- The "attorney" called 5 minutes after "I" did and said all conformed everything "I" said, and the "attorney" asked to whos name it was being sent to and how to spell it.. (So they probably just made up a quick ID then with that name on it)
So now it seems like I am in the clear and really they just got completely taken..