Telephone scam puts Iola woman out of $2K

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February 18, 2012 - 12:00 AM

A local woman was bilked out of $2,300 after being tricked into thinking she was sending money to a grandson in need.

The woman wired the money, purportedly to a grandson who told her he had recently been arrested in Spain, said Mike Ford, community resource officer with the Iola Police Department.

Scams such as the one that swindled the Iola woman, whose name was not released, typically begin with the caller reaching an elderly person identifying himself only as “her grandson,” Ford said.

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