SCAM ALERT!
IF YOU RECEIVE A TELEPHONE CALL FROM YOUR "GRANDSON (NAME)" SAYING THAT HE WAS OUT OF TOWN AND IN A CAR ACCIDENT AND BEING CHARGED WITH DUI, BE VERY CAUTIOUS. THIS YOUNG MAN SOUNDED JUST LIKE MY GRANDSON. HE ASKED IF IT WAS OKAY TO HAVE HIS ATORNEY CALL ME SO THAT I COULD MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO PAY HIS BOND. (RED FLAGS TO ME BUT I PLAYED ALONG) HE WAS VERY SLY TELLING ME THAT HE WOULD PAY ME BACK JUST AS SOON AS HE GOT HOME. I SAID HIS ATTORNEY COULD CALL ME. HE GAVE ME "HIS CASE NUMBER" AND HIS "ATTORNEY'S " NAME (MARK STEPHENS). SURE ENOUGH, I GOT A CALL FROM A DIFFERENT YOUNG MAN CLAIMING TO BE GRANDSON (NAME'S) ATTORNEY. I CANNOT REPEAT WHAT I TOLD HIM HERE ON A PUBLIC FORUM. THE INCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES. THESE GUYS ARE SO POLISHED IN WHAT THEY SAY. IF I HAD NOT BEEN ON GUARD, I COULLD HAVE BEEN SCAMMED. DON'T EVER GIVE OUT PERSONAL INFORMATION OVER THE PHONE TO SOMEONE YOU DON'T KNOW. CHECK OUT THEIR STORY. MY GRANDSON WAS AT HOME WITH HIS MOM. I CALLED TO FIND OUT EVER BEFORE THE "ATTORNEY" CALLED ME. I CANNOT BELIEVE HOW EVIL SOME PEOPLE ARE. PLEASE BE VERY CAREFUL. THEY EVEN USE A TELEPHONE NUMBER THAT MAKES YOU THINK IT COULD BE YOUR GRANDSON.