SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KRON) – The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office is warning of a phone scam targeting the elderly.
This week, there were two reports of scammers calling people posing as a grandchild in need of money to be bailed out of jail.
The scammers are even finding personal information to gain the victim’s trust, according to authorities.
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