Con artists are scamming Wyoming grandparents out of thousands of dollars by posing as grandchildren in distress. The Wyoming Attorney General’s Office has recently seen a rise in the number of this type of scam and suspects the number will increase even more over the holiday season.
The typical scam involves a con artist calling a grandparent and falsely identifying themselves as a grandchild who needs money wired quickly to get out of a bind. The con artist claims to be involved in some type of trouble while traveling in Canada, Mexico or overseas, such as being arrested or in a car accident...
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