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PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,841 posts)
8. How bizarre.
Thu Dec 9, 2021, 04:36 AM
Dec 2021

I have not received anything like that, but I also don't have grandchildren so I'm not likely to be a target of that scam. If I were to answer the phone and someone to address me as "Grandma", I'd just laugh. Yes, I'm more than old enough to be a grandmother, but I don't have and will probably never have grandchildren. Oh, and that scam is a very good reason those of you with grandchildren (lucky you!) should be addressed by something other than "Grandma" or "Grandpa". My sister, who has several grandchildren, is addressed by them with a nickname of her given name. Nice. It means she'd never fall for the phone call asking Grandma for money.

I like to think I'm savvy enough to avoid any and all on-line scams, but who knows? Maybe I have a vulnerability I don't recognize.

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