Grandpa Goes To Walmart to Wire $2K To Relative, Cashier Calls Cops

A Common Scam

“The ‘relative’ of the grandparent explains he is in trouble and needs them to wire the funds. They would then claim that the funds will be used for bail money, lawyer’s fees, hospital bills or another fabricated expense,” Walter Laskos of the Cooperative Credit Union Association explains. In fact, the phenomenon has become so widespread that it has its own name.