Police are investigating the theft of more than $700,000 from an 82-year-old Florida woman who apparently fell for a “grandparent scam.' Scammers convinced the woman that her granddaughter was in legal trouble and told her to make bank withdrawals.
TAMPA, Fla. — Investigators are asking Uber for records as they investigate the theft of more than $700,000 from an 82-year-old Florida woman who apparently fell for a “grandparent scam.”
Hillsborough County Sheriff’s investigators have asked Uber about rideshare pickups at the woman’s home between April and August.
The woman received the first call from a young woman, claiming to be her granddaughter. She said she had been in a car accident and needed money to get out of jail, according to court records. A man who claimed to be the granddaughter’s lawyer then took the phone and spoke to the woman. Guy Burns, the woman’s attorney, said the scammers’ story kept getting more elaborate as the weeks went on.
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