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Catalogue Number: CTV487
Producer: CTV
Subject: Social Issues
Language: English
Grade Level: Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 2010
Running Time: 20
The Grandson Scam (W5)
Catalogue Number: CTV487
Producer: CTV
Subject: Social Issues
Language: English
Grade Level: Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 2010
Running Time: 20
Scores of elderly people across Canada and the U.S. have been cruelly duped by a network of crooks stealing their hard-earned savings -- and the scheme is still continuing. Fraudsters posing as grandchildren are phoning seniors and convincing them they need help with money, in what police call The Grandson Scam.
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