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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


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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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