LOUISVILLE, Ky. (FOX 56) — A Louisville grandmother is out thousands of dollars after falling victim to a grandparent scam.
According to the FOX affiliate in Louisville, WDRB, it started with a call from someone claiming to be her grandson, saying he’d been arrested after a car crash and needed bail money.
The family told WDRB that the grandmother spoke with a man posing as a lawyer, and minutes later, a man showed up at her door.
She handed over $9,000 in cash.
Soon after, she got another call—this time asking for another $15,000.
Investigators tracked the suspect to a nearby hotel within 36 hours.
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office/IRS CI Financial Crimes Task Force said detectives were able to use video from a Ring doorbell camera to identify the suspect’s vehicle, and within 36 hours, the man was found at a nearby hotel and taken into custody.
“We were able to identify the vehicle, the suspect, the hotel room and execute a search warrant,” Detective Jamie Brooks said Tuesday.
We’re told the victim has gotten a little more than half her money back.
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