Posted: Friday, October 26, 2012 12:00 am
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Updated: 10:58 am, Wed Jan 30, 2013.
Lodi senior targeted by phone scam
By Maggie Creamer/News-Sentinel Staff Writer
Lodinews.com
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A new telephone scam has at least one Lodi resident warning senior citizens to be careful about the information they hand out over the phone.
Myrna Carter, a Realtor with Century 21 M&M and Associates, immediately knew she was the target of a scam when a man called last week and told her she was eligible for a $7,500 grant from the federal government.
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More about Fraud
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Friday, October 26, 2012 12:00 am.
Updated: 10:58 am.
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Confidence Tricks,
Spamming,
Fraud,
Myrna Carter,
Mike Oden,
Phone Fraud,
Telephone Scam,
Social Security Administration,
Century 21 M M And Associates
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Ron Werner posted at 12:57 pm on Fri, Oct 26, 2012.
"He said, 'The government is giving these grants out in different areas because they know people can use the money,'" Carter said.
Of course this is a scam. Everyone knows you have to be a big 4 bank, a Wall Street financial company or General Motors in order have the government give you money.