A LOCAL COUPLE HAS BEEN SCAMMED OUT OF NEARLY 90 THOUSAND DOLLARS. THAT AFTER THE WOMAN OF THE COUPLE RECEIVED A CALL (FROM A MAN PURPORTING TO BE HER GRANDSON), WHO ASKED HER TO TRANSFER 84 THOUSAND DOLLARS TO A BANK IN MEXICO (BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN ARRESTED IN MEXICO). A FEW DAYS LATER SHE RECEIVED A SIMILAR CALL, THIS TIME ASKING FOR 5 THOUSAND DOLLARS IN PRE-PAID DEBIT CARDS. THE COUPLE THEN DISCOVERED THEIR GRANDSON HAD NEVER BEEN IN MEXICO, AND THEY REPORTED THE “SCAM” TO THE CAPITOLA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
