SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - An elderly Sioux Falls woman lost $15,000 in the grandson-in-jail scam.
Officer Sam Clemens says the caller pretended to be her grandson and he needed $7,500 for bail, which she wired.
Clemens says a day or so later, the scammer called the 82-year-old victim again saying that he never got the money and still needed it. The woman then wired $8,000 to the fraudster.
Clemens says a few days later the victim called her grandson to learn he had not been in jail and she called police. He says there's nothing Sioux Falls police can do to arrest the suspect and return the money to the victim.
He says the best thing to do in this circumstance would be to call the grandson, or other family members, immediately to confirm where he is.