Caller Poses as Granddaughter, Tries to Scam Bath Township Couple

An Oak Knoll Drive couple received three phone calls on Jan. 17 from someone posing as their granddaughter and asking for money, said Bath police.

The caller told the couple she was incarcerated in Lima, Peru, and she needed $2,800 wired to her via Western Union to pay her bond. Another caller on the line posed as an American Embassy employee who told the couple he was trying to get their granddaughter back home, police said.

The couple went to Acme to wire the money, where employees urged the victims not to send the money because it is a popular scam. The couple then found out their granddaughter was safe in Cleveland.

The money was not sent and the scammers did not call again, police said.