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Saturday, December 1, 2012

East Goshen Resident Almost Falls Victim to "Granny Scam"

A 69-year-old East Goshen resident almost falls victim to a phone scam on Wednesday.

According to the Westtown-East Goshen Regional Police, a 69-year-old East Goshen resident almost fell victim to a phone scam on Wednesday when someone called the resident posing as the resident’s grandson. According to police, the caller told the resident that he was in a detention center in New Jersey after being involved in a crash and needed money in order to be released. The caller than told the victim to call a certain number to speak with a public defender.  The victim called the number and was instructed to wire funds using Western Union. However, the victim spoke with the fraud department at Western Union before sending the money, and the transfer was avoided. Police are investigating this incident to see if it has any correlation …

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Friday, March 16, 2012

East Goshen Resident Targeted in Phone Scam

An East Goshen resident loses close to $6,000 in a reported phone scam.

According to the Daily Local, an East Goshen resident has fallen victim to a reported phone scam costing the resident almost $6,000. The Daily Local reports that they resident wired $5,696 through Western Union to an unknown recipient in Costa Rica after being promised a sweepstakes prize of $450,000. Westtown-East Goshen detective William Cahill told the Daily Local that residents should be wary of scams thta involve electronic wire transfers. According to the Daily Local: "There are several scams out there, and if it seems to good to be true unfortunately it usually is,” Cahill said. He advised residents to consult with a family member or even law enforcement before agreeing to transfer any funds to an unknown recipient. To read the …

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Jake Speicher

1:21 pm on Saturday, March 17, 2012

Does anyone else know of other call scams people in the area should be on the lookout for?   more ›

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