and then, joseph campbell, the assistant director of the fbi's criminal investigative division. mr. campbell, your written statement should be very specific on the grand parent scheme and the fbi's website has more information on these type of scams compared to the statement that you have submitted. so i would like in the questioning for you to provide additional details. now, because of the fact we have god a vote coming up at 2:10, i am going to hold you to five minutes so that we can get through everybody and cannot need to questions. mr. w., you are up. turn on your microphone. >> thank you, chairman nelson and ranking member columns for the opportunity to tell my story before the special committee on aging. i am an 81-year-old grand pier from cincinnati, ohio. last december i asked answered the phone and sent my world into a whirlwind. the caller had a job voice into grandpa, this is her favorite grandson. to which i replied, i have six grandsons and they're all my favorite. his reply was, while this is your oldest grandson. to which i replied tai, how are you? i can't remember

and then joseph campbell, the assistant director of the fbi's criminal investigative decision. division. mr. campbell, your written statement should be very specific on the grandparent scheme and other imposter phone scams. the fbi's web site has more information on these types of scams compared to the statement that you've submitted, so i would like in the questioning for you to provide additional details. now, because of the fact that we've got a vote coming up ask it's at 2:10, i'm going to hold you to five minutes so that we can get through everybody and get on in the questions. all right. mr. w., you're up. and if you would turn on your microphone. >> thank you, chairman nelson and ranking member collins, for the opportunity to tell my story before the senate special committee on aging. i am an 81-year-old grandparent from cincinnati, ohio. last december i i answered a phone call that sent my life into a tailspin and conned me out of $7,000. in what i now know was a phone scam. the caller had a young voice and said, grandpa, this is your favorite grand son. to to which i r