sot: cherelle bassett, targeted by scam caller//" and he says i'm so sorry but please don't tell my momd i didn't want to betray him so i said okay." together they asked bassett to buy 45-hundred dollars in best buy gift cards and read them the serial numbers on the back claiming no other form of payment would be accepted for bail money.concerned she called her grandson who was fine all along.that's when they found out she'd been scammed.sot: krissy mangiola, daughter// "i was just so mad that this happened to her because i've heard of this before a friend of mine whose dad got taken for $10,000 and it's just horribly cruel." consumer expert erica sandberg says it's common for thieves to target seniors over the phone because they're most vulnerable and the money can be made fast.sot: erica sandberg, consumer expert//"if you get the call or you get the email do not answer. if you're really concerned and you think it's truly my grandson or my granddaughter hang up or don't email back or contact them or somebody who knows that person."sandberg also suggests to ask a question only your love

sot: cherelle bassett, targeted by scam caller//" and he says i'm so sorry but please don't tell my mom. and i didn't want to betray him so i said okay." together they asked bassett to buy 45- hundred dollars in best buy gift cards and read them the serial numbers on the back claiming no other form of payment would be accepted for bail money.concerned she called her grandson who was fine all along.that's when they found out she'd been scammed.sot: krissy mangiola, daughter// "i was just so mad that this happened to her because i've heard of this before a friend of mine whose dad got taken for $10,000 and it's just horribly cruel." consumer expert erica sandberg says it's common for thieves to target seniors over the phone because they're most vulnerable and the money can be made fast.sot: erica sandberg, consumer expert//"if you get the call or you get the email do not answer. if you're really concerned and you think it's truly my grandson or my granddaughter hang up or don't email back or contact them or somebody who knows that person."sandberg also suggests to ask a question only your

sot: cherelle bassett, targeted by scam caller//" and he says i'm so sorry but please don't tell my mom and i didn't want to betray him so i said okay." together they asked bassett to buy 45- hundred dollars in best buy gift cards and read them the serial numbers on the back claiming no other form of payment would be accepted for bail money.concerned she called her grandson who was fine all along.that's when they found out she'd been scammed.sot: krissy mangiola, daughter// "i was just so mad that this happened to her because i've heard of this before a friend of mine whose dad got taken for $10,000 and it's just horribly cruel." consumer expert erica sandberg says it's common for thieves to target seniors over the phone because they're most vulnerable and the money can be made fast.sot: erica sandberg, consumer expert//"if you get the call or you get the email do not answer. if you're really concerned and you think it's truly my grandson or my granddaughter hang up or don't email back or contact them or somebody who knows that person."sandberg also suggests to ask a question only your

sot: cherelle bassett, targeted by scam caller// "he said grandma, and i said yeah.d well what are you doing? and i said i'm just laying here saying my prayers. and he said well i did something terrible last night i really made a big mistake." together they asked bassett to buy 45-hundred dollars in best buy gift cards and read them the serial numbers on the back claiming no other form of payment would be accepted for bail money.the caller urged her not to tell anyone he was in trouble. she eventually caved and called her daughter covertly to allude everything was fine with the grandson pretending he was with her. sot: krissy mangiola, daughter// "i thought she was having a stroke because she had called and said she had my son in her possession and i had just picked him up from school."that's when she found out she'd been scammed.sot: cherelle bassett, targeted by scam caller// "i think it's pretty cruel. and that they should be out getting a real job. rather than sitting around trying to scam old people."consumer expert erica sandberg says it's common practice by th