Crime & Safety

Elderly Laguna Woman Targeted in Wire Transfer Scam

A Laguna Beach grandmother was recently scammed out of $10,000, after falling victim to an international wire transfer scam, according to a report in Stu News Laguna.

The 78-year-old elderly woman received a phone call in which the suspect told her to wire transfer $10,000 to Banco Internacional Del Peru in order to bail her granddaughter out of jail, Stu News reported.

Laguna Beach police told Stu News the elderly woman checked with family members about her granddaughter's whereabouts after she had already wired the money from her bank.

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Her granddaughter was in the United States when the woman was scammed.

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