This is the sort of crime that really is despicable and there is no basis to feel any sympathy for the criminal.
Con artist targets Alberta grandmothers
EDMONTON (CBC) - A woman posed as a granddaughter in an attempt to swindle money from seniors in a home, police said on Friday.
The woman called up two residents of a seniors lodge in Bonnyville, northeast of Edmonton, in late September and pretended to be their granddaughter, telling them she was in trouble and needed thousands of dollars wired to an address in Quebec.
"What can you say about someone who preys on a senior in the lodge to take away their money? There are things in life that are low and there are things in life that are very, very low," said Bonnyville Staff Sgt. David Elliott.
The fake granddaughter seemed to pick her targets at random then strung them along based on what the elderly women were saying, he said.
Story here: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/cbc/081024/canada/calgary_fake_granddaughter
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