Scammer says "Hi Grandma" then gives a sob story about how he's stuck somewhere and needs to have money wired.  Has been at it for at least a month from this number; I don't know why they haven't caught him yet.

Idiot called 4 times.  Finally answered and told him to not scam call me again.

called 5/16/2012 called me what all my grandkids call me and told me that he had been in a bad car accident and needed money asap. I kept on asking him what his name was and he kept changing the subject and finally hung up. This man is trying to take advantage of alot of people and makeing families concerned and worried.. I only hope someone chaches him very soon!!!!!!!11

This happened to me today...but I am living in my 74 year old mothers Florida home and he called me "Grand ma" and I said I am no grandma so he went on to say that he is my oldest nephew (how did he know this??) So I called him by my nephews first name and he went on with his SCAM to say he is in Dublin, Ireland and he and his buddy had been hit by a drunk driver last night and needed $3000. to pay for the car rental before he could leave the country. I played along with him and asked him what name did he want me to send the Western Union "Money In Minutes" to and he repeated  nephews first name and then said and you know the last name...so he couldn't fill in all the blanks. Stated that his cell phone had been broken in the car wreck and asked if I had a cell phone so he could call me back to make sure I wasn't having problems sending the $$...if it WAS my nephew he would have know that I did have a cell phone but I didn't give him that number. He has already called back twice...first time to let me know that his calling card was running out of minutes (a reverse phone number search  says that this is a landline in South Florida/Miami-Dade County) and the second time he called I let the answering machine pick it up as if I were out sending the $$ and they left no message and hung up. I have also called the Sherrifs Dept. in the county that I live in and there is nothing they can do other than tell you to tell friends and family about it.

My grandfather was conned with precisely the same story as Linda has written.

Unfortunately for my grandfather, the scammer's story coincidentally lined up with similar facts (e.g. I call him "grandfather" and I was actually traveling through Europe at that time)! My grandfather initially sent $1,900 via Western Union to my name (maybe the guy used a fake ID to pick it up in Spain?). The scammer then took his mobile phone number, called back saying he needed another $1,900. Grandfather sent it. This happened a subsequent time when the scammer called back saying that he remained with a $2,000 bill to the rental car company. Grandfather sent the money again. This time, however, the scammer said to send the funds to "Bradley Waterman."

Does Western Union have any fraud protection? My grandfather lost over $6,000 (WU fees incl). I imagine that the money is gone. Be aware!

SCAM*** Caller states a family member is in jail & you need to send money...Fraud..

I got a phone call this morning, claiming it was my Grandson in Spain, said he was in a car accident and that the air bag went off and cut his lip and broke his nose, and that is why he was talking the way he did (which is why I told him he didn`t sound like my Grandson) and that they had rented a car and that they needed $1900 to pay the car rental place, said he could pay me back in a week. Now here his why I listened for a while because I do have a Grandson that had been in Spain, but this is what was suspicious that he called me Grandma Linda and my Grandson never has called me that, and when I told this person I didn`t have any money he hung up on me..

Called my wife with same story as others, we do have an older grandson in college. She said she didn't have any money and the caller hung up.

I reieved the same call . My wife took the call. He had some pertinent information about my grandson and that he was calling from Barcelona. I have heard of this scam before as it was pulled on my sister in law who lives in France. The only diferance was that it was her niece stuck in Spain and was in trouble with the Police and wanted money to get her out. But she had traced it back to a cafe in the city where she lives. Upon this phone call I checked the phone area code and found out it came from Miami. I immediatly e-mailed all of my family notifying them. I sure hope they catch this guy soon. He is preying on vulnerable people.

Same as above, scammer called said he was oldest grandson, was in a car accident in Spain,
told him he had wrong nummer and hung up.

Yep same here. Didn't recognize phone #. Answered, he said hi gramma. I said who is this. He said this is your grandson, I said I don't have a grandson, he said "shut up" and then hung up.

Same as the others: Hi grandpa, this is your oldest grandson, been in a car wreck, cell phone is broken, etc....Hung up when questions got tough.

Hi Grandma,
This is your oldest grandson calling.
I asked where are you?
He hung up.

I did not recognize voice, young man.

Yup anothe scam dude! same trip as everyone. Called my Grandpa claiming to be me. He had scary personal information to prove they were me. Claimed "he/me" was in Barcelona, Spain, and needed money to get home.
Took my grand father for everything he had I AM SOOOOOO PISSED OFF right now!.

And police LOL yeah right these people could care less! they do NOTHING!!!!

This guy called my mother in law and said he was her oldest grandson and he was in Barcelona, Spain was in a car accident and needed money to pay his bills.  He was crying and he knew her oldest grandson's name.  Total scam!

Received a call 4/24/12.  Called me Gramma and said this is 'your oldest grandson'.  I asked what his first name was and he hung up!  (My oldest grandson is 10 and no one calls me gramma.)

Called called my neighbor as said he was her grandson and that he was in Barcelona, Spain stating that he was in a car accident and needed money to come home.  After she told him she told him that she didn't have any money, he immediately hung up.

Caller from this number calls little old ladies and tells them he is injured in a car accident and needs money.  The lady I know was told he was in Barcelona Spain, he was her oldest son, and then he claimed he was her nephew..LOL.  He tries to get personal and financial information.  I hope this idiot gets arrested soon.

"Hi Grandma, this is your oldest grandson..."  Nice voice on the phone but I don't have a grandson.  I called the guy a scammer & hung up.

received scam call including name of grandson saying he was injured in car accident needing money

SCAM...said a relative was injured and needed money sent to them via western union to pay for medical expenses. SCAM!!!!