The Resident
should watch out for this scam
Police are warning the public not to fall victim to phone fraudsters after a Hingham resident lost thousands of dollars in what is known as a “grandparent scam” that used an a rideshare driver as a courier to pick up the money.
On March 25, a 77-year-old resident received a call from someone pretending to be her grandson who said he needed cash. The person claimed to have been in a car accident in which he struck a pregnant woman and needed to pay her hospital bills, and “p... [2070 chars]