These people are very very good In spite of what we knew about this scam, we fell for it. I don't know how many victimsare willing to admit it because believe me our ego is completly deflated. They play on the emotions and even more so in our case they called on the day before Thanksgiving. emphasizing the urgency of the matter.

THESE PEOPLE NEED TO BE STOPPED!  I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE WIH THE TECHNOLOGY WE HAVE, THERE ISN'T SOME WAY TO FIND THESE SLIME BALLS WHO ARE SCARING GRANDPARENTS AND TAKING THEIR MONEY!  DO SOMETHING PLEASE!

This happened to my Mother yesterday....exact same story, same names and everything. Beware...they are pretty convincing...thank goodness we didn't send them the $3400 that they wanted.

Stanley Crawford has a new telephone number.  It is (403) 616-5668.  I fell for the same scam as has been listed above (grandson in jail and sick with sore throat - he rear ended another car - he had had a few drinks - Public defender Stanley Crawford was helping him.  Western Union was suspicious and would not forward the $3800.  Thank God!

Exactly the same tactics as Janine Harnell relates from Nov. 15th were tried with my parents this morning! Someone inpersonated my 14 year old SON in a call to my parents and gave a long and frighteningly persuasive story to his grandparents concerning his being in jail and needing to re-pay the foreign national whose rental care he purportedly hit while out driving drunk in the middle of last night! Then "Stanely Crawford, "the "public defender"  who had purpotedly represented my son at a plea hearing that had already taken place, got on the phone and requested $2400 to reimburse the rental car company for the "damages" my son caused. Who was, by the way, in bed at the time this was to have all taken place, although unbeknownst to my terrified parents at that time.Thank you for this site!! Very helpful in reassuring us that this was huge attemot to de-fraud us! I have also since learned that this scam is a state-sponsored one run by an African nation to raise revenue and has been occuring for a number of YEARS!

He tried to scam me out of $2900 today with the 'grandson in jail and has had a wreck'.... It sounded so fishy, i googled him and the cat was out of the bag...

Someone from this number (604) 396-2520, called me asking for $1400 because my Grandson rear-ended a truck and I needed to bail him out of jail.  Then someone posing as my grandson said not to call his parents.