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.

Same scam as reported by others.  Call to "grandma", grandson in jail in texas, rear ended another party while DUI, .086 BA level.   "Stanley Crawford" at (604) 396-2520 said he was from public defenders office, had negotiated an out of court settlement. If I send $2700 to Ingred Melgarejo in Santa Cruz, Boliva, that would take care of repairs to rental car and make the case go away.   Crawford said that there was no bail arrangement to be made, that his office takes care of it this way.   He was unable to tell me what county he was located in, just said grandson is in the main jail.   Grandson was home asleep too!!

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...

These people called my grandmother stating my brother had been arrested. The "attorney" needs her to wire $3,300 dollars to an account to pay for the damage done to a vehicle during a DUI. They stated the person whose car he hit was from Bolivia and they need the money wired to their bank account there. They called her multiple times stating it was urgent and the money had to be there by Friday. They even had someone call and pretend to be my brother.

12/5/2012 my mom was heading to the bank to wire $2400 to get her grandson out of jail to Juan Albert in Santa Cruz, Bolivia  call from Stanley Crawford public defender. I called my son who was safely at work, what a scam. (604) 396-2520

I fell for a scam.  Shame on me!   These are cool operators that took me for $2900 sent to an overseas site.  The reason for my response was to keep grandson's record clean.  Live and Learn.  Why did I get smart so early and dumb so late.

Beware these people prey on the elderly to scam them out of money!  Tell all your grandparents ASAP. They will act like a family member that needs money, stated " I sound different because I have a cold. Please let your loved ones know to not fall for this one!!!!