Over the past few years, scammers have been calling usually elderly persons claiming to be a relative (grandson/granddaughter, or a niece or nephew) who is in some sort of trouble and needs money quickly. The caller tries to have the potential victim send money. The caller isn't related. It's only a scam to steal money.
A new twist to this is where the scammer will look up profiles on Facebook, then when he/she calls their intended victim, they will have enough family information to be more convincing.
The following article from The Seattle Times published earlier this year talks about this scam and cyber crime trends:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2014294766_pfwebscams27.html
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