Bangor grandfather bilked out of $7,000 in scam

31 January 2012, 3:07 am

Posted Jan. 30, 2012, at 7:24 p.m. BANGOR, Maine — A Bangor man in his 70s was bilked out of $7,000 last week by a con artist pretending to be his grandson who called him and said he was in jail in Spain and needed money, police said Monday.... Read More »

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