Richard Muller

University of California, Berkeley

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Emeritus professor at the University of California, Berkeley

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Senior citizens all over the U.S. and Canada are getting duped by a massive Montreal-based phone scam in which the callers pretend to be distressed grandchildren.

The Grandparent Scam

Senior citizens all over the U.S. and Canada are getting duped by a massive Montreal-based phone scam in which the callers pretend to be distressed grandchildren.

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