Scammers tried to rob this Ontario couple of $9K. Police say more and more seniors are falling prey

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A phone call to her home in Ingersoll, Ont. two weeks ago sent Diane Lindsay into a panic.

One the other end was a man claiming to be police officer from Woodstock RCMP, who said her grandson was in an accident. When police went to investigate, they found drugs in his car, the man said.

Her grandson was in jail and she’d have to post a $9,000 bond to get him out, he told her.

Lindsay contacted her husband, Ron, to arrange for the money. But when Ron heard the story, he had his suspicions. 

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“They want money. And supposedly there was a gag order by the court, so she wasn’t

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