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Scam type: Grandparent / family emergency
9/27/2026, 6:42 AM EDT · 2 min
Caller claims to be your granddaughter Vanessa and urgently needs money sent to a phone number. Recording was stopped manually — the listener recognized the caller.
Put the call on hold.
Call started
Asked Vanessa: Is this Vanessa?
Vanessa confirmed it was them
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“my phone is dead, so you can just send the money to this number.”
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“I need you to help me.”
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“you can just send the money to this number.”
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“you can just send the money to this number.”
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“I need you to help me.”
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“I need you to help me.”
From Kale’s app (AssemblyAI), not guessed by Grok
caller
Okay. Hello, this is Vanessa. I need some help. I need money. Um, I'm— my phone is dead, so you can just send the money to this number. Uh, this is your granddaughter. Please help me. This is Vanessa.
caller
I need you to help me. Oh, I just— you got it? Yeah, this is— oh, I mean, it worked.
caller
I didn't get it. It's even better, we can show it on the phone. Are you recording that? Yeah, but I, I, of course I can't record the— okay, let me screen record my phone. So it's going to show up now.
caller
Yes, good screenshot.
caller
Oh yeah, it's sending, but that's like— yeah, yeah, that's it. At least we have that. Okay, let me send it to Steven. Okay, but it barely shows up. It like shows
caller
something like very small text. Vanessa confirmed it was that.