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Grandparent scam wanted $15,000 to get our grandson out of jail. He wasn't in jail.

August 10th at around 10:40 a.m. a person called us saying that he was our grandson and he was in jail in Terre Haute, Indiana. I asked him if he was ok and he said he had a bad accident on the evening before. My husband and I both spoke with him. He said he had been drinking and was also charged with endangerment. He said a woman was involved and he had heard that she wasn't doing well. He cried and said he was very sorry and ashamed. He gave us his lawyer's name and his case number. We hung up and were trying to decide what to do. My husband called the "so called" attorney and he acted very concerned and said that our grandson told him that the woman had entered the intersection after him which could help the case. He also said that she was pregnant and was doing ok. That was a relief. Our concerns were to get our grandson out of jail before nighttime. Kevin Thompson phoned us several times and told us exact directions as to how to pay the bail to get our grandson released. He has hever had any other arrests, etc. I kept telling my husband that things just didn't seem right! Mr. Thompson said we could only send cash, to a person, named Larry Lynn, in Delaware. We did take the money out of the bank went to Fed EX. They said they never send cash anywhere. I had questioned a money order and other options but Mr. Thompson said this was the only way to get it done today. We left the Fed EX Office and were discussing what to do as we sat in the car. I told my husband to call Tony, our grandson. He immediately dialed his number and Tony answered. Had we not done this, and had the cash been able to be sent we would have been scammed out of $15,000., Not to mention the mental anguish and heartache that we endured today. We want others to know about this type of scam. When I returned our money to the bank, I told them what had happened. They had other people report this same scam and that some had sent the money, felt ashamed and didn't repo