Calgary senior loses $10,000 in 'grandparent scam'

He thought he was helping keep his grandson out of jail, but he was instead the victim of a grandparent scam Calgary police say is sweeping through the city. Ted Mayer says his father received a phone call from an unlisted number on Friday, with the people on the other end pretending to be his grandson and an RCMP officer. "He said, 'grandpa, do you know who this is?' And my dad went 'no... no. I don't know who this is.' And he repeated it and said 'you know who this is, don't you?' And my dad s