83-year-old Manning man scammed

On Jan. 30, Clarendon County Sheriff’s Lt. Inv. Rick Elms spoke with an 83-year-old complainant about a telephone scam. The man told Elms that he received a telephone call from a person who identified himself as a bonding officer for his grandson who the man said had been arrested in Canada on drug charges. The man on the phone told the Manning man that he would need to send $2,300 to bond his grandson out of jail. The man on the phone also told the elderly Manning man to send the money via Western Union to Lima, Peru. The Manning man told Elms that he did as the bonding officer asked. The 83-year-old told Elms the bonding officer called back asking for an additional $1,500 that the man sent via Western Union. The Manning man said he checked with representatives with Western Union who told him that an unknown person had received the money.