Elk Grove Police Department provides tips on avoiding a common con game.

 

A phone scam targeting elderly people is once again making the rounds in Northern California, according to theElk Grove Police Department.

In the so-called 'Grandparent Scam,' a caller pretends to be a relative of the victim who has gotten into trouble and needs money immediately.

One Woodland womanrecently wired $14,000 to a scammerposing as her grandson and claiming to have suffered a car accident, according to