Submitted by a reader: Hi, hope all is well. As we count down the days to Matan Torah, it’s important to be mindful of something concerning. There has been a recent increase in scammers taking advantage of our community’s pre-Chag calling patterns, particularly the Erev Yom Tov calls, when einiklach reach out to grandparents to wish them a gut Yom Tov.

These scammers record those calls and, using AI, can mimic the children’s voices and even spoof similar-looking phone numbers. It appears they are specifically targeting 732 numbers publicly listed (such as on Whitepages), especially those associated with older individuals in areas like Lakewood.

After Yom Tov, they contact grandparents posing as a grandchild in distress and ask for money to be wired to fraudulent accounts.

Please help spread awareness and encourage extra caution to prevent the most vulnerable members of our community from being scammed.

A.R.

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