Elderly man targeted in gift card scam attempt, Painesville OH

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Five seven one is responding to a giant eagle.

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I received a call from a female stating that there's an elderly male attempting to purchase a bunch of gift cards with a large sum of cash.

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She also stated that she could hear he was on the phone with a male.

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Speaking kind of foreign,

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she just wanted to give us a heads up.

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She also stated that he was at Walgreens 1st , and she heard that Walgreens would not let him buy the gift cards.

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All right, copy.

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We're en route.

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Copy.

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Hi, seven one radio, I'm arriving.

Elderly man targeted in gift card scam attempt