MONROE, CT — A Monroe family reported the theft of $30,000 cash in a phone scam, in which the caller sent a driver to their home to pick up the money.
On Wednesday afternoon, a woman told police her father received a phone call from someone pretending to be a lawyer, who told him he was representing his nephew, who was in jail and needed to post $30,000 bond to be bailed out.
The caller advised the uncle to stay on the phone, while an associate drove to his house to collect the money. A while later, a silver sedan pulled up and the victim’s daughter handed over the money, police said…