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進入《中英對照讀新聞》Missouri grandmother’s curiosity squashes scam 密蘇里州阿嬤的好奇心粉碎騙局
◎張沛元
Delpha Speak has 13 grandchildren and she didn’t think it was completely implausible that one of her grandsons-in-law would call her to say he was in trouble. The 72-year-old retiree could tell something was wrong, and she wanted to do whatever she could to help.
黛兒法．史碧克有13名孫子女，因此當她其中一名孫女婿來電說他有麻煩了，她不覺得有什麼值得大驚小怪。這名72歲的退休婦人知道出事了，並想竭力伸援。
But it was that concern that almost caught her up in what the state attorney general’s office said is a common scam targeting older folks.
但就是這份關切，幾乎讓她身陷州檢察長辦公室所說，專門針對老人家的常見詐騙。
"He said, `Grandma,’ and I said, `Which grandson?" Speak said. "He said, `Guess,’ and I said, `Oh, it’s Jamie,’ and he said, `Yeah, it’s Jamie.’"
「他說，『阿嬤，』我說，『哪位？』」史碧克說。「他說，『你猜啊，』我說，『噢，是詹米啊，』然後他說，『對啊，是詹米。』」
"He said, `Grandma, I’m really in trouble,’" she said. "He said, `I’ve had a car wreck and I have to have $5,000 to get out of the police station.’"
「他說，『阿嬤，我真的有麻煩了，』」她說。「他說，『我出車禍了，需要5千塊才能離開警局。』」
After she hung up, she told her husband about the call and he headed to the bank to get the money. Then her curiosity got the best of her and she called the police station.
她掛上電話後告訴丈夫有這通電話，他便前往銀行提錢。但她的好奇心占了上風，於是她致電警察局。
"As soon as I said do you have Jamie, my grandson, there, they said, `Ma’am, it’s a scam,’" she said. "They’re calling people from out of the country, and it’s always grandparents."
「當我一開口說你們抓了我孫女婿詹米嗎，他們就說，『夫人，那是騙人的，』」她說。「騙徒從國外打電話，對象總是祖父母。」
新聞辭典
squash：動詞，壓碎，壓扁；鎮壓。名詞，擠壓；壁球。例句：Do you like to play squash?（你喜歡打壁球嗎？）
in-law：名詞，姻親，例如，father-in-law，公公或岳父；mother-in-law，婆婆或岳母；son-in-law，女婿；daughter-in-law，媳婦等等。
get the best of：片語，勝過，擊敗，占上風。例句：He has never got the best of me.（他從未擊敗過我。）
