Think you'd never fall for a scam? So did Hazel Lilly of Hurricane. But that's exactly what happened Monday morning when she got a call from her grandson asking her to wire him money.

Lilly says it sounded just like her teenaged grandson Austin, so much so she never even thought twice about wiring him $3,600 when he told her he'd been arrested in Canada. "I have been through scams. I've never accepted them. Always knew what a scam was until this one,” she said.

Attorney General Darrell McGraw says the crooks behind this scam are sophisticated. Somehow they're getting names and details, you just can't pull out of a phone book. McGraw believes the scammers have the technology to listen in on phone calls and then mimic the voices they hear to trick their victims.

Lilly made a quick trip to the bank, went to Wal-Mart and wired the money to who she thought was her grandson. A short time later she got a second call asking for the reference number on the wire transfer. Once she confirmed it she heard a 'Click' on the other end.

When she didn't hear back from Austin she had nagging doubts and made a decision. "I'm going to check this out for sure,” she said. What she discovered is that her grandson was in Huntington, not Canada. And her $3,600 was gone.

McGraw says it's been impossible to find the scammers. "Once the scamster has the money there is no record that's available to be able to track where the money went,” he said.

So far several West Virginians, all seniors, have been hit by this scam. It's been used in Wood, Cabell and Putnam counties. McGraw says you can avoid being a victim by asking specific questions of the person on the phone, things only a family member would know or offer to call the family member back so you have a number you can trace.

If you receive a phone call like the one Lilly did, you're asked to call the Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division at 1-800-368-8808.