Police are looking into a possible phone scheme hitting our area.

A Johnstown woman, 80, was nearly tricked into believing her grandson was seriously hurt and in trouble. 

She told 6News that her grandson who lives across country had no idea any of this was happening, but someone was pretending to be him asking for $2,400 to get him out of trouble. 

About 11:30 Thursday morning Mary Ann Romano heard her phone ring. 

"And it was my grandson, supposed to be my grandson, Rossi. And I said 'Rossi,' he said, 'Hi, grandma, it's Rossi.' I said, 'How are you?' He said 'Oh, not so good," Romano said.

Or so she thought it was her grandson.

The voice on the other end told her they were in a car accident and hurt.

The man said he was having problems with insurance and needed $2,400. 

"He said, 'I'm in a little bit of trouble because of the insurance company and I need $2,400 dollars. Can you get it to me right away?" she said.

Romano didn't stop asking question there. 

"When I said I want to know, you put the police man on the phone… They banged it down," Romano said. 

The phone didn't ring again.

Romano began to worry and called her son to make sure her grandson was okay.

He was in Utah in a board meeting and was never involved in a wreck or in trouble. 

"It leaves me very disturbed, very upset, and I wish they'd find this person he did sound like my grandson," Romano said.

With the help of the district attorney and atlantic broadband, Romano found out the call came from Atlanta. 

"They're professionals. To me, they're professional scammers," Romano said. 

Cambria County District Attorney Kelly Callihan released a statement Thursday. 

"We want to make the public aware that this occurred, and remind everyone to limit the amount of personal information that they give over the phone when they are the recipient of phone calls asking for money, or bank or credit card details," Callihan said.

As for Romano, she's lucky to not be out $2,400. 

"Some of these people, that's their savings, that's their whole life. It's Christmas time you're supposed to be helping people," Romano said.

Romano said police are still investigating and she's hoping the person who made the call is prosecuted to the fullest.