Yesterday, my sister received a phone call from an, apparently, local number. When she answered, a young woman was crying hysterically, saying, "Mum, I've just had a car accident and I've been arrested...."
My sister doesn't have a daughter, so she let her cry on till she came to the bit about needing money URGENTLY. She told her, "Better luck next time!"
I have, over time, had several phone calls from, apparently, BT, Talktalk, Virgin engineers to sort out my faulty internet connection. Fortunately for me, I have never been with any of these companies!
Yesterday, my sister received a phone call from an, apparently, local number. When she answered, a young woman was crying hysterically, saying, "Mum, I've just had a car accident and I've been arrested...."
My sister doesn't have a daughter, so she let her cry on till she came to the bit about needing money URGENTLY. She told her, "Better luck next time!"
How lucky that your sister doesn't have a daughter! To have a "daughter" being arrested after a car accident and crying hysterically must be very upsetting.
I would've most certainly believed her, as my own daughter was in a similar state when she had her car stolen in the middle of the night and couldn't return home. She was just 18 and in an absolute panic.
She didn't ask for money but I had to go and get her!
I have a dream that my.. children.. one day..
will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their
character
a young woman was crying hysterically, saying, "Mum, I've just had a car accident and I've been arrested...."
The exact same thing happened to me about three years ago. The crying was really very well done and quite upsetting but as my daughter was there with me, the scammer didn't succeed!
Yesterday, my sister received a phone call from an, apparently, local number. When she answered, a young woman was crying hysterically, saying, "Mum, I've just had a car accident and I've been arrested...."
I've never had that one but as I don't have any children, I'd probably just tell them they'd got the wrong number and hang up.
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So glad the scammers failed, Uff !
The type of scam that the open letter tries to prevent, fraudulently uses names and photos of well known personalities whom, generally, people trust.
Unless this type of fraud happens with Black Friday advertising too??
My sister doesn't have a daughter, so she let her cry on till she came to the bit about needing money URGENTLY. She told her, "Better luck next time!"
I would've most certainly believed her, as my own daughter was in a similar state when she had her car stolen in the middle of the night and couldn't return home. She was just 18 and in an absolute panic.
She didn't ask for money but I had to go and get her!
I have a dream that my.. children.. one day.. will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character
Martin Luther KingI've never had that one but as I don't have any children, I'd probably just tell them they'd got the wrong number and hang up.