My daughter was victim today of the same scam.
By marguicha
@marguicha (216082)
Chile
May 25, 2018 8:52pm CST
I told you about my terrifying experience with a phone call who asked ransom for my daughter. It ruined my night even though it was all a fake.
Today my daughter came shaken. She was called to tell her that her eldest daughter was kidnapped. She did not even have her cellphone as I had brought it home by mistake this morning.
My eldest granddaughter is in another country and she was with some friends at a beach where they did not have phone signal.
It took ages to reach her and she, of course, was fine. The voice was the same, I don´t know how they do it
Have you had any experience with this? It seems it is a new way of stealing.
Have you had any experience with this? It seems it is a new way of stealing.12 people like this
15 responses
@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
26 May 18
There were incidents like that of your here. The modus was that to rob the house and perhaps to kidnap which is scary.
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@marguicha (216082)
• Chile
27 May 18
This is only a call. They say that they have a member of your family and I don´t know how they do it, but it is the very same voice of your loved one. Then they ask you for the amount.
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@marguicha (216082)
• Chile
27 May 18
@mlgen1037 That´s what makes us wonder! Is it some new device?
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
27 May 18
@marguicha Really? But how do they copy the voice of your loved one? Are they stalking people?
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@popciclecold (35546)
• United States
27 May 18
@marguicha What needs to be done.
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@marguicha (216082)
• Chile
27 May 18
The police are not enough to take care of all this.
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@LadyDuck (459742)
• Switzerland
27 May 18
@marguicha This is something serious and they should do something. You first, then your daughter, they must be stopped.
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@Tina30219 (81549)
• Onaway, Michigan
26 May 18
So sorry to hear this happened again. I hope they catch who is doing this
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@marguicha (216082)
• Chile
26 May 18
I think that they are people in jail who work with others outside.
@marguicha (216082)
• Chile
26 May 18
@Tina30219 Along with technology, thw world has more good and more problems. Just to think that people in jail can pay the wardens to get them several cellphones to hide in their rooms! And a band to collect the money! Nothing to do with the old visits from the outside where there was more safety for society.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
26 May 18
That is not just terrifying but it is terrible. I really hope the authorities in your country can find those responsible for this and make them pay for it. They are hurting people in many ways by doing this.
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@marguicha (216082)
• Chile
26 May 18
When you have the experience, you use your guts and forget reason, unfortunately. I was shaken for a long time yesterday and Claudia KNEW it was a scam, but still wanted to listen to Carolina´s voice.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
26 May 18
@marguicha I don't blame her for wanting to contact her daughter and make sure she was okay.
We get scams over here to do with the IRS. I am sure there are many others, but that is the biggest one. I am guaranteed to get a call atleast once a week from a number I don't recognize. I go to look the number up online and find out it's identified as a known scammer.
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@marguicha (216082)
• Chile
27 May 18
@ScribbledAdNauseum Just the night before, I was a victim of the same scam. The people who wanted the ransom told me they had my daughter.
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@marguicha (216082)
• Chile
27 May 18
My documents were stolen last year. But in this country everyone can get lists of names and phones of everyone. In election time, even politicians ring me to tell me how wonderful they are. It is a machine though.
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@marguicha (216082)
• Chile
27 May 18
@rakski I got an alarm system anda dog so that my house would be safer. But now it is the scams by phone!
@rakski (112925)
• Philippines
27 May 18
@marguicha oh my, that is scary if it is like that. I hope you can take care much much more better and hopefully there will be no incident like this again for you and your family.
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
26 May 18
Ohh I am so sorry to hear this..
I have never experienced this thing, I hope they will caught those scammers.
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
27 May 18
@marguicha yes I am hoping for that
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@popciclecold (35546)
• United States
27 May 18
You poor dear, this is just awful I clearly hope they catch these scammers like yesterday.
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@caopaopao (12395)
• China
26 May 18
I hope the police catch this man quickly. It means your family's information has been stolen by some criminals.
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@Letranknight2015 (51539)
• Philippines
26 May 18
They have no conscience, anything for survival regardless of your emotional state.
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@marguicha (216082)
• Chile
27 May 18
They want the money. And there are not enough cops nor a good system to check that they don´t have access to that information in jails.
@CookieMonster46 (13447)
• United States
27 May 18
I have only heard of those calls and people sending money, by western union. I think these scams are very bad.
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@CookieMonster46 (13447)
• United States
27 May 18
A@I seen something the other night about western union stopping customers from sending money to scammers they are questioning people on who they are sending money to.
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
26 May 18
the scam that we receive here are those who message us that we won in a contest with nearly a million pesos. of course we know it is fake.
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@marguicha (216082)
• Chile
27 May 18
I got so shaken that the cops had to take me to my daughter´s house the night that happened to me.
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@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
26 May 18
What is even more frightening is how they get your phone number and the information that you have a daughter or any children at all. What else do they know about you that they can try to use against you?
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@marguicha (216082)
• Chile
27 May 18
Anyone can get a phone number now. Even politicians use the system in times of elections.
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