Same story this morning. Said my brother was in a bad accident with caller and that my brother provided my phone number to let me know. Caller identified himself as Gabriel and spoke very fast, with an accent. I asked what my brother's name was. He said "Michael." I said, "Thank you very much" and hung up (not my brother's name!). I knew it was a scam from the beginning. What a joke!! Are these people for real?
we were called by a Hispanic male from above number and 215 268 2625 who stated my family member had just crashed into his cousins ( beamer ) and they were demanding 900 to cover the deductible on cousins policy they also stated no police dont try and call (my) family member who crashed into his cousin as he was irate at the scene and they took him and his phone ( how they allegedly got our number to call) to the grandmothers basement and they have a gun to his head and will kill him if we do not wire the money and when we wire the money he will release him
we phoned local police for help they said it was a scam and dont wire money until you are in the situation this may seem so although caller from this number referenced gang LIONS ? and knew my family members names ( social media so careful what U POST and was , in fact was a scam , but 2 hrs of threats and not being able to reach family member ( not allowed to use phone at work ) was horrific ..... karma
You also should go to the media and let them know what happened. This is important because the crooks could be targeting your area. This is a common scam hitting certain minority communities. Some sort of crime ring operating out of of the Dominican Republic.