So I get a call from my dad today, he said that they just got a call and drug dealers have my sister and they are gonna kill her if I don't pay them $600 that I owe them. It all started that my sister got a call from a Chicago number saying that they were the Chicago police and that me and my dad were in a fatal car accident so they needed my moms number. My sister gave them my moms number and they called her and said that I was driving a drug dealers car and crashed it and they have my sister and they are gonna kill her if my parents don't pay them the $600 that I owe them. I called my sister and she was safe at her friends house, I rushed to pick her up while my dad called the police. We have no idea of how they knew my family enough to know how we were related.
So clearly someone has WAY TOO MUCH TIME ON THEIR HANDS. I got the call yeaterday morning. I got the call just as I was dropping my son off at school. The caller (a male) asked if i had a husband, i replied no I'm single. He then said Oh ok wel a brother, father, a male family member. I said yea why, he never gave me the name of my relative after several tims of my having asked him, so I gave him my dads name and he goes "YEA ITS GLENN, HE MESSED UP MY BROTHERS CAR", he proceeded to tell me that my father had been in a three car accident, all being my fathers fault, and that his brother's 'BRAND NEW BMW' (as if i gave a crap about what kind of car it was) had been totaled. When I asked what the name. I told him that I would call him back. I immediately called my dad and he was at home, which i already knew that he was and told him what had happened....yea we figured it was a scam. I eventually called back several hours later and it we to a voice mail box that has not been set up.
If the prank caller is reading this, get a life, job, or do something other than terrorize people and their emotions as it pertains to their family members. Karma is a BIG [***] and that will in some way shape or form manifest its self onto you and your family.
I also received a call this morning, much like the above calls. The caller told me that there was a 3 car accident and that a male relative of mine was involved and he was given my number. I asked where this happened and he said in front of a gas station. He also said his brother was a gang member and drug dealer and that they didn't want to involve the cops. He asked if my father drove an suv and I said that my boyfriend does, but that he is at home. I asked again where the accident happened and he said on 495 (in Mass). I said that isn't possibile because I live in Colorado. He asked if I had relatives in Mass and I said yes. He said it was my father, but I replied that there is no way he would be in that area. He then said to someone in the back ground "put the gun down" and that they "don't want any problems" He said to give him my father's name and they would verify if it was him. I told him to get the name of the person in the car and I would let him know if that was my father. Everytime I asked for details or a specific location he was unable to provide me answers and when I questioned how he knew the damage was $600 already, while people were "bleeding and hurt badly" he got angry and said he was trying to do the right thing. I told him I would contact my father and call him back and hung up.
My 72 yera old mother just got a call and was totally freaked out. The story was similar, they told her her son had been in a car accident...couldn't talk to her and if she didn't do what he asked her they were going to kill him. Beware similar "emergency" scams.
My brother got a call and the caller said "your sister has been in an accident, and there is $2000 on the dash and he's a two time felon, we don't want any problems. strange!!!!!