Person called me acting like he knew me. I had NO CLUE who it was, he was not requesting any $$ but said he knew me from Tucson, AZ. I do not know anybody there!
Be careful, this person called my mother saying it was her brother and something about a very bad accident in Mexico and he needed money right away. Anyhow to summarize it was all a scam, my mother almost send the little savings she has (she gets Soc. Sec). The employee working at Walmart refused to wire the money until my mother called Mexico to verify if the story was true. Sure enough her brother was fine not involved in any accident. I am very thankful for this employee because she took the time to find out why my mother was such a nervous wreck and eventually prevented my mother from losing her savings. I just wish I knew how to help these people get caught. If you are on this page you will notice the hundreths of numbers and similar calls. The jerk that called my mother also used another number with prefix 333, I checked that page and double the amount of scam calls appear on that page. Let friends and family know about this, especially if they live near the border.
We had the same type of call requesting money becuase a cousin of my wife was driving in Tijuana and was involve in a accident that injured a little boy that must be taken to a hospital. He wanted for us to Western Union $1,000 and even had a police office requesting to verify his personal information(Mother Name etc.) If he didn't not received the money, they would held him in the hospital. He got angry when we refuse to do it. We offer to take the money personaly to the hospital, no other location, but need it to speak to little boys parents. We are only 2 hours drive to Tijuana. The reason we offer that to see how real his story was. He just hung up and never call again. Becarful with these criminals and tell everybody.