The SCAM is effective. My mother received the call, the girl caller was crying and stated "Grandma don't you recognize my voice". My mom is elderly and has hearing aids. Right off she felt guilty that she did not recognize her granddaughters voice so when the caller handed the phone over to the "pretend" police officer she was already shook up and willing to do what she was told to do which was to wire money to get her granddaughter out of jail in Spain. My mother did call me and within the hour I had enough information that I could call her back and assure her it was a scam. The name used for the police officer was Ted Peterson and the number he used was 438-764-3061. Please talk with your elderly parents and remind them to always call a loved one if they get any type of call which involves them sending money.
The SCAM is effective. My mother received the call, the girl caller was crying and stated "Grandma don't you recognize my voice". My mom is elderly and has hearing aids. Right off she felt guilty that she did not recognize her granddaughters voice so when the caller handed the phone over to the "pretend" police officer she was already shook up and willing to do what she was told to do which was to wire money to get her granddaughter out of jail in Spain. My mother did call me and within the hour I had enough information that I could call her back and assure her it was a scam. The name used for the police officer was Ted Peterson and the number he used was 438-764-3061. Please talk with your elderly parents and remind them to always call a loved one if they get any type of call which involves them sending money.
My aunt just recieved a call from these people stating that her nephew was in jail in spain, and they used the name of her son. They told her it was her nephew. They tried to get her to tell them where he had tattoos and tried to give her a description of someone that was nothing close to my cousin. They even put this imposter on the phone with my aunt and they were like "Hi this is your favorite nephew" but the only problem was, the name they gave her was her son. They told her that if she didn't have the money then her supposed nephew would go to jail within 2 and 1/2 half hours and the bond was $2,700 and wanted it wired western union along with the $135 to send the wire through western union for a total of $2835. Don't listen to these people because they are only after your money. Officer Steven Mills was the supposed officer and the number they called from was 438-764-3061.
I received a phone call supposinglly for my oldest grandson "Shawn". I do not have a grandson by the the name of "Shawn. My oldest son name is "Shawn". I asked him again who he was because I did not recognize his voice. At that point he indicated that he had some bad news. He had been attending a wedding in Spain. After the reception he had an accident and was arrested while under the influence of alcohol. He indicated the reason that I did not recognize his voice was because he had broken his nose in the accident. To get more information, I asked him what town and state does he live. At that point, he hung up on me. I assume that he was after bail money to get out of jail.
I was in the house with my grandparents and the phone rang and my grandparents picked up. "hello I am in jail." my grandmother than said "Who is this." he did not respond, then my grandmother said my brothers name he said yes I'm in jail I need 2,000$ to get out please hurry he than hang up. But when I looked up the number it was different 1 (438) 764-9754 and when I called back he said wrong number. My question is why would you scam an elder?