BEWARE SCAM!!! They will had a child get on the phone, acting as our grandchild and sayinghe was in jail in the Dominican Republic on Marijuana charges, and we were required to wire money immediately to the tune of $1,000 the 1st time, then an additional $983 right behind that. They are good! They had a young man whom sounded IDENTICAL to our grandchild! Complete with correct names, how he truly speaks, etc. Luckily we caught on before the 3rd attempt at money. We were given flight info., and we looked up the flight and found no such flight. This was very believable due to the information, and child on the phone being extremely well versed! Luckily we were able to locate our grandchild, as he was still in our area, and we spoke with him as the 3rd attempt for more money was made. Yes, we were burned for $1983...but when you're connected with someone who sounds exactly like the person they're posing to be...you will do anything in an emergency. We got burned, but the only good thing is that our grandchild was safe and in all actuality, we would've most likely paid any amount for our grandchild and his freedom. PLEASE BEWARE!
BEWARE SCAM!!! They will had a child get on the phone, acting as our grandchild and sayinghe was in jail in the Dominican Republic on Marijuana charges, and we were required to wire money immediately to the tune of $1,000 the 1st time, then an additional $983 right behind that. They are good! They had a young man whom sounded IDENTICAL to our grandchild! Complete with correct names, how he truly speaks, etc. Luckily we caught on before the 3rd attempt at money. We were given flight info., and we looked up the flight and found no such flight. This was very believable due to the information, and child on the phone being extremely well versed! Luckily we were able to locate our grandchild, as he was still in our area, and we spoke with him as the 3rd attempt for more money was made. Yes, we were burned for $1983...but when you're connected with someone who sounds exactly like the person they're posing to be...you will do anything in an emergency. We got burned, but the only good thing is that our grandchild was safe and in all actuality, we would've most likely paid any amount for our grandchild and his freedom. PLEASE BEWARE!
As of April 2015
This SCAM is still being used and by this same number.
Inform your loved ones it is a SCAM and to NOT fall for the "DON'T TELL ANYONE"
That is a RED flag to INFORM SOMEONE !!!
Make some calls & DO NOT SEND ANY MONEY TO ANYONE until they call their loved ones first.
THIS IS AWFUL !!
CALL your local police and file a FRAUD report even if you feel it won't help someday it just might help.
It's not right that These people keep getting away with this.