Received a call from someone claiming to be my "son". Stated he was in jail in Mexico & needed help to get out & not to tell his wife. Said he was embarassed, promised to reimburse by Friday (this is Monday), only drank 2 beers with friends at bachelor party in condo. Reason voice sounded slightly different was due to broken nose in accident when airbags deployed. Then "son" had a man named "Stanley Rosen" an attorney at the US Embassy in Tampico Mexico (doesn't exist) call with details of case against my son. Atty said my son told him he wanted record removed & that at the hearing the judge agreed to destroy all evidence of case, including fingerprints, the breathanalyer test of which it was purported to be .096% (legal .08%) He then said judge agreed except he needed to pay for city property lite pole damaged in accident. Cost $2,275 to get him out of jail. Atty told us steps to wire transfer by MoneyGram, which we stupidly did.Was to be sent to Marisol Juarez Guillen. Next day, "son" called, again embarassed claiming lost wallet, passport, plane ticket. Now needed $ for that - $1,800 ($500 for atty, $800 passport, $200 misc). Told him it would be awhile. Called my D-in-L to verify he was at home and he was. Called travel agent to find out ticket chg fees & was told that airline didn't fly to Tampico. Called local police to report and while police there, "son" called again & this time we told him we couldn't get $ til next Monday he would have to wait, get passport processed & an uncle would be getting in touch with guys from agency in Mexico to pick him up - "son" didn't want that. "Son" called again. Asked ?? and "son" told dad he guessed we figued out he wasn't his son. Call ended.
Received a call from someone claiming to be my grandson. Stated he was in jail in Mexico and needed help to get out and not to tell his mother (my daughter.) Then a man "Stanley Rosen" an attorney at the US Embassy in Mexico, gets on the line saying that we needed to wire $2,100. to get him out of jail. I called my daughter to verify that he was indeed at home and he was. I was ready to book a flight to Mexico. We called the local police and they are handling it. What awful people do such things?
Received a call from someone claiming to be my "son". Stated he was in jail in Mexico & needed help to get out & not to tell his wife. Said he was embarassed, promised to reimburse by Friday (this is Monday), only drank 2 beers with friends at bachelor party in condo. Reason voice sounded slightly different was due to broken nose in accident when airbags deployed. Then "son" had a man named "Stanley Rosen" an attorney at the US Embassy in Tampico Mexico (doesn't exist) call with details of case against my son. Atty said my son told him he wanted record removed & that at the hearing the judge agreed to destroy all evidence of case, including fingerprints, the breathanalyer test of which it was purported to be .096% (legal .08%) He then said judge agreed except he needed to pay for city property lite pole damaged in accident. Cost $2,275 to get him out of jail. Atty told us steps to wire transfer by MoneyGram, which we stupidly did.Was to be sent to Marisol Juarez Guillen. Next day, "son" called, again embarassed claiming lost wallet, passport, plane ticket. Now needed $ for that - $1,800 ($500 for atty, $800 passport, $200 misc). Told him it would be awhile. Called my D-in-L to verify he was at home and he was. Called travel agent to find out ticket chg fees & was told that airline didn't fly to Tampico. Called local police to report and while police there, "son" called again & this time we told him we couldn't get $ til next Monday he would have to wait, get passport processed & an uncle would be getting in touch with guys from agency in Mexico to pick him up - "son" didn't want that. "Son" called again. Asked ?? and "son" told dad he guessed we figued out he wasn't his son. Call ended.
Don't feel bad . The same thing happened to me just a couple of days ago. I received a phone call from Mexico who sounded just like my Grandson....had me completely fooled. My Grandson is only 13, almost 14. And yes, the Attorney was Stanley Rosen. To make a long story short I too payed for a city light post costing me over 2,700.00 The next day I received another phone call for more money concerning injuries to another driver. Anyway, I called my Grandson on his cell phone thinking he was waiting in Mr. Rosen's office
only to find out he was at home and not in Mexico. The one thing I finally figured out in the end is that Stanley Rosen and the person pretending to be my Grandson were both the same person.