My elderly parents received a call on Tuesday afternoon from a young man claiming to be my son.  My mom said he was crying so hard it was hard to understand him.  He said that he & some friends were on their way to Mexico City & were pulled over for speeding & the police founds drugs in their car.  The phone was then passed to "Derrek Anderson" from the US Embassy.  Derrek advised he needed $2500 to be sent via Western Union to Mexico City so that they could get him home.  My parents went to the bank & wired the money that morning.  My mom called Derek Anderson & advised him that the money had been sent to the attention of Chad.  Later that afternoon, my parents received another call from Derek stating that my son went to court & due to the charges they needed to send another $2400 via Western Union to Jesse.  My parents went to the bank & got the cash & sent it to Jesse.  Wednesday morning, they received another call early in the morning by Derek Anderson stating they needed to send another $2695 and this would ensure that my son would be on the next flight back home.  My mom was going to send it but my dad said this needs to stop so he called me.  My son was at school & verified that he was in school - this is such a scam!  Luckily my dad called me to let me know what was going on.  Immediately I contacted the local police department who sent out a Sheriff to take the report.  I contacted Western Union and luckily Chad & Jesse hadn't picked up the money from Western Union yet.  My parents were able to recover all their money!

I truely hope these people are caught & everyone involved in scamming the elderly or anyone are punished appropriately!