FRAUD ALERT!!!! Caller phoned my senior mother, purporting to be her grandson whose friend was caught with cocaine in Bolivia, needing $4950 for bail. Told her not to tell anyone about the call, where to go (in her town) to send the money, and to do it within the next 1 1/2 hours. He gave her this number for the American Embassy in La Paz, telling her to call there for authentication. Luckily the bank would not allow withdrawals of this size.
FRAUD ALERT!!!! Caller phoned my senior mother, purporting to be her grandson whose friend was caught with cocaine in Bolivia, needing $4950 for bail. Told her not to tell anyone about the call, where to go (in her town) to send the money, and to do it within the next 1 1/2 hours. He gave her this number for the American Embassy in La Paz, telling her to call there for authentication. Luckily the bank would not allow withdrawals of this size.