Have a land line @ my second home in Mexico. I was called on that line (versus my American cell phone) and a male American voice called me by first name!!! When I asked him who he was, said he was my "favorite" nephew and that he was coming for a surprise visit! Asked if I got his previous message. After about two minutes of further bantering (since I thought maybe it was a friend playing a joke on me), I realized he didn't know me much less was a relative. I got rude before he could ask for anything.and he hung up.
Got a call from this number I was in the shower, my daughter had answered and unknowingly given him details she thought he was our friend's visiting from the US and had an accident, I was insistent on speaking directly to them our friends and after he was unable to provide me with some basic identifiable information we realized this was a SCAM! sending a note to the GRINGO Gazette so we get the message out there
Have a land line @ my second home in Mexico. I was called on that line (versus my American cell phone) and a male American voice called me by first name!!! When I asked him who he was, said he was my "favorite" nephew and that he was coming for a surprise visit! Asked if I got his previous message. After about two minutes of further bantering (since I thought maybe it was a friend playing a joke on me), I realized he didn't know me much less was a relative. I got rude before he could ask for anything.and he hung up.