Scammers Lead Woman To Believe Her Brother Was Injured In Attempt To Get Money

We live in an increasingly more connected world.

At the drop of a hat, we can speak with somebody halfway across the world and we always know what our neighbors are doing due to social media. While this connectivity has quite a few perks, there are also a number of drawbacks.

Take for instance, Richetta Vansickle of Ann Arbor Michigan. Vansickle received an alarming phone call last week that her brother had been in a serious accident. The call not only came from an unknown source, it also came from her own mother.

Her Mom, all the way from Atlanta, called and said her brother was involved in a hit-and-run. Vansickle’s mother had received a call too and both women were frantic about the situation.

When her phone rang again in her car, she answered it. She was already headed home when an angry man called and began yelling and screaming at her and calling her all kinds of names. Plus he had details of a crash.

“They were like it’s by the dry-cleaner,” she said. “Which, there is a dry-cleaner on Stadium. I don’t know if he was familiar with the area.”

But then this story gets weird. The person on the other end started asking for money. They said they had her brother and they wanted first $1,000 and then $1,200.

Vansickle suddenly remembered hearing reports of elaborate scams. She was concerned that maybe this wasn’t as real as she thought.

“I call him up and I’m like, ‘Where are you,’ he said ‘Sitting at my desk,’ and I said okay,” she said.

While Vansickle and the rest of her family were freaking out about her brother, he was sitting safe and sound at his desk. There was never an accident at all.

Vansickle called authorities and notified them of the scam and attempt to receive money from her, but because no money was lost, the police didn’t take a report.

Fortunately, this woman and her family are safe and unscammed. Unfortunately, these kinds of things happen all too often. If you or somebody you know has been scammed like this, please tell us your story in the comments.

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Scammers Lead Woman To Believe Her Brother Was Injured In Attempt To Get Money is an article from: LifeDaily