Nov 1, 2011
He called my grandparents this morning, and they asked him to call back. My grandmother then called me and let me listen to his story on speaker-phone:
Says he is (my name), and got in a car accident while vacationing in Spain. He wanted my grandparents to not inform my parents, as he didn't tell them he was skipping his classes to go on vacation. He explained that he sounded different because his nose was broken in the car accident. He also stated that his friend is in the hospital with a concussion. He wants money wired to his bank account so he can be back to college by Friday. He says he is calling from a payphone because his cellphone was destroyed in the accident.
I then started to talk to him via the speaker-phone, asking him if he is OK. He asks me who this is and I say "your cousin." I have him repeat the story several times until he runs out of "facts" to give me. I then ask him why he hasn't answered my texts. He explains that his cellphone was broken. I tell him that I don't think it is broken, and he becomes indignant, saying "dude, I'm in the hospital using a payphone. It's broken." I say it isn't broken, as I am (my name) and I am using my cellphone. He responds with "you serious?" "what the [***]?" and "seriously?" I then repeatedly ask him who he is without giving him room to talk to anger him and encourage mistakes. He eventually identifies himself as (my first name, my grandparents' land name), then grows silent. He then ends the call with "you're wasting my time; are we going to scam these [***] or not?"
His first call was at 0713 Pacific Time, with his last call at 1012 on November 1st, 2011.
The number he used every call was 239 384 6078
The call came from a Metro PCS land-line from Naples, Florida