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Nov 17, 2012
Cautionary tale:
http://consumerist.com/2012/11/16/grocery-sto ... in-philippines/
http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2012/april/grandparent_040212
My mom fell for this one. It never occurred to her to call my son back. The guy told her his phone battery was going down and she doesn't have caller ID.
I think they probably got his information from Facebook. A similar scam was attempted earlier when some of his friends got emails trying the same thing. He had to post on FB that he wasn't in London and he didn't need money.
http://consumerist.com/2012/11/16/grocery-sto ... in-philippines/
http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2012/april/grandparent_040212
My mom fell for this one. It never occurred to her to call my son back. The guy told her his phone battery was going down and she doesn't have caller ID.
I think they probably got his information from Facebook. A similar scam was attempted earlier when some of his friends got emails trying the same thing. He had to post on FB that he wasn't in London and he didn't need money.