Mar 15, 2010
The number shows up on caller ID as Anne Conley. The caller identifies himself as Scott Crone. He claims he met me at church a few weeks ago. His story is that his mother was killed by a DUI, and he has questions about how God could let such a thing happen. On the way home from the funeral his car broke down (it threw a rod) and he and his family are stranded trying to get home. He wants me to wire money ($124.12) through Western Union for bus tickets. His claim was that he found our church bulletin in the trunk of his car and so he felt like maybe God is cutting him a break. He gave me a local street in Yanceyville, NC (a nearby town) where he claimed to live, but could not provide the phone number of someone who could vouch for his story. He claims that since he just moved to the area a few weeks ago, there is no one who can vouch for him. He also claims there is 2 hour deadline before the next bus comes.
It is a VERY convincing story - if I had not run across this website and seen that he has called several people with the same story over the past two weeks, I would have wired money.