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Originally Posted by TheVillageBlacksmith
I am posting this to raise awareness.
My friend is an 87 year old woman living alone who received a phone call from a man claiming that I was in trouble because I was in an accident because I was texting while driving and I hit a parked car with a pregnant woman in the vehicle. He claimed that I told him that she was my grandmother and asked for the spelling of my name to ensure that she was authorized to receive information about the case. She believed that I was in trouble and did not want to dispute the claim that I am indeed not her grandson, thinking that it would get me in more trouble. He then promised to give her updates on the situation and indeed called her back later that day. He told her that I was in huge trouble because the pregnant lady suffered broken bones and that she must send $14,700 in order to help me. He even had another person come on the phone impersonating me, claiming that he would pay back the money if she helped and could not talk more due to a broken nose and headache from the accident. At this point, he instructed her on how to send the money to help me and to not tell anyone because I would only get in more trouble. The next morning she went to her bank and sent the money as instructed.
A few days after this happened I called my friend to ask if she needed anything, we were both horrified and sickened to learn what happened to her.
Neither of us has any idea how someone could connect the two of us as we have no online or social media connections.
Anyway, the bank, local Law Enforcement can't do anything, for some reason the detective that took the statement found it appropriate to vent to my friend about his problems!!! and turns out because the amount is over 10K it's a federal matter and when you make a claim with the FBI online, they do not even acknowledge receipt of your claim with an email stating that it was received! I found that out when I called the local FBI field office (a week after the claim was filed) and they were able to confirm that the claim was received. Good to know, still no follow-up from them. Sadly they must be overwhelemed...
Does anyone know of other resources or organizations that can help with this matter?
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I am also puzzled about how the connection was made between the two people. Could it be that her discarded mail was being read or perhaps a casual conversation at the hairdresser was overheard? It may be a person who visits her at home to provide some type of service like health care. Good detective work probably would solve the case.