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Old 01-27-2022, 08:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Dust Bunny View Post
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.
this scam has been around for some time. my late father-in-law was targeted when he came to visit, & stayed in st. pete.. in this case, someone phoned him in the middle of the night claiming to be my daughter, who had an auto accident, -it was her fault, & nose was broken, which is why she didn't sound like 'herself'.
it just so happened dad had visited my daughter when she was @ western new england, & this is where i think the connection was made--call came 1 week after the visit. it was a very strange coincidence.