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That is an interesting point, but this already happens on voice calls. My grandma got a call a while ago from someone claiming to be my brother. Said he neede
by jalgos_eminator 7y ago
That is an interesting point, but this already happens on voice calls. My grandma got a call a while ago from someone claiming to be my brother. Said he needed money because he was in a South American jail or something. Luckily shes still pretty sharp, so she hung up and called my brother (he was not in South America) so the ruse was up. She was pretty shaken up though. A video call would be more convincing but only an incremental, not fundamental, difference.
- narag 7y agoMy mother received a similar call, telling her that I'd had an accident. If you're thinking such an evil persons should be in jail, don't worry, they are! It's them who are in South American prisons using burners or stolen phones.
- ibejoeb 7y agoThat's not a prisoner wardialing on a smuggled phone, it's a well-know scam targeting seniors: https://www.aarp.org/money/scams-fraud/info-2018/grandparent-scam-scenarios.html https://www.aarp.org/money/scams-fraud/info-2018/grandparent...
- narag 7y agoThere's nothing in that link that contradicts what I wrote. My source was an official police alert. I lost the reference, but here is another one from a newspaper (in Spanish): https://www.lavoz.com.ar/sucesos/estafaban-desde-prision-con-secuestros-virtuales https://www.lavoz.com.ar/sucesos/estafaban-desde-prision-con... Edit: that was from Argentina, another one in Chile: https://www.heraldo.es/noticias/aragon/zaragoza/2015/04/09/la-investigacion-cientos-secuestros-virtuales-desde-zaragoza-una-prision-chilena-350292-2261126.html https://www.heraldo.es/noticias/aragon/zaragoza/2015/04/09/l...
- jrochkind1 7y agoCould be, but I think "official police alerts" are actually one of the least reliable sources of information.
- narag 7y ago"Could be" on sources, scare quotes, stay classy.