I had an uncle actually get scammed and send money because of a call like these. He's a pretty intelligent guy, I was really surprised he got fooled by it. But

I had an uncle actually get scammed and send money because of a call like these. He's a pretty intelligent guy, I was really surprised he got fooled by it. But goes to show how effective these scams are. There never seemed to be much interest from anyone in helping him recover his money / tracking down who did it. I also wish there was more action to stop this kind of thing, although maybe there's a lot more action than we think in the background.