I cannot stop myself from sharing this with all of you. It all started
when I received a call from someone claiming that he was from my mobile
service provider and he asked me to shutdown my phone for 2 hours for 3G
update to take place. As I was rushing for a meeting, I did not
question and shutdown my cell phone.
After 45 minutes I felt very suspicious since the caller did not even
introduce his name. I quickly turned on my cell phone and I saw several
missed calls from my family members and the others were from the number
that had called me earlier -
I called my parents and I was shocked that they sounded very worried
asking me whether I am safe. My parents told me that they had received a
call from someone claiming that they had me with them and asking for
money to let me free. The call was so real and my parents even heard 'my
voice' crying out loud asking for help. My parent was at the bank
waiting for next call to proceed for money transfer. I told my parents
that I am safe and asked them to lodge a police report.
Right after that I received another call from the guy asking me to
shutdown my cell phone for another 1 hour which I refused to do and hung
up. They keep calling my cell phone until the battery had run down. I
myself lodged a police report and I was informed by the officer that
there were many such scams reported. MOST of the cases reported that the
victim had already transferred the money! And it is impossible to get
back the money.
Be careful as this kind of scam might happen to any of
us!!! Those guys are so professional and very convincing during calls.
If you are asked to shut down your cell phone for updates by the service
provider, ASK AROUND!
Your family or friends might receive the same call.
Be Safe and Stay Alert!
Please pass around to your family and friends !!!
