Undisclosed Criminal Charges
I was on vacation and didn’t have my phone on. The scammers called my house and my sister was house-sitting for my wife and I. They told her I was going to be tried with an undisclosed criminal charge if I didn’t pay them something like 900 dollars for the case to be dismissed or I would be arrested or served the next day. She tried calling me and I didn’t answer as I was on vacation.
I left her one of my bank cards so she could buy food and stuff since she was doing me a favor. She paid them with it as she thought it was real and I am not a saint, so it was believable at the time and this was a while ago before these scammer tactics were well known. I was so mad when I noticed the charge (I checked my online banking while still away).
The worst thing is now I guess I am on a list of people who have fallen for this and they call me all the time.
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