“I hear her saying, ‘Mom, these bad men have me. Help me. Help me. Help me.’ And even just saying it just gives me chills,” DeStefano told ABC News.
When DeStefano got that disturbing call on Jan. 20, her 15-year-old daughter Briana had been away on a ski trip. DeStefano was finally able to get through to her husband, who was also on the ski trip, and he was able to confirm that Briana was OK. Reports of the elaborate scam have increased in recent months. In May, a Texas man told “Good Morning America” that his father was scammed out of $1,000 after receiving a distressed call from a scammer allegedly impersonating his grandson, Christian, saying he had gotten into trouble in Mexico and needed some money to get out of the situation.
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