JESSE
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Kidnapping call
TRUE STORY
(Warning, uncharacteristic foul language from me)
So last night i am alone at home, resting. The phone rings, and i pick up the phone, only to hear a girl crying desperately, wich made me freak out.
She started screaming, saying "daddy! daddy! they got me, please, do everything they say". (i am not a father, so unless my cat Camila has been
kidnapped and can now talk, i am pretty sure what this is).
Then, a man starts cursing at me, "hey mother*****, i have your girl, and i am going to cut her head off unless you", i interrupt the guy and tell
him, "look you dumb idiot, can't you get a new story, the one your trying to use on me is so old". A few seconds of silence pass, and the guy says,
"do you know the one about the gulf cartel?". I say, "yeah, thats pretty lame, what are you? and idiot? get a new one for christ sake". Another 5
seconds pass and he says "what about the decapitated head?" i go "thats another stupid one, are you that stupid?" another 5 seconds pass and he says
"oh.........mmmm.......well, ok, see you later, thanks".
At this point i laughed til my stomach hurt.
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But there is a sad side to this....it would be received totally different by a parent whose daughter wasn't in their presence. There are truly sick
people out there who'd do anything for money....other than work for it, that is! Plus they're teaching young kids how to attempt extortion. 
Edit: Fix transposition
[Edited on 1-20-2010 by longlegsinlapaz]
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That is very bad.
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There is a lot of this phone intimidation going on in Central Mexico right now. All kinds of crazy attempts to extort money. Some gringo communities
have on-line phone number listings and it has become a resource for these creeps.
Thank God you don't have a daughter or you might have had a heart attack.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by JESSE
TRUE STORY
So last night i am alone at home, resting. The phone rings, and i pick up the phone, only to hear a girl crying desperately, wich made me freak out.
She started screaming, saying "daddy! daddy! they got me, please, do everything they say". (i am not a father, so unless my cat Camila has been
kidnapped and can now talk, i am pretty sure what this is).
Then, a man starts cursing at me, "hey mother*****, i have your girl, and i am going to cut her head off unless you", i interrupt the guy and tell
him, "look you dumb idiot, can't you get a new story, the one your trying to use on me is so old". A few seconds of silence pass, and the guy says,
"do you know the one about the gulf cartel?". I say, "yeah, thats pretty lame, what are you? and idiot? get a new one for christ sake". Another 5
seconds pass and he says "what about the decapitated head?" i go "thats another stupid one, are you that stupid?" another 5 seconds pass and he says
"oh.........mmmm.......well, ok, see you later, thanks".At this point i laughed til my stomach hurt. |
Jesse, the whole scenario you have cited is absolutely horrifying to those who may have a young child, fortunately you knew where your 4 legger child
was at
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I wonder if they have someone elses daughter and got the wrong number when they called you? I hope they find her real parents before they cut off her
head......just a thought.....dt
"Life is tough".....It's even tougher if you're stupid.....
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Agreed I hate when that happens- you know the whole chopping heads off stuff.
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JESSE
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| Quote: | Originally posted by dtbushpilot
I wonder if they have someone elses daughter and got the wrong number when they called you? I hope they find her real parents before they cut off her
head......just a thought.....dt |
Nope, this is pretty standard. I know at least 5 people who have gotten the call here in La Paz.
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Nope, this is pretty standard. I know at least 5 people who have gotten the call here in La Paz. |
I hope when/if these callers are caught they are put away for a very long time, plus they are training a child in their sick behaviour..
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It has happened to me here in Ensenada twice just in the last year and friends say they get these calls all the time. My number is not in the phone
book. I believe they do this at random.
Yesterday afternoon I received a call where the woman was trying to obtain our banking information asking pretty direct questions. I just hang up and
the calls stop.
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Does this mean that Ghanaians are more sophisticated than Mexicans? At leasst they usse the internet for extortion!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by JESSE
| Quote: | Originally posted by dtbushpilot
I wonder if they have someone elses daughter and got the wrong number when they called you? I hope they find her real parents before they cut off her
head......just a thought.....dt |
Nope, this is pretty standard. I know at least 5 people who have gotten the call here in La Paz. |
Our family got one- so make that 6 (not in la paz though). Very Very common.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
Does this mean that Ghanaians are more sophisticated than Mexicans? At leasst they usse the internet for extortion! |
based on the recent hackers getting into Internet Explorer (and that security hole still wide open), everyone is more sophisticated than these idiots.
But hey, it's a third world country.. Mexico will progress someday to become hackers not hack-offs.
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
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Actually, I had a recent e-mail from some dude who was a bank manager in Ghana who just happened to find a million dollars left over and didn't want
to give it to his superiors. Was offering a finders fee. Obviously, after I stopped laughing, I deleted the e-mail. Point is that this was not a
hacker. Just an internet grifter.
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About 12 years ago I received a hand-addressed, hand-written letter postmarked from Nigeria (funky foreign paper and everything). I treasure it...I
felt so special.
P.S. The world has access to anyone with DBA.
Mom always told me to be different - Now she says...Not THAT different
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JESSE
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Woooosh
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
Does this mean that Ghanaians are more sophisticated than Mexicans? At leasst they usse the internet for extortion! |
based on the recent hackers getting into Internet Explorer (and that security hole still wide open), everyone is more sophisticated than these idiots.
But hey, it's a third world country.. Mexico will progress someday to become hackers not hack-offs. |
Thats a pretty ignorant statement. This particular scam has nothing to do with internet fraud. Wich by the way, exists just as much here as it does
anywhere in the world. Mayor banks are often targeted by Mexican hackers.
Its just annoying to keep reading about Mexicans not being as smart of sophisticated as the "outside world". EVERYTHING that you find anywhere in the
world, happens here as well, good or bad.
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noproblemo2
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| Quote: | Thats a pretty ignorant statement. This particular scam has nothing to do with internet fraud. Wich by the way, exists just as much here as it does
anywhere in the world. Mayor banks are often targeted by Mexican hackers.
Its just annoying to keep reading about Mexicans not being as smart of sophisticated as the "outside world". EVERYTHING that you find anywhere in the
world, happens here as well, good or bad. |
I'll second your statement Jesse (EVERYTHING that you find anywhere in the world, happens here as well, good or bad.) seems we're witnessing a torrent
of bad in the world right now though and it's very unnerving, innocent children being used as pawns is pathetic and the "adults" need to be dealt
with.
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