I answered the phone this morning to the voice of a man I didn?t know who informed me that he?s calling from the Hospital and that some of my family members had been involved is a very serious accident and are in critical condition. My heart stopped and my wife says that my face went completely pale.
I asked this man what happened and who is it that was hurt and what hospital they are in but he could not give me a clear name, saying that he?s hurt so bad that he can?t get the name clear so I asked if it was my father and said his name?The man asked and then confirmed it was my father.
I remembered that he said family members so I asked if my Mother and sister are ok and he said no, that they are also critical. Almost in tears at this point I asked again what hospital they are in?I?ll be right there but the man replied ?forget about that right now, there?s no time, your father needs you to go to the store and get a phone card so he can recharge his phone and call you, urgently?.
This couldn?t be right, go to the store, get a phone card, come back home, give this guy the code and wait for my father to call me??? I asked if he could just put my father on the line and let me talk to him but he said that he couldn?t but would wait for me to get back from the store with the phone card.
I told him to call me back in 10 min and hung up the phone, picked it back up and called my father?s cell only to find out that he?s at home with my mother and sister, all waiting for us to show up for Sunday lunch.
At this point it could be one of two things, someone is in grave need and they had the wrong number or a very evil scam?so I waited for the guy to call back and he did and asked if I got the phone card for him. I replied that I did not and I talked with my family and they are all safe at home?He hung up.
What kind of sick person would do such a sick thing, almost giving me a heart attack for a 50 Pesos phone card?
I asked this man what happened and who is it that was hurt and what hospital they are in but he could not give me a clear name, saying that he?s hurt so bad that he can?t get the name clear so I asked if it was my father and said his name?The man asked and then confirmed it was my father.
I remembered that he said family members so I asked if my Mother and sister are ok and he said no, that they are also critical. Almost in tears at this point I asked again what hospital they are in?I?ll be right there but the man replied ?forget about that right now, there?s no time, your father needs you to go to the store and get a phone card so he can recharge his phone and call you, urgently?.
This couldn?t be right, go to the store, get a phone card, come back home, give this guy the code and wait for my father to call me??? I asked if he could just put my father on the line and let me talk to him but he said that he couldn?t but would wait for me to get back from the store with the phone card.
I told him to call me back in 10 min and hung up the phone, picked it back up and called my father?s cell only to find out that he?s at home with my mother and sister, all waiting for us to show up for Sunday lunch.
At this point it could be one of two things, someone is in grave need and they had the wrong number or a very evil scam?so I waited for the guy to call back and he did and asked if I got the phone card for him. I replied that I did not and I talked with my family and they are all safe at home?He hung up.
What kind of sick person would do such a sick thing, almost giving me a heart attack for a 50 Pesos phone card?
