The short story: Magda got a phone call and the man said he was our grandson. Magda said ”Jedd, where are you”? He said in a Montreal jail and he needed $2,900 to pay the fine to get out and not to tell anyone (his parents). We rushed to Western Union and wired the money (to the lawyer). Next day he calls and says he needs to pay the lawyer or he can’t leave Canada. Again we wire another $2,900.00 and tell him to call us when he gets back to Baltimore. We wait and wait and wait for his call. Finally, we call him and asked what happened. He tells us that he was never in Montreal nor jail. We immediately knew that we’d been scammed.
Long story made short…this scam is going on all over the world. At a Rotary dinner the other night, a person from Japan told us that it had hit Japan very heavy.
SO, BEWARE ! ANYONE AT ANY TIME CAN GET CAUGHT UP IN DOING STUPID THINGS IF THEY LET THEIR EMOTIONS TAKE OVER WHEN SENDING MONEY TO PERSONS THEY LOVE. A lot of that details were left out of the above, but suffice it to say there are plenty of people will do anything to separate you from your money. -- Alan Nemlich
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It was really nice of Alan & Magda to share the story with us so that we can be better prepared not to be tricked in a scam. I also heard the story directly from Alan and Magda at the District Governor's Installation Dinner. PDG Alan Nemlich is in this picture on the right. Sitting from the left: Myra Voves, PDG Joe Voves,and PDG Andy Morzello (standing) at the dinner in Crabtree Kittle House on 6/30/09.
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