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The original was posted on /r/scams by /u/hawtgirlsummer on 2024-09-26 17:08:08+00:00.

This just happened and honestly I’m still shaken up but I do want to warn others. My wife is a teacher and never really calls me during the school day. I got a call from her, which made me think something was wrong and I answered. It sounded like her but she called me a pet name I don’t like (red flag) and said she left work early and needed to talk to me about something “of great importance” (she doesn’t talk like that… red flag #2).

As soon as I go to ask questions, I hear her scream and the sound of crashing and the phone disconnected. Now I’m scared and tried to call back and as the phone was ringing, I got another call coming in. I ignore it and they call me again. At this point, I’m shaking and panicked and just trying to call my wife. The number calls me a third time and I answered. The person sounds weird and has an California accent (I live in the north east) and says “your spouse had accident and needs surgery right now, you need to send $900 on zelle right now to (some random number) so we can proceed surgery” and I knew immediately it was a scam.

At this point I have emotional whiplash and was just angry. I said “get a real job you piece of sh*t” and hung up. This is so disgusting and shameless. For a little over a minute I thought something might have happened to my wife. Spoofing her number and voice, then calling me demanding money. It’s honestly so crazy and I hope you guys never experience what I just felt.