Utah parents warn of terrifying ‘virtual kidnapping’ scam

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Fox 13 - 4/25/2017 - Danica Lawrence - OGDEN, Utah -- An Ogden mother and father have a serious warning for parents everywhere: beware of a scam called, "virtual kidnapping." Last Wednesday, father Jeff Weber was at work driving his work vehicle, a hazmat truck when his cell phone rang from an unknown number. He did not answer. But then it rang again, the same unknown number. He answered it. “I heard a young girl crying saying ‘daddy, daddy I'm scared,’ then the kid voice went away and a man came on and told me he kidnapped my daughter and if I ever wanted to see her again I would not tell anybody or hang up,” explained Weber. “The guy sounded serious.” Read more @ http://fox13now.com/2017/04/25/ogden-pa ... idnapping/