Police warn fake kidnappings becoming a nationwide problem

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CBS Evening News - 4/4/2017 - Anna Werner - NEW YORK -- Law enforcement is warning of a spread of a cruel scam: fake kidnapping. One family encountered this first-hand and explained how it unfolded to CBS News. Larry Lutes got the phone call while he was at work. He said a man comes on the phone and says, “We got your daughter.”“She was screaming, ‘Dad -- they’re, they’re taking me in a van,’” Lutes said. “‘I don’t know what they’re going do. Help me!’” His daughter’s kidnappers demanded $10,000. “They just said, ‘Don’t talk to anybody. Get in your car and start driving right now,’” Lutes recalled. “He goes, ‘Or I’ll kill your daughter.’” Read more @ http://www.cbsnews.com/news/kidnapping- ... nna-lutes/