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El TV Kadsre News Report - February 7, 2020


 * (interior of the Cicmpillici Boardwalk Policing Centre)
 * LEONARD ROCK (male voice; Mid-Atlantic accent): What you're about to witness is probably the first "virtual kidnapping" scam gone wrong.
 * Sgt. RENDALL BARENBOIM (male voice; Mid-Atlantic accent): As soon as I heard the start of the call, I knew it was going to be one of those scams that act as a "get rich quick" scheme for some lowlifes.
 * [CAPTION] Sgt. RENDALL BARENBOIM | COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER; CICMPILLICI POLICE DEPARTMENT
 * ROCK: Sgt. Rendall Barenboim, Communications Officer with the Cicmpillici Police Department, was at his desk at the police station on the Cicmpillici boardwalk when all of a sudden he saw an overseas number appear on the landline.
 * "DAUGHTER" (female voice; imitated American accent): *crying* Dad?
 * BARENBOIM: Are you okay Laney?
 * "DAUGHTER": Help me Daddy!
 * BARENBOIM: Where are you?
 * "DAUGHTER": *crying* I just heard some shooting and don't know what to do!
 * BARENBOIM: Oh dear.
 * SCAMMER (male voice; imitated American accent): Calm down lady, get back over there.
 * "DAUGHTER": Okay...
 * ROCK: However unknown to the callers, Sgt. Barenboim had very recently warned the locals about the "virtual kidnapping" scam.
 * BARENBOIM: Here we are, 5 weeks later, receiving a phone call in my office from the same group I talked about on the public access conference program.
 * BARENBOIM: So how much are you holding my daughter for?
 * SCAMMER: About $500-550 dollars mister.
 * BARENBOIM: How do I pay this?
 * SCAMMER: Imma tell you now, you better go down to a Western Union and wire the money to my accomplices, as long as you cooperate with my cartel, your daughter's gonna be fine and I'll release her!
 * BARENBOIM: Okay.
 * ROCK (on-screen): The man claimed he had kidnapped his adopted daughter Laney, and instructed Barenboim to head to a Western Union or MoneyGram location to wire money in exchange for his daughter's supposed "release". But instead of doing that, he turned the tables on the scammer.
 * [CAPTION] LEONARD "LENNY" ROCK | LifeConnect 2018.png @lenrocketvkn
 * SCAMMER: Now you in the car yet?
 * BARENBOIM: Yep. Hey, is this a scam?
 * SCAMMER: You trying to clown with me a**hole?
 * ROCK: The supposed kidnapper had tried to explain further why he and his gang "kidnapped" Laney, and why they chose to call the Cicmpillici Boardwalk Policing Centre. But in the end, they ended up retreating with their plans. And to add to the irony, Leonard's daughter Laney was at a ballet lesson and was in no danger.
 * BARENBOIM: Do you know that you've rung the El Kadsreian Police? And that my daughter's safe and sound at her ballet lessons?
 * SCAMMER: Aw f*** man... *hangs up*
 * ROCK: The FBI of the United States and the El Kadsreian Cyber Crime Commission state that "virtual kidnapping" is a growing concern, with the calls believed to have originated from persons who formerly served time in prison. In case you receive a call like this, Sgt. Barenboim's advice is to hang up on the caller and report it to the police. Or in his case, get the scammer to hang up themselves. Leonard Rock, El TV Kadsre News.