[narag]

My mother received a similar call, telling her that I'd had an accident.

If you're thinking such an evil persons should be in jail, don't worry, they are! It's them who are in South American prisons using burners or stolen phones.

[ibejoeb]

That's not a prisoner wardialing on a smuggled phone, it's a well-know scam targeting seniors: https://www.aarp.org/money/scams-fraud/info-2018/grandparent...

[narag]

There's nothing in that link that contradicts what I wrote. My source was an official police alert. I lost the reference, but here is another one from a newspaper (in Spanish):

https://www.lavoz.com.ar/sucesos/estafaban-desde-prision-con...

Edit: that was from Argentina, another one in Chile:

https://www.heraldo.es/noticias/aragon/zaragoza/2015/04/09/l...

[jrochkind1]

Could be, but I think "official police alerts" are actually one of the least reliable sources of information.

[narag]

"Could be" on sources, scare quotes, stay classy.