!['I have your son': Scammers faking kidnapping for ransom [telecom]](https://forums.cabling-design.com/media/34226/conversions/6034de534602b8.86044894-medium.jpg)
"I have your son and I'm going to f--- him up," a voice on the other side of the phone said.
For two hours one afternoon in early April, 61-year-old Joseph Baker and his wife Maggie drove around Charlotte, North Carolina, listening to every demand of their son Jake's supposed kidnapper.
The caller ID on Joseph's smartphone display said the call was coming from his son's number. The couple had no reason not to believe the man on the other end of the line, who knew personal details about the family, including where they lived.
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