check where your child is

cases of fake kidnapping have been appearing in the newspapers recently and today, i heard one that happened right in our town.
the modus operandi is to call the unsuspecting parents and tell them that you have their child and then demand a ransom. the child at this time is definitely not by your side. the thing now is to stay calm.

the story is told by mom...she was indirectly involved so i get the storylah. ok, mom fetches primary children to and from school. and as usual today, in the afternoon, she dropped one of the girls off at her house. then around 10 mins later, mom got a call from the girl's mom who is my insurance agent. she asked mom if she had seen her daughter. then mom told her that she had just dropped her at her house. actually the parent was not the one who got the call from the fake kidnapper. it was her mom or was it mother-in-law. luckily she called mom to clarify. poor anxious parent. i dun think the word anxious can describe her feeling. mom then told her to make a police report. oh, my insurance agent was in behrang at that time.

how did the fake kidnapper managed to get her mother's (or in law) handphone no? i shudder thinking of what the world has turned into. thank god the girl is not harmed. i am just dumbfounded. it was lucky that mom's no is in my insurance agent's phone book. my agent would have been so tortured.