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WEBVTT THOUGHT HER DAUGHTER HAD BEENKIDNAPPED.EVEN THE RESPONDING OFFICERSINITIALLY THOUGHT IT WAS REAL.>> AND HE SAID, "I HAVE YOURDAUGHTER, SHE'S IN BACK OF VANAND I'M GOING TO KILL HER UNLESSYOU GET ME SOME MONEY."JOHN: IT WAS A TERRIFYINGANSWERED HER CELL PHONE MONDAYMORNING.>> AND SHE GOES "MOM, THEY HAVEME IN A VAN AND WE'RE ON THEFREEWAY."JOHN: IT SOUNDED SO REAL, SHEWAS CONVINCED HER DAUGHTERVICTORIA HAD BEEN KIDNAPPED.>> HE SAID "GET ME THE MONEY ORTHE NEXT TIME YOU SEE YOURDAUGHTER, IT'S GOING TO BE ATHER FUNERAL."JOHN: SOMEHOW THROUGH THETERROR, PATRICIA MADE IT TO ANEIGHBOR'S HOME.>> SHE WAS VERY FRANTIC, BANGBANG BANG ON MY FRONT DOOR. JOHN: THAT NEIGHBOR CALLEDPOLICE AS PATRICIA KEPT THESCAMMERS ON THE PHONE. IT WAS VERY REALISTIC, EVEN FORPOLICE, BUT OFFICERS WEREFINALLY ABLE TO LOCATE HERDAUGHTER, WHO, JUST ASADVERTISED ON INSTAGRAM, HADTAKEN A TRIP TO LAS VEGAS.>> THE PERPETRATORS MONITORSOCIAL MEDIA AND MONITOR PEOPLEGOING ON VACATION.>> SHE CALLED ME, AND I SAW HERNAME, AND I SAID "TORI!"JOHN: THAT PHONECALL WAS SUCH ARELIEF AFTER AN HOUR OFUNCERTAINTY, PROMPTING THISMOTHER TO WARN OTHERS ABOUT THECRUEL SCAM.>> IT WAS SO REAL, I CAN'T TELLYOU HOW TERRIFYING IT WAS.I'M A SMART GIRL.I'M NOT STUPID.JOHN: IT REALLY WAS THAT REAL.POLICE SAY IF YOU GET A PHONE