When he said he was in the Dominican Republic I suspected fraud, but I kept on listening to him. He said he needed bail money to be released from jail and would pay me back as soon as he returned home. I declined to send money.

I was sure that it was a scam because I had read a warning about it in the AARP Magazine. Also, I have a close friend who had been a scam victim about a year ago.

After I hung up, the phone rang again and I picked it up without speaking. I heard a man coaching the boy about how he could be more convincing.

Beware that this is going on.

•Erma Rollins, Provo