https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2023/04/27/larry-magid-how-i-nearly-fell-for-a-frightening-virtual-kidnapping-scam/

I was impacted by a scam phone call this week that didn’t cost me money or expose my data, but took an enormous emotional toll, including 20 minutes of terror.

Writing this column a day later, I’m still anxious, and frankly, a little embarrassed that I believed the scammer when he said he had kidnapped my wife.