Davis wired the $2900.
"Well, it's scary. It makes you think how intelligent these folks are and what they'll go to to obtain what they're wanting to do," said Cocke County Sheriff's Department Lead Investigator Robert Caldwell.Davisbecame suspicious the next day when the scam artists called back."They wanted about $3,000 more,and I said, 'I don't have that kind of money,'" Davis said.Davis called Russell's mom and learned he wasn't in Canada at all.Now, she's paying for the mistake every month, in the form ofa credit card bill."I may live to pay it back and I may not, but I get a bill every month," Davis said.Davis filed a report with the Cocke County Sheriff's Department and with her credit card company.Scam artists may be obtaining the information through the internet. You can avoid this scam by asking for personal information like a pet's name or anything else that would not be publicly available.You could also set up a family password for calls when someone needs money./>
