NEW YORK: A new type of crime — so-called “virtual kidnapping” — is on the rise, with hundreds of cases in the past year, many among Hispanics, the FBI and New York police warned.
In the scam, someone calls claiming to have kidnapped a relative and demanding a ransom.
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