The call is urgent and ends with a request for money.
The FBI says: agree a secret word with your family.
Make and print one free: Family Safe Word at UtilForge.org.
No word? Hang up and call back on a number you know.
Report it, and say where it began.
United States: reportfraud.ftc.gov · ic3.gov
United Kingdom: reportfraud.police.uk · 0300 123 2040 · texts to 7726
Australia: scamwatch.gov.au
Canada: 1-888-495-8501
India: 1930 · cybercrime.gov.in
Everywhere else: utilforge.org/official-help
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