A couple received an urgent request from their 'son' for $4000 - then their biological son called
Last month, Melbourne man Sam Peluso’s wife received a message from her son telling her she had a new number after dropping her phone down the toilet. He didn’t think much of it. His son had previously dropped the phone down the drain so this latest incident doesn’t seem out of character. “The fact that he dropped his phone in the toilet convinced us it could be him. That’s his style,” Peluso told 7NEWS.com.au. Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> There was only one problem – the person on the other end of the phone was not his son. Almost caught When Peluso’s wife first received the message, no one rang the alarm bell. His ‘son’ – who texted from an Australian number – said he had dropped his phone down the toilet, and had to get a new phone and number, Peluso said. Peluso’s ‘son’ then asked for $4095 to help pay part of the bill. “(My wife) went back to him and asked him...