---
title: "You think it’s your friend calling, but it’s actually this growing phone scam"
metaTitle: "Friend Spoofing Scam Grows"
slug: friend-spoofing-scam-grows
date: "2018-06-12T15:59:04-05:00"
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  src: "https://cdn.securelogix.dev/slx/images/undefined.webp"
sourcePublisher:
  name: CNBC
  url: cnb.cx
sourceArticle:
  url: "https://cnb.cx/2JUWyTa"
legacySlug: you-think-its-your-friend-calling-but-its-actually-this-growing-phone-scam
tags: [Phone Scam]
status: published
---

June 12, 2018

Rebecca Schulte, 24, was at her apartment in West Hollywood, California, when she received a call from a familiar area code. She picked up.

“I’m on the side of the road, there’s been a really bad car accident,” a man said. He told her he’d found her number in the injured man’s phone.

Rebecca knew her father had been driving, and in a panic she asked if it was him: “Is it Brian?”

“Is your name Brian?” she could hear the man ask...