Crime & Safety
Caller Tells Elmhurst Woman Latin Kings Will Kill Her Brother if She Doesn't Wire $2,500
The Latin Kings really weren't going to kill her brother, as he was actually shopping in Oak Brook.
An Elmhurst woman received a startling phone call from a man who claimed Latin Kings were going to execute her brother if she didn't send $2,500.
The call came shortly before noon Sunday. The woman related how a man explained "her brother was in a car accident and hit a Latin King," police said.
"They told her to Western Union $2,500 or they would kill her brother," police said. But the woman was "able to get a hold of her brother, who was shopping in Oak Brook."
The call came from an AT&T phone number, police said.
"It is suspected this phone number is often used in scams," police said.
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