A Roswell man told Roswell Police he was threatened over the phone March 14 by someone claiming his daughter would be harmed if he did not send money.
According to the report, the man received a call from an unknown number and said he heard a voice he believed was his daughter’s. The caller initially demanded $6,000, then reduced the amount to $1,000 when the man said he could not pay.
The incident appears to be a form of “voice phishing,” a scam in which criminals use technology to mimic or recreate a familiar voice to make threats more convincing…