Montgomery man nearly falls for sophisticated kidnapping scam after 3 a.m. call from mother’s number

A Montgomery man is warning others after he says a sophisticated late-night scam nearly convinced him that his mother had been kidnapped. Michael Rollert shared his experience in a video posted to Facebook on Monday, describing what he called one of the most realistic scams he has ever encountered. According to Rollert, the ordeal began around 3:15 a.m. when his phone rang unexpectedly. The incident occurred while he was out of town attending a bachelor party in Port Aransas, separated from his wife and family. The caller ID displayed his mother’s name and phone number. “I’ve been called by spammers all the time, right, but not at 3 a.m. from an actual cell phone contact on your phone,” Rollert told KPRC 2’s Michael Horton. “Being her name and all that stuff and the timing of night, that makes it very realistic.”