This is the Guardian.

Today, the story of a mum who gets the worst phone call imaginable.

And why one day soon, you could get the same call too.

The day started as normal as anything.

My older daughter is a former ski racer and my younger son was competing in a snowboarding event a few hours away.

And since my daughter is a former racer, she thought, well, be funded to jump in and join.

So I just told her to be safe.

Jennifer de Stefano lives in the US state of Arizona.

She's a mother of four, including a 15-year-old called Brianna or Bri.

I was down in the valley. It's a few hours south.

And all of a sudden, I got a call from an unknown number as I'm gathering my things going on my car in the parking lot.

Originally, I was going to ignore it because I was trying to get in to go meet my other daughter.

And the thought crossed my mind, well, I should answer it because an unknown number is oftentimes a hospital or a police or something like that.

So I decided to answer it as I had locked my car and I was walking through the parking lot.

And it was my daughter, Brianna, crying and sobbing, saying, Mom, I messed up.

So at that point, I was like, OK, what's going on?

That's extreme. What happened?

And then all of a sudden, she says, Mom, these bad men have me help me help me help me.

And then the phone gets pulled from her as her voice fades off.

And then that's when she starts screaming, Mom, please help me pleading in the background.

And this man takes over the phone and he says, listen here, I have your daughter.

You call the police. You call anybody.

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