Hi, crime junkies. I'm your host, Ashley Flowers. And the story I have for you today is one that I want you to listen to every single second up. Because by the time it's over, you're going to want to call every person you love and do one simple thing that could save you from one of the most terrifying experiences imaginable. This is about something that's happening right now to real people.

And as technology gets more advanced, so do the criminals looking to exploit it.

Lots of people have no idea that this is even possible.

And the real unsettling part?

How cheap and accessible the tools to do this actually are, and how fast they're evolving.

This is the story about how hearing the voice of someone you love could be the beginning of a nightmare and what you can do to fight back. Music Jennifer DiStefano is one of those moms who's always on the move.

She and her husband have four kids in

close age, and most weekends, that means splitting up just to keep up. So on this particular late

Friday afternoon, January 20, 23, while Jennifer is in Scottsdale, Arizona, swinging by their 13-year-old

daughter's dance studio to pick her up after a lesson.

Her husband is about 150 miles north in the mountains with their youngest son and their 15-year-old daughter, Brianna,

so she can do some training for ski races.

Now, Jennifer is getting out of her car in the studio parking lot when her phone rings.

It's an unknown number, and she almost lets it go to

voicemail, but unknown calls can be from hospitals. And with Brianna on a mountain, it's too

risky to ignore it, so she picks up. And it is Brianna on the line, but she's crying, barely

holding it together, and she tells Jennifer, mom, I messed up.

Now, Jennifer doesn't panic.

She's thinking that maybe Brianna got hurt skiing.

So she's like, you know, it's okay, Bree, calm down.

What's going on?

What's wrong?

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