My dad almost paid a ransom after being told I was kidnapped — but it was all a scam

• In 2017 my dad called me panicked in the middle of the night. 
• He begged me to turn on my phone camera and show him where I was. 
• It turned out he almost got scammed into paying a ransom for me, while I was asleep and safe. 

I remember vividly the sound of my dad's voice asking me to turn on the camera on my phone. He was in a panic; I was dead asleep and didn't understand what was happening.