FRIDAY NEWS HIT – A mom was just trying to get Detroit Lions player Amon-Ra St. Brown to say happy birthday to her son. Instead, she nearly fell victim to scammers.
Nine-year-old Easton was speechless and starstruck at this week’s Lions pre-season game after St. Brown said hi to him, so his mother Lisa Kryger took to TikTok to see if someone could help connect her with the player or team.
The video got lots of traction for a birthday wish for her son. Then came a message from a woman who said her friend worked for the Lions public relations department.
“(She said) ‘They want to give you a suite at the Detroit Lions game, they want to give him a VIP experience,'” Kryger said.
It was too good to be true maybe, but it was worth a shot, Lisa thought – giving her number to this woman, to talk to that so-called …