Mom received false message from "police" - stated that her daughter died

She lives Partille and works as a personal assistant, in the article she wants to be anonymous so we call her Linda. She lives with her partner and has an adult daughter who lives in Falköping. At 15 o'clock on Wednesday, Linda was at work and vacuuming an apartment when she received a text message that would shake her about basically.

- It was said that it was from the police and I first only had to read the first few lines where it said "When informing the death message of close relatives through home visit you were not at home (...)", says Linda to SVT News West.

Linda then called his partner, and was relieved when he answered. He was alive. She then went on to read the rest of the message and explains how the horror gripped her as she read her daughter's name followed by:

"(...) has died in a traffic accident. The body has been transported to Skaraborg Hospital (an address is given) for autopsy. Further information is provided by the reception in the signed hospital / Police ”

- I thought "But God, that's my daughter".

Linda says that she tried to call her daughter, who did not answer.

- The sweat just ran. I panicked. I was just shaking. I see the worst case scenario, that my child has passed away, says Linda.

She tries to call her daughter's boyfriend. He doesn't answer either. After a while, she calls her daughter again.

She answers.

- I just cry and scream "You live, you live!", And she doesn't take anything, says Linda.

Thomas Fuxborg at the police in Gothenburg says that you never leave a death message via email, phone or text message - it always happens over a personal meeting. To send a false death message he sees as incomprehensible.

- It's a damn nice text message. You put a hell of a hell out of the affected person, before the person becomes aware that it is false. And that can take a while, says Thomas Fuxborg.

Linda fills in:

- It is the worst thing you can be exposed to as a parent. I didn't think clearly. Then I became so happy that it was not true.

Linda feels puzzled at what the subject behind the message can be. They did not ask for social security numbers or account details.

- Nobody wants to access money. This is just plain nasty here. I thought, "Who can hate me so much," she says.

Shortly after Linda has talked to her daughter, her daughter is visited by the police in her home, which means that someone alerted them that she was holding hostage in her own home.

More about that event can be found here.