Relatives of a UW-Madison student who had previously studied abroad wired more than $4,000 to Peru after callers said the student needed the money to be bailed out of jail and pay a fine, Madison police said. According to police: Relatives who live in St. Paul, Minn., received a phone call on Feb. 27 from a female who sounded like the 22-year-old student. UW-Madison spokesman John Lucas said the student had not studied in Peru through a university program. Lucas said the university was looking into the incident.
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