Good thing Mr. Gun hasn't tried this one. However, I did fall for the "stopped-to-help-a-gang-of-old-ladies-with-their-broken-down-motorcycles" trick....but only once.....
During a foolish, failed very youthful experiment at "marriage", I once called the house around 4 A.M. and said, "Don't pay the ransom - I escaped!" It didn't even come close to working, but this alien abduction thing might have possibilities in case I'm ever inclined to get married again.
Now, my third wife - she was actually abducted by aliens, but they sent her back because she was too crazy!