Feb 18, 2010
Just received the same call. I was told I had police outside my "address", which he refused to identify. As soon as I smelled a rat, I had "phone problems" hung up and wouldn't answer the phone again. As stated above, law enforcement wouldn't notify anyone in advance, and tell me I was going to receive a copy of the subpoena in the mail and the I was facing racketeering charges. They couldn't even identify the correct agency! Both men also had "thick" Latino accents. I immediately Googled the phone number and found this site. I traced the number to Palo Alto, California, not where the "officer" told me he was located.
More than likely this is a foreign "online phone" user in Central America or the Caribbean or Central America. Almost a year ago, I had a similar call who also wanted a Moneygram or Western Union sent to the Dominican Republic. They also had very thick Latino accents.
NOTE - They just called me again a few minutes ago, and I told them the Feds were tracking him down, and they are aware of the 650 area code. I told him the appropriate Federal agency would be contacting him. He hung up. Definately a scam!