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(MALE ANNOUNCER): THIS IS
THE BAY AREA NEWS STATION,
KRON 4 NEWS STARTS NOW.
>> PAM: A WARNING TONIGHT --
ONLY ON KRON 4:
PEOPLE ARE GETTING CALLED
ON THEIR CELL PHONES, BY
SOMEONE POSING AS A LOCALLY
BASED D=E=A AGENT WHO SAYS
THEY HAVE AN ARREST WARRANT
FOR THEM.
IT ALL SEEMS VERY REAL.
>> PAM: ONE WOMAN HERE HAS
BEEN SO HARASSED BY THESE
CALLS, SHE REACHED OUT TO
US.
THE REAL D=E=A SAYS, IT'S A
BIG PROBLEM. AND PEOPLE
NEED TO KNOW IT'S HAPPENING
KRON-4'S GABE SLATE HAS OUR
EXCLUSIVE REPORT.
>> REPORTER:THIS WOMAN, WE
WILL CALL "REBECCA", DOES
NOT WANT HER FACE ON CAMERA
AND ASKED THAT WE ALTER HER
VOICE .
>> REPORTER:SHE IS AFRAID OF
RETALIATION. HERE'S WHY.
>> REPORTER: 415 NUMBER THAT
SHE DID NOT RECOGNIZE. SHE
IGNORED IT. THE MYSTERY
CALLER LEFT A VOICEMAIL
REBECCA 23-34
>>
"I WAS IMMEDIATELY AFRAID OF
THAT VOICE MAIL. IT WAS
OFFICIAL IT WAS FEDERAL.
THEY WERE TELLING ME THAT I
HAD TO CALL THEM RIGHT AWAY
CONCERNING A CASE. I THOUGHT
I WAS IN REALLY BIG TROUBLE.
I RACKED MY BRAIN AND I
COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHY"
>> REPORTER:HERE IS THE
VOICEMAIL THAT SHE HEARD.
HER REAL NAME IS SPOKEN AT
THE BEGINNING, WHICH WE
BEEPED OUT.
>>
VOICEMAIL PLAY
>>"GOOD MORNING - -- THIS
IS OFFICER PAUL ANDERSON I'M
A SPECIAL AGENT OF THE DRUG
ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND WE'RE GIVING YOU A CALL
THIS MORNING IN REGARDS TO
AN OPEN AND ON-GOING
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION WE
NEED TO ASK YOU A FEW
QUESTIONS ABOUT. CONTACT US
IMMEDIATELY AT THE DEA
HEADQUARTERS AT "415-251-
8119" SPECIAL AGENT
ANDERSON WITH THE DEA
NARCOTICS UNIT DIVISION 38"
>> REPORTER:WORRIED THAT IT
WAS REAL. REBECCA CALLED THE
NUMBER.
"THEY SAID THEY HAD A
WARRANT FOR MY ARREST FOR
PURCHASING PHARMACEUTICALS
ONLINE AND THAT IF I DIDN'T
PAY A FEE THEY WOULD COME
AND ARREST ME".
>> REPORTER:THE PERSON WHO
CLAIMED HE WAS SPECIAL AGENT
PAUL ANDERSON FROM DIVISION
38 OF THE DEA MADE IT CLEAR.
WIRE HIM MONEY AND HE WOULD
MAKE THIS ARREST WARRANT GO
AWAY OTHERWISE SHE WAS GOING
TO JAIL
>>REBECCA
>>"I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
I WAS SO SCARED"
>> REPORTER:SHE REACHED OUT
TO ME FOR HELP.
>> REPORTER:I VISITED WITH
BRUCE GOLDBERG ASSISTANT TO
THE SPECIAL AGENT IN
CHARGE, DEA, SAN FRANCISCO
FIELD DIVISION. AND PLAYED
HIM THE VOICEMAIL REBECCA
RECEIVED.
GOLDBERG, ASSISTANT TO THE
SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE.
>>"WE HAVE NO DIVISION 38,
AND SPOTS WE HAVE NO PAUL
ANDERSON WORKING FOR US".
>> REPORTER:THE DEA SAYS
THERE IS A DANGEROUS
ORGANIZED CRIMINAL
ORGANIZATION BEHIND THIS
EXTORTION SCAM.
>>BRUCE E. GOLDBERG,
ASSISTANT TO THE SPECIAL
AGENT IN CHARGE.
>> REPORTER:"ONCE THEY HAVE
PAID THEN THOSE SCAMMERS
WILL CONTINUE TO HARASS THEM
FOR MORE MONEY SO
UNFORTUNATELY SEVERAL PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN DUPED BY THIS SCAM
AND PAID MONEY TO THESE
REPORTED DEA AGENTS"
>> REPORTER:I ASKED AGENT
GOLDBERG ABOUT THE '415'
PHONE NUMBER THAT THE FAKE
AGENT CALLED FROM?