Only on Kron 4 - Criminals pose as dea in phone scam

(MALE ANNOUNCER): THIS IS THE BAY AREA NEWS STATION, KRON 4 NEWS STARTS NOW. >> PAM: ONLY ON FOUR TONIGHT, CRIMINALS POSING AS DRUG AGENTS, TELLING THEIR VICTIMS TO PAY UP. OR GO TO JAIL. >>"I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. I WAS SO SCARED" >> PAM: TOO SCARED TO SPEAK WITHOUT HER VOICE BEING DISGUISED. >>"UNFORTUNATELY SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DUPED BY THIS SCAM AND PAID MONEY TO THESE REPORTED DEA AGENTS" >> REPORTER:A WARNING FOR YOU TONIGHT OUR TECH REPORTER GABE SLATE HAS DISCOVERED A NEW, SOPHISTICATED EXTORTION SCAM. AND IT IS HAPPENING RIGHT HERE IN THE BAY AREA. >> PAM: GABE, AUTHORITIES ARE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS ONE. >> REPORTER:YES, THIS IS A TRICKY ONE . PEOPLE ARE GETTING CALLED ON THEIR CELL PHONE BY A LOCALLY BASED D=E=A AGENT WHO SAYS THEY HAVE AN ARREST WARRANT FOR THEM. >> REPORTER:IT ALL SEEMS VERY REAL. ONE WOMAN HERE HAS BEEN SO HARASSED BY THESE CALLS SHE REACHED OUT TO ME, I LOOKED INTO IT. THE REAL D=E=A SAYS IT'S A BIG PROBLEM. AND PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW I'TS HAPPENING ONLY HERE ON KRON 4. >> REPORTER:THIS WOMAN, WE WILL CALL FACE ON CAMERA AND ASKED THAT WE ALTER HER VOICE . >> REPORTER:SHE IS AFRAID OF RETALIATION. HERE'S WHY. >> REPORTER:SHE GOT A PHONE CALL FROM A 415 NUMBER THAT SHE DID NOT RECOGNIZE. SHE IGNORED IT. THE MYSTERY CALLER LEFT A VOICEMAIL "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 >> REPORTER:HERE IS THE VOICEMAIL THAT SHE HEARD. HER REAL NAME IS SPOKEN AT THE BEGINNING, WHICH WE BEEPED OUT. >> REPORTER:NATS @:11 - 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. 32-23- >> REPORTER:"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 >> WAS SO SCARED" >> REPORTER:SHE REACHED OUT TO ME FOR >> 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. >>5-54 BRUCE E. GOLDBERG, ASSISTANT TO THE SPECIAL "WE HAVE NO DIVISION 38, AND WE HAVE NO PAUL ANDERSON WORKING FOR US". >> REPORTER:THE DEA SAYS THERE IS A DANGEROUS ORGANIZED CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION BEHIND THIS EXTORTION SCAM. >>3:45 - BRUCE E. GOLDBERG, ASSISTANT TO THE SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE. >>"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? >> REPORTER:DID THAT MEAN THE CRIMINALS BEHIND THIS ARE BASED HERE?