Caller said he was from U S embassy in Mexico - family relative was being held on a  charge and would be set to Panama where drugs were coming in unless I was to send bail money  to get him released.  It turns out that said relative was not even in Mexico.  They even had him speak to me on the phone.  It sounded like his voice and he said things that only said relative would know. After sending the funds in three hours they called again and wanted 3500 for lawyer fees because he supposedly didn't want the Embassy appointed one.  When they called the second  time I figured I had been had.  I hung up.I don't know how they were able to get my name and phone number or how they were able to fake the whole thing.  I felt sure it was a true situation and did send the money which they told me would all be refunded as soon as the court hearing was over