This is a criminal extortion ring operating out of India. ABC News released an investigative report on it in June. The FTC has indicted one of its ringleaders for criminal fraud:
Beware of this number 973- 796-3910 calling my work and theathing I will be arrested, His accent Indian male pretending his officer Danny Johnson from crime investigation department, I have turn this phone number to state police authority to handle this matter, this call is coming from New Jersey are code.
This is Danny Johnson state investigation stating that my Ss# has been compromised....please hold on to speak to my supervisor...I told him that I would go to the police dept. and check it out for myself...and hung up
I have received numerous calls from 973-796-3910, caller states he is with Department of State and an officer (Very heavy Indian accent) and there are 3 cases against me and if I would call back at this number immediately and God bless me on this illegal cases. Needless to say, sounded like a scam, so I looked up the number to see what others had to sat.
They called saying I was gonna be arrested and they were going to call my job and to tell them. At first I though it was weird because I never heard of an indian named Mike or an indian being a cop.