Is this a scam? I received a call this afternoon. I looked it up and it is the USCIS call center number. They told me that Shanghai received a package that contained 24 undeclared bank cards and it was sent under my name. They said that this is a crime and I could be arrested, but I told them that I don’t know anything about this. They said it’s likely someone stole my identity, and then they connected me to the Shanghai police station on the phone. They said I needed to request a police report document from them to resolve the issue with USCIS.
They transferred my call, and a Chinese man answered and started inquiring about my situation. I talked to him in my very broken Chinese. Then he said to resolve this we would need to conduct a face to face interview via Zoom, which we did for a few minutes so he saw my face and I saw his. He was wearing a police uniform. This is when I started realizing it may be a scam, so I ended the Zoom call and he tried to call me back twice. I did not give them any of my personal or financial information except my name, which they already knew. This is really freaking me out because I am planning on traveling to China next month. I usually never pick up scam calls, but I did since I saw the number was from USCIS.