There are other formats. Here's one that my wife (who is originally from China) got: This guy calls claiming to be from the Beijing police. They claim that aft

There are other formats. Here's one that my wife (who is originally from China) got: This guy calls claiming to be from the Beijing police. They claim that after she left China, someone stole her identity and tried to make some transactions in her name. They managed to stop him, but now they're investigating and they need to gather evidence. And so they need to get her id and bank account details, etc. For a while they completely had both of us, and we believed everything they said up until they were asking for her details. She asked for a name and id number, and said she'd call them back. When she looked up the real Beijing police phone number and called them, they said they had no idea what she was talking about.