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Boat's distress call a hoax?

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We're dealing with what may be a hoax that -- now Coast Guard officials calling off the search for a boat.

That reportedly sank off the coast of central California with a couple in their two kids on board.

It happened on Sunday or supposedly did the Coast Guard reports it received a distress call a series of them really.

Claiming the -- least 49 foot sailboat was taking on water.

Yesterday the Coast Guard released one of those calls.

They've got good stuff here and did.

It's -- -- its.

Abandoning ship.

After searching for two days crews say they didn't find a single thing no debris no physical signs of distress nothing out there.

And no one has come forward to report any family members missing.

So now they say they're investigating whether the whole thing might be fake.