Comments on: Frightening Calls From Fake Debt Collectors Threaten People With Jail for Payday Loans. It’s a Scam.

By: Lupita

Lupita — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:16:00 +0000

I gt a call from a guy with an Indian accent and he told me that I had three charges against me and I need to call him or have my attorney call. I called and they had all my information. My social security number, date of birth and my bank information. The number that they called me from was 646-328-2045. The guys name is “Norman” and he works for the Financial Crime Department. He said I owed a payday loan from Ace Cash USA and they were filing against me for nonpayment. They said money was deposited into my account and when I checked my bank statements no money was ever deposited. I told them it was a scam and i wanted them to send me the paperwork against me since it’s my right to have it. He said none of my rights were being violated and I would get them once I pay it off. Now i’m scared they might use my social security number for the wrong doings. What can I do in this case about my Social Security Card????? Please help!

By: Lizz0699

Lizz0699 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:09:00 +0000

I am so happy to have found this sight. yesterday i recieved a call phone a man with a strong indian accent he called my work. He told me i needed to be represented by a lawyer that i was being charged with bank fraud., check fraud and something else i could not understand. He said his clients name was AMERICAN LOANS something along them lines. He told me i was being sued when i asked the man to hold because i had to help a customer he hung up called right back and told me i was running from the money i owed he started to threaten me and then he said my whole name and address. I hung up and immdeiatly went to a co-worker . i work in a bank . she pulled my credit report . Nothing on there indicated that someone had used my social security number to take out a loan so i then figured it was a scam and my co-worker also set me up with identity theft, i was shaking i was so scared that someone was using my identity but it was a scam a very terrible scam! Something needs to be done about that!!!!!

By: BidD

BidD — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:41:00 +0000

add this one—called two times the past 2 days 707-897-3034. Since I have never had a cash advance I knew it was a scam. I told them that I called the State Attorney General’s Office on them and they hung up.

By: Kim Snodgrass

Kim Snodgrass — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:34:00 +0000

the exact same thing happened to me. i called the police and reported it. its kinda comforting in a weird way that im not the only one receiving these calls. it is definately a scam.

By: Kim Snodgrass

Kim Snodgrass — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:30:00 +0000

i got a call very similar to yours. the indian guy on the phone said they were going to file charges of theft by deception for not going through with the loan. and gave me a lawyer to call. i called the police and the automatically acknowledged it was a scam.

By: hank

hank — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:02:00 +0000

yeah samething happend to me they said i will be arrested and there fraud charges against me criminal charges blahblahblah cant even understang them i cant belive i almost fell for it i was freaked out at first called me 2 weeks ago and called 2 times 2 day thank god i looked into this i new it was a scam!!!!!!!

By: hank

hank — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:42:00 +0000

They also use 817 and 707 area codes

By: Candygirl0773

Candygirl0773 — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:02:00 +0000

I am recieving calls from 213-262-9143,and 818-837-3051 and yes like a idiot I panic and put money on a pay card and sent that to them but they still keep telling me they are going to send a cop to arrest me and my kids will go into a foster home I live in Ohio and so far everything I have looked up that they say are from is in CA.I did contact my local Police and reported these phone calls but in the same sense I worry about what if someone is using my name and this is legit The company thet say I owe is cash4u and us cashadvance The names they are using is Russell Miller and John Cooper.

By: Trina

Trina — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:21:00 +0000

I got a call from 408-462-6579.They said I have 3 charges against my name,and if I don’t pay $3,000 in the next hour,the authorities will come arrest me and take me to jail.They said,I have something with checking fraud.I haven’t had a checking account since I was 19,and I told the guy with the thick indian accent.He said,”Tell that to the Judge”.They have been calling nonstop.

408-462-6579 is another number to watch out for.

By: Chrisander625

Chrisander625 — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:22:00 +0000

same thing happended to me guys, 310-742-3660. Never went through with the loan last week and I got 2 phone called at my work today and 2 messages on my cell phone. Dealt with a “Brain”. When i called the # back the first time I got a magic jack answering machine. Both times they called me at work I hung up on them cause I work in busy restaraunt, when I did finally talk to someone, told me I needed attorney, I had comitted fraud, money laundering ect all over an appearat 400$. Told me if I didnt pay they would have their day in court with me and I would go to jail.

By: Shinobishaw1982

Shinobishaw1982 — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:24:00 +0000

I also have been getting threatening phone calls with people with heavy indian accents saying that I have serious allegations against me and that a warrant has been issued. The last person was a woman named Sarah Williams from a company that apparenly dealt with crime investigations. The number she was calling from is 1-999-910-0103 and 1-917-775-0023.

By: Shinobishaw

Shinobishaw — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:22:00 +0000

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:34:00 +0000

I received a call today from someone claiming to Nick Anderson at The State Attorney office in New York. He stated that I owed American Cash a total of $522.88 and that If I didn’t pay this that I would be put in Jail and that they would notify my employer and have me fired. The number that he was called from was 636-898-6699 and then the same person called back the next morning with another number which was 647-478-6561. I went to my local law enforcement to notify them of this information and also let them hear the message that was left by the last number. These people are only out to get your information he also stated that he needed a copy of my Photo ID and Debit Card information. I went on-line to check the numbers that he was calling from there wasn’t a name for any of them.

By: Betteraskwho

Betteraskwho — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 04:17:00 +0000

i got one of these calls at work on friday… they said they were with the Financial Crimes Dept… and called from phone number 215-531-5065.
they also used the name Fast Cash International

By: EXTREMlS

EXTREMlS — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:43:00 +0000

646-368-7779
856-295-9553
Two more numbers these bastards are using.

By: Strewcherry

Strewcherry — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:31:00 +0000

I got a call from global collections and a process server saying they were going to serve me because I fraudgently got a loan from sonic cash I never applied for a loan in my life they had my name social security number but not the right address they said I was going to jail I told them to tell my lawyer then an hour latter the so called process server called back to ask if it was alright to stop by this just doesn’t seem right to me

By: Strewcherry

Strewcherry — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:31:00 +0000

By: Adamtugro

Adamtugro — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:30:00 +0000

Just got a call from this place today. They said they were an Attorneys firm in California representing CashNetUSA. They proceeded to tell me that I had defaulted on a loan and that I was being sued in the State of California. He then proceeded to tell me that I could settle the case right now if payed them $1000.00 dollars for fee’s and damages. He aggressively tried to get my Banking information from me in order to take care of the lawsuit. Number they called me from was 213-550-1953

By: jdavis

jdavis — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:42:00 +0000

this happened to me on 1/1/12 scam call the number was 646-328-2038 he said his name was Ron

By: jdavis

jdavis — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:42:00 +0000

this happened to me on 1/1/12 scam call the number was 646-328-2038 he said his name was Ron

By: Spinal Cord Injury Attorneys

Spinal Cord Injury Attorneys — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:03:00 +0000

What would be the best thing to do to stop this kind of threat? Good thing I didn’t encounter this one for now. But soon, I guess. I hope there would be a bliss action to this, It was so bothering.

By: Riccardojussomme

Riccardojussomme — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:34:00 +0000

wow the same thing happened today. I was fooled once into paying a bill of 511 dollars they claimed that they were a company that i owe to money because fortunately for the scammers i was looking for loans so i figured oh i forgot about it and i dont remember recieved it. which is why i paid the 511 dollars the first time.They called me again today and I told me about this situation they got upset and said if dont them 632.00 I will be spending christmas “behind bars in jail” lmao. That was when my when my light bulb flashed these guys are joking. I have a hunch these guys are computer hackers who watching activity of whoever they are trying to scam. Because guess what?they have my social sec@17ec2198ffc113cba3ff5a451261ef94:disqus irity# which i’m about to change. These guys are cunning and clever dont let their legal terms they use to fool you in in payin them. the interesting thing is that when check my credit transaction to who i paid the 511 to online it said : pay my bill ,thats all not company as they were claiming to be cash net usa. the best thing to do go an attorney because and file a complaint .These scammers use lawsuit matters and prison as scare tactics. One thing i always knew a that company cannot say u owe them with out mailing you , you have right to know you owe any money through documents. these scammers got clever send me a email a fake document with the company cashnet usa and use a YAHOO EMAIL EMAIL ADDRESS. lmao smh. the internet and computers just pave a new avenues for criminials, be careful there always new scams coming out.

By: Riccardojussomme

Riccardojussomme — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:34:00 +0000

By: Crystal10mp

Crystal10mp — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:36:00 +0000

I fell for this I owed a loan to cash net USA in 2007 i got a call this July 2011 from Tesoro llc in Florida telling me if I didn’t pay 1,000 through western union in 2 hours I will be processed through my state and would have to get out on bond I paid it and now I’m getting another call for $555 I called the police cause I was scared the police officer told me don’t pay it it’s a scam I feel like an idiot my family is out that money now cause I didn’t know any better

By: Crystal10mp

Crystal10mp — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:36:00 +0000

By: Bee

Bee — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:21:00 +0000

Was call From this number 7162041855, the frist voice mail left stated that I have Frund in my name with my ss# but I had not idea what they ware talking about so I did not call back. The next the message said someone was on the way to put but me in jail still did not know what he was talking, I call them back a woman answer the asking me if I know what they was calling me for the man comes on the phone a say that I had an unpaid internet payday and that I owe them $2300 I told him i had no job at this time and was unable to pay he told me to grow up beacuse at this point I am very upset so im crying and he say well don’t go home and hung up on me. So I called back and I believed I talked to someone else who was trying to be nice but not really and still me I need to send them the money , So call are and find someone to give $450 because at this time did not know what to do. I sent it by perpaid visa. The name of the company is Sterling and Seymour.

By: Bee

Bee — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:21:00 +0000

By: Jar4274

Jar4274 — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 02:27:00 +0000

Got a call for 8554014559 called my mother threatening to throw me in jail if I didn’t call them within and hour, and when I did they told me I had till 2pm to pay 237 dollars or a warnt for my arrest would be issued, so I payed…… is this a scam?

By: Will Alvarado

Will Alvarado — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:44:00 +0000

*************CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT AGAINST THESE BASTARDS*********************
I am putting together a group of people for a class action law suit with my attorny in the next few weeks, I have about 15 people now but from online searches I can see there is way more. I would like to have everyone interested in participating in the class action law suit please contact me with your information and experience with the company. My name is William Alvarado 631-579-2927, my email is Will(@)jeacorporations.com look forward to hearing from all of you!

By: Rawat Desouza

Rawat Desouza — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:06:00 +0000

Email your MP – he or she is voting on the civil legal aid cuts tomorrow
(Monday 31st October) – to abolish nearly all legal advice and civil
law cases and divorce cases supported by legal aid. If this goes through
only the rich and powerful will be able to use the courts for civil and
family law except for a very few cases.
http://www.claimjustice.co.uk/

By: Stacie

Stacie — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:05:00 +0000

…one more thing. They used a 1-877-848-4135 number and also hung up when I informed them that I work for the government. Well almost true, local municipality. He als hung up after I called back to get their address so I can send a Certified Affidavit from my bank stating I never received this deposit.

By: Stacie

Stacie — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:03:00 +0000

Yesterday someone called with an Indian accent and said I owe $350 for a payday loan I did not pay back from USA Cash or something. He was talking so fast and would not allow me to ask questions. I asked the date of this deposit and he said he could not give me a date but it was October 2010. The scary part is that he had my social security number and knew the name of my bank. I had a payday loan in the past but only use one company and it is not USA Cash nor was it ever for an amoutn of $350.00. I even double checked my bank statements. They threatened and said they were filfing a lawsuit in court today. BE CAREFUL.

By: Dixie_chick1981

Dixie_chick1981 — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:31:00 +0000

Also they are useing Cash Advance too and useing a number 310-227-8546 becuse my hubby just got a call from him early this morning

By: Dixie_chick1981

Dixie_chick1981 — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:31:00 +0000

Also they are useing Cash Advance too and useing a number 310-227-8546 becuse my hubby just got a call from him early this morning

By: Desmond

Desmond — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:19:00 +0000

I have recieved three calls from 775 410 1816 ….

By: Joyjoyner

Joyjoyner — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:21:00 +0000

Someone call claiming I took a loan but I didn’t take a loan out, I change my mind so that’s how that have my information. I was requiring about a loan. 707-238-8518 keep call me same person but different name.

By: Da1babygrl24

Da1babygrl24 — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:42:00 +0000

a number of 330-777-4252 with the name of larry Turner with an accent is threating to come and throw me in jail if i dont pay 878.95, hes claiming to be from the fraud department. this has been going on for months. and i called the local sheriffs department and they said DONT NOT fall for it because its a scam and there was no warrant out for my arrest.

By: John

John — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:02:00 +0000

Yes, we are recieving these type of calls. They don’t know are laws and procedures, since they are out of the country they think they could get away with this. Putting fear into hard working americans. I’m very upset. The fact they have my personal information. This I know triggert us because we applied for a loan recently on the internet.
Watch out because recently they some how used my daughters number?????? and called.
Caller ID SAID MY DAUGHTER THEY ANSWERED. DENIED USING THIS NUMBER. CROSS NUMBER ??? BEWARE
JOHN

By: John

John — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:02:00 +0000

By: Mechta1

Mechta1 — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:08:00 +0000

Got an email today listing a call back number 872-213-9369 and a person was using as a cover real law firm in Chicago, telling me something about the payday loan from Cash Advance. I never borrowed from payday loan places. It was obviously a scam, but they knew my SSN, which concerns me. I called them back and told them that I would be calling a police and reporting their phone number and hung up.

By: Laura Helms

Laura Helms — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:18:00 +0000

Thank you so much for posting this. I kept telling my friends that I was getting these calls and they were finding it hard to believe. The last call I received they cursed at me and hung up after I told them I had turned them over to the FTC after telling me me that they could not be touched by the FTC in their country and then said curse words and hung up. They called once when I was on vacation and called my supervisor a liar when she told them I was not at work. The guys that mostly called me were William Blake and Michael Knight (like in the show Knight Rider!)

By: Annamelia765

Annamelia765 — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:49:00 +0000

I got a call from a man with a heavy Indian accent saying that I have criminal charges and he needed to collect my information. He was claiming to be an officer. I told him that he couldn’t be a US officer and that this seemed like a scam. He told me to call this guy that has my case and he gave me a number. The number was the same as the number he was calling from. 626 384 3258

By: Jaygreen9211

Jaygreen9211 — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:07:00 +0000

i am from india and i know that this scam is going on from many days i got to know about this scam when i joined a call center when need of a job but after joining the company i got to know of this scam first i thought that it is a legal collection but as days past i got to know that it is a scam and the leads which we get to dial contains every single critical information like ssn work number home number full name and address etc when i got to know about this scam i left the company long back and now i want this scam to be completely shut so if any one needs any information to track them contact me on jaygreen9211@yahoo.com

By: Jovelyn Chaves

Jovelyn Chaves — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 01:16:00 +0000

i received a call from this man who had a deep indian accent stating that he works for the financial crime investigation telling me that i have a legal investigation against me that i dont know about & didnt get a summon from & he told me if i dont call him to resolve this matter he will send an investigation team to come and arrest me at work or at home. he told me to call this # 206-236-1001 . he even read out my last 4 digit of my social security number. its scary how these people have my work, cell, soclal # on hand.

By: Steve Rhode

Steve Rhode — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:17:00 +0000

Sounds like a scam. The process server twist is a new wrinkle. See this other article on the process server scam approach.

By: Geminigirl83

Geminigirl83 — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 18:13:00 +0000

How do you trully know if this is a scam or not. Just wait and see if the summons shows up? I just got a call from a RPS (reliable Process Server) saying she has a summons for me formthis attorney Alan Smith and I need to call 1-888-265-4093. I called got some kid it almost sounded like who had a spanish accent. He said he had to call the server and see when I was gonna be served and he was like your gonna be served at your job at 4:30 today or in the morning. I can only help you before your served. He said he handled large amount debts, but since I only owed 2,921.00 he wanted to help me before I got served. I could pay 20% down and make arrangements to pay. When I told him I would just wait to get served, he got pissed and wanted to talk to my boss and tell them what is going on. WTH is that about. I told him again That he could call me back at 4:30 when I am off. Does anyone have what I can say to him, so I can make sure this is a scam?

By: Steve Rhode

Steve Rhode — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 02:27:00 +0000

Frankly since they operate outside of the U.S. there is little you can do to stop the calls. I’d just educate the receptionists that you are the victim of a scam and hang up on the calls.

By: Donna

Donna — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 23:37:00 +0000

Received calls froms 209-243-0110 in May 2011 and talked to Christina, Pamela, and Jennifer, all with Indian accents. Having never had gotten a loan from CashAdvance of USA, I knew it was a scam. Told them I was filing compalints with the FBI and Attorney General. They quit calling for a while, but today (8/31/11) someone with an Indina accent called my work 2 times and left a number of 209-790-3761. I couldn’t understand his name but he did say “if you do not call me back, the only thing I can do for you is wish you good luck and may god help you”. Anything I can do to stop them from harrassing me and the receptionists at my work?

By: Steve Rhode

Steve Rhode — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 22:29:00 +0000

Be sure to post the numbers here in the comments so people can find them.

Unfortunately the quickest way to end the calls on the cell is to change your number.

By: Acmayes77

Acmayes77 — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 21:33:00 +0000

I have received 2 calls @ my job from these people, stating that they are David White and Bryan Johnson, when I can clearly tell by the “severe” accents that they are of some type of Indian descent. The last straw was today when they called my job and told me to take down a case number. I said, “for what?” He said that he could not tell me but, he was a Paralegal for an Attorney named David Cooper. I questioned him about the suit and he could not tell me anything other than the case number and the number to call. I have misplaced the number but, was given a 636 area code to call, which might I add, did not work. I am receiving so many calls on my cellular now it has gotten to the point that they are calling me at my job. When I told him that I wanted to speak to the Attorney, he transferred me to someone with a horrible accent that would not anser my questions. He became so rude and obnoxious to me that he finally cussed me out(remember, I am at work). His words to me were, ” it is not my fault you are being sued so quit wasting my f*cking time and take down the G.D. case number and call it. I blew a gasket and told him to stop or I will file harrassment on them. Everything that this blog shows about what they do is everything that they have said to me. It is sad that people will go to extreme measures to prey on others due to their lack of intelligence and motivation to make money the legit way. Everyone who has fallen victim to this need to report this to Consumer Affairs and keep up with the numbers that they give you.