Tag Archives: fake debt collector
- Fake Debt Collectors from India, Stopped
In December of 2009 I wrote Frightening Calls From Fake Debt Collectors Threaten People With Jail for Payday Loans. It’s a Scam. Since that time people have been receiving an increasing number of brazen calls from fake and phony debt collectors threatening jail or arrest. The names and telephone numbers these fake debt collectors literally [...]
- Fake Debt Collector – Consumer Complaint – 1-27-2012
Date This Problem Happened: January 27, 2012 State You Live in: New York Race/Ethnicity: White Age Range: 21-35 Total Amount of Fee Paid: Company Name: Michael Carter Company Address: Company Telephone Number: 818-337-3042 Website of Company: Consumer Statement: I got a phone call around 6pm tonight saying that I was going to be arrested tomorrow [...]
- Fake Debt Collector – Consumer Complaint – 1-26-2012
Date This Problem Happened: January 26, 2012 State You Live in: Oregon Race/Ethnicity: White Age Range: 36-50 Total Amount of Fee Paid: Company Name: Peter Jones Company Address: Company Telephone Number: 315=604-3650 Website of Company: Consumer Statement: They told me to pay them the money I was loaned or they would take me to court. [...]
- TAC / Cash Solutions Fake Debt Collector – Consumer Complaint – 1-20-2012
Date This Problem Happened: October 20, 2011 State You Live in: Tennessee Race/Ethnicity: White Age Range: 21-35 Total Amount of Fee Paid: Company Name: TAC / Cash Solutions Company Address: Company Telephone Number: 347-671-0356 Website of Company: cashsolutions.com Consumer Statement: For the last several mponths I have been receiving very harassing phone calls from people [...]
- Fake Debt Collector – Consumer Complaint – 1-18-2012
Date This Problem Happened: January 17, 2012 State You Live in: California Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino Age Range: 21-35 Total Amount of Fee Paid: Company Name: Mrs. Turner Company Address: Company Telephone Number: 601-351-9445 Website of Company: Consumer Statement: This suppose Mrs. Turner called an ex-boyfriend of mine, from a blocked # and left a [...]
- Fake Debt Collector Says I’ll Be Arrested – Consumer Complaint – 11-15-2011
Date This Problem Happened: November 15, 2011 State You Live in: Nevada Race/Ethnicity: White Age Range: 21-35 Total Amount of Fee Paid: Company Name: Company Address: Company Telephone Number: 518-689-4049 Website of Company: Consumer Statement: I am receiving threatening phone calls from a middle eastern women. She is saying that I am going be arrested [...]
- An Online Payday Loan Company Collector is Threatening Me With Jail
“Dear Steve, I would like to know if it is illegal for a company to call and threathen jail and that the case is a felony. Which I know neither one of those are correct, however, I have a tape recording of a conversation I had with a company that said I did not pay [...]
- Vermont Residents Warned About Phone Scams by State Police
Vermont is one of those idyllic places you normal think of as safe and serene. With beautiful mountains and friendly people all about it’s one of the few places in the country you would not suspect scammers to be getting a foothold. Vermont State Police are warning their residents of various phone scams that are [...]
- Debt Collector Wants to Have Phone Sex With Me. Asks Me About My Underwear. – Maria
“Dear Steve, My parents came into some hardship and were losing thier house of 20+ years. So I took out several payday loans. It got to bad that it was either my mortgage or the payday loan payment. I took out 4 loans. One loan has been willing for me to make small payments over [...]
- FBI Pissed About Phony Debt Collectors of Payday Loans Pretending to be FBI Agents
Last December I first covered the problem with fake debt collectors calling to allegedly collect on past due payday loans. See “Frightening Calls From Fake Debt Collectors Threaten People With Jail for Payday Loans. It’s a Scam.” Well apparently now the scammers are saying they are FBI Agents. Interesting move. Not smart. The FBI has [...]
- How Do I Know if a Threatening Debt Collector Call is Legit? – Kim
How do you know if a threatening call is legit? Today I received a phone cal from a person with a India accent stating that if we did did not return the call would would “have to face the consequences” but no company name was give and when I tryed to look up the number [...]
- A Debt Collector Keeps Calling Me From 212-500-0839 And Says I’ll Be Arrested. – Lavern
“Dear Steve, What should I do if a collection company won’t give me their address? The guy that called was Jeff Parker (212) 500-0839. The message he left was that there were papers filed under my SS# at the New York City court and I needed to contact them right away. He first told me [...]
- Frightening Calls From Fake Debt Collectors Threaten People With Jail for Payday Loans. It’s a Scam.
Phantom phony debt collectors with Indian accents are calling people trying to scare them into paying debts that are not theirs. Some of the company names they use are American Credit Services, TAC Evolution, Allied Financial Services, CashNetUSA, Sonic Bank, Sonic CashNet, CashLand, and Cash America. If you know of others, please add them in [...]