202-506-9211
DC, US
 | etabd 2013-01-30 02:03:59 Unknown |
this is just such a temp to steal money from you tell these a***oles to go f*** themselves they can't do anything to you they are not real there nobody they are hoping that you will be so frightened that you'll run start getting all this money together send it to them then you'll never hear from them again unless they start calling you from a different number with the same scam and you fall for it. they are full of s*** I told the guy he's full of s*** and he can go f*** himself I wasn't giving him a dime
| Anna Nilsson 2012-03-23 15:59:06 Debt Collector |
I have been getting threatening calls from STEVE HART at this number 202-506-9211 and 786-752-7410 VERY heavy indian accent - cannot make out the name of the company - wants my to pay a bill that he cannot give me specific information to and want me to use green dot to make the payment.
| yura 2012-03-22 04:13:34 Debt Collector |
they called and stated that we owed money on a payday loan and had all our private information. they stated that if we did not call or pay by tomorrow 3/22/2012 that we will be arrested and taking to court for fraud and such. very heavy accent. called my local police dept and they said if they called back that i was in contact with the police dept and that i had made a complaint with the ftc. i suggest all do the same. ftc.gov and your local police department
| OB 2012-03-21 16:48:28 Unknown |
I got calls from this number, telling me I owe them money. I called them back. I really have no idea what to do with this people. It's sickening.
| shanequa Silvers 2012-03-21 02:15:20 Unknown |
an indian man called me this morning sayin i had a 398 payday loan for cash advance.i was supposewd to call bak to make a minimunm payment of 220.00.IU never called back and he left a message saying he wishes me luck on my case and he was sending the law suit to my local athorities.Im worried about this only because he read me my social.
| D Bo 2012-03-19 23:24:12 Unknown |
I got the same from these people with a thick accent. They said as soon as get the message to have my attorney to call. The same people have been calling me for over a year
| angie 2012-03-19 21:04:54 Unknown |
hey peeps....dont let these guys upset you. The more upset you get the more they call. My ex is a cop and this is what I do...when they call I will answer the phone and let them say their little speal and then I tell them I have contacted my cell phone provider, local and state law enforcement, and the state attorney general. And then I laugh and tell them that I know they are a scam and to keep calling. One time they even threatened to come to my place of employement. I told them I would be waiting for them with a 9mm. Would be my pleasure to off them and the cops will be there watching. It has been 6 months since I heard from them last until now. This is funny.....they can f*** off.
| SARA 2012-03-19 18:25:18 Unknown |
I received several calls at work from this man who had indian accent harrasing me telling me that i been sued and the attorney wants to talk to me so on and so on telling him don"t call me at work very time i hang up he calls back again and he knows my SS# . Used the name Chris Matthew
| joe 2012-03-19 16:28:58 Unknown |
got the same call from a different number last week when i told them i looked up the number he admitted it was a scam called me the n-word and hung up today i told them i live in ga and we dont have payday loans he called me stupid and hung up on me
| ssconfused 2012-03-19 16:01:08 Unknown |
Received same call on cell and work number, heavy accent states he is Chris Matthews, but sounds like he is from India. He has stated that I would be arrested, if Idid not reply.
| Matt 2012-03-16 14:20:36 Unknown |
I got the same message he yelled at me I yelled at him he blesses me and I told him no bless you because I work for an italian agency and when I find him and his group I was gonna dig a big hole in the sand and throw the remains of him and his partners in it throw gasoline on them and light a match and have barberque t**** heads!!!
| angel 2012-03-09 17:21:24 Debt Collector |
Got a call from a heavily accented man Mr Matthews and his "associates" threatening jail time and more didnt recognize the number and when I didnt answer it they even left threatening voice messages to me got me all upset and even a panic attack , had to get my molther and step father involved about this number and the Law Offices of Delphi as they call themselves and still DONT RESPOND to them they will take you for money they can get out of you. paid 325.00 to them for a supposed "settlement" to a bank that was supposedly owned to that bank now i got to get a new debit card and all the rigamorroar.
| Alfalfa 2012-02-27 16:32:25 Unknown |
One leg of this scam has been shut down:
Even scam artists are outsourcing. On Tuesday in its first crackdown on fraudulent telemarketing in South Asia, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it was shutting down two California-based companies that used a call center in India to defraud Americans out of more than $5 million over the past two years.
Workers in India made threatening calls to Americans getting them to pay money on debts that they didn't owe, the FTC charges. At an FTC press conference in Chicago on Tuesday, fraud victim JanLaree DeJulius explained that she had received a call from someone claiming to be an enforcement officer from the (phony) "Federal Department of Crime and Prevention," who threatened to have her arrested and have her wages garnished if she didn't pay a bill of more than $730. The scam artists had gotten her name and information from a payday loan her ex-husband had taken out in her name.
"It was very embarrassing," Dejulius said. "He knew everything about me so I agreed to set up an installment." She is not alone. According to the FTC, more than 8 million calls were made since 2010 and at least 17,000 transactions processed across the United States related to the global scam.
On Tuesday under request from the FTC, a U.S. District Court in Chicago stopped the international operation, charging Varang K. Thaker and two companies he owned, American Credit Crunchers, LLC, and an affiliate Ebeeze, LLC, with violating the FTC Act and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
"This is a brazen operation based on pure fraud, and the FTC is committed to shutting it down," said David Vladeck, director of the FTC's consumer protection bureau. "Consumers should not be pressured into paying debt they don't remember owing. Legitimate debt collectors must provide consumers with both written information about the debt, and instructions for protecting themselves if they don't think they owe the debt."
According to the FTC's charges, Thaker used Social Security numbers and bank account numbers obtained from payday lenders to identify the victims for his scam. He outsourced the work to an Indian call center, where workers made threatening calls to American consumers to pay fake debt or collect on bills for which they were not authorized.
Thaker was not available when contacted by telephone on Tuesday. A woman who claimed to be Thaker's older sister and asked not to be named for privacy reasons said he is working with the FTC to help the Indian government pursue the fraudster call center operators. She also said he was innocent in the scam. "He was being used by somebody. He didn't even know where they got the information," she told The Huffington Post by phone. She said that her brother got 10 percent of the earnings from the scam operation.
The FTC charges against Thaker are the latest in a series of police actions by the government agency to put an end to rogue debt collection operations that have become more frequent in the aftermath of the Great Recession. In January, the FTC struck a $2.5-million settlement with debt-buying company Asset Acceptance, LLC, charging that the company had falsely represented itself to customers, including making up phantom debts that customers no longer owed. Last October, the FTC filed a complaint against seven other fraudulent debt collectors, alleging that they had engaged in the same techniques -- demanding money from customers who owed nothing at all.
The growing number of Americans who are unable to pay their bills has meant there are more companies looking to profit from their economic difficulties.
Debt collectors have been taking more aggressive tactics as fewer people are able to make ends meet or are in a cycle of debt. More than 30 million Americans are in debt collection, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Since 2010, more than 4,000 complaints have been filed with the FTC and state attorneys general about fraudulent debt collection calls, the FTC said.
Charles Junitkka, a personal bankruptcy attorney who represents clients in the New York City area, said, "In the last few years, the desperation of the collectors and their efforts have intensified because of the economy."
This story has been updated to reflect comment from a woman who says she is the sister of Varang Thaker. Thaker himself was unavailable for comment.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/21/ftc- ... _n_1289751.html
Consumers across the country report that they're getting telephone calls from people trying to collect on loans the consumers never received or on loans they did receive but for amounts they do not owe. Others are receiving calls from people seeking to recover on loans consumers received but where the creditors never authorized the callers to collect for them. So what's the story?
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the nation's consumer protection agency, is warning consumers to be on the alert for scam artists posing as debt collectors. It may be hard to tell the difference between a legitimate debt collector and a fake one. Sometimes a fake collector may even have some of your personal information, like a bank account number. A caller may be a fake debt collector if he:
is seeking payment on a debt for a loan you do not recognize;
refuses to give you a mailing address or phone number;
asks you for personal financial or sensitive information; or
exerts high pressure to try to scare you into paying, such as threatening to have you arrested or to report you to a law enforcement agency.
If you think that a caller may be a fake debt collector:
Ask the caller for his name, company, street address, and telephone number. Tell the caller that you refuse to discuss any debt until you get a written "validation notice." The notice must include the amount of the debt, the name of the creditor you owe, and your rights under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
If a caller refuses to give you all of this information, do not pay! Paying a fake debt collector will not always make them go away. They may make up another debt to try to get more money from you.
Stop speaking with the caller. If you have the caller's address, send a letter demanding that the caller stop contacting you, and keep a copy for your files. By law, real debt collectors must stop calling you if you ask them to in writing.
Do not give the caller personal financial or other sensitive information. Never give out or confirm personal financial or other sensitive information like your bank account, credit card, or Social Security number unless you know whom you're dealing with. Scam artists, like fake debt collectors, can use your information to commit identity theft ? charging your existing credit cards, opening new credit card, checking, or savings accounts, writing fraudulent checks, or taking out loans in your name.
Contact your creditor. If the debt is legitimate ? but you think the collector may not be ? contact your creditor about the calls. Share the information you have about the suspicious calls and find out who, if anyone, the creditor has authorized to collect the debt.
Report the call. Contact the FTC and your state Attorney General's office with information about suspicious callers. Many states have their own debt collection laws in addition to the federal FDCPA. Your Attorney General's office can help you determine your rights under your state's law.>
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/alerts/alt076.shtm
Even scam artists are outsourcing. On Tuesday in its first crackdown on fraudulent telemarketing in South Asia, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it was shutting down two California-based companies that used a call center in India to defraud Americans out of more than $5 million over the past two years.
Workers in India made threatening calls to Americans getting them to pay money on debts that they didn't owe, the FTC charges. At an FTC press conference in Chicago on Tuesday, fraud victim JanLaree DeJulius explained that she had received a call from someone claiming to be an enforcement officer from the (phony) "Federal Department of Crime and Prevention," who threatened to have her arrested and have her wages garnished if she didn't pay a bill of more than $730. The scam artists had gotten her name and information from a payday loan her ex-husband had taken out in her name.
"It was very embarrassing," Dejulius said. "He knew everything about me so I agreed to set up an installment." She is not alone. According to the FTC, more than 8 million calls were made since 2010 and at least 17,000 transactions processed across the United States related to the global scam.
On Tuesday under request from the FTC, a U.S. District Court in Chicago stopped the international operation, charging Varang K. Thaker and two companies he owned, American Credit Crunchers, LLC, and an affiliate Ebeeze, LLC, with violating the FTC Act and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
"This is a brazen operation based on pure fraud, and the FTC is committed to shutting it down," said David Vladeck, director of the FTC's consumer protection bureau. "Consumers should not be pressured into paying debt they don't remember owing. Legitimate debt collectors must provide consumers with both written information about the debt, and instructions for protecting themselves if they don't think they owe the debt."
According to the FTC's charges, Thaker used Social Security numbers and bank account numbers obtained from payday lenders to identify the victims for his scam. He outsourced the work to an Indian call center, where workers made threatening calls to American consumers to pay fake debt or collect on bills for which they were not authorized.
Thaker was not available when contacted by telephone on Tuesday. A woman who claimed to be Thaker's older sister and asked not to be named for privacy reasons said he is working with the FTC to help the Indian government pursue the fraudster call center operators. She also said he was innocent in the scam. "He was being used by somebody. He didn't even know where they got the information," she told The Huffington Post by phone. She said that her brother got 10 percent of the earnings from the scam operation.
The FTC charges against Thaker are the latest in a series of police actions by the government agency to put an end to rogue debt collection operations that have become more frequent in the aftermath of the Great Recession. In January, the FTC struck a $2.5-million settlement with debt-buying company Asset Acceptance, LLC, charging that the company had falsely represented itself to customers, including making up phantom debts that customers no longer owed. Last October, the FTC filed a complaint against seven other fraudulent debt collectors, alleging that they had engaged in the same techniques -- demanding money from customers who owed nothing at all.
The growing number of Americans who are unable to pay their bills has meant there are more companies looking to profit from their economic difficulties.
Debt collectors have been taking more aggressive tactics as fewer people are able to make ends meet or are in a cycle of debt. More than 30 million Americans are in debt collection, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Since 2010, more than 4,000 complaints have been filed with the FTC and state attorneys general about fraudulent debt collection calls, the FTC said.
Charles Junitkka, a personal bankruptcy attorney who represents clients in the New York City area, said, "In the last few years, the desperation of the collectors and their efforts have intensified because of the economy."
This story has been updated to reflect comment from a woman who says she is the sister of Varang Thaker. Thaker himself was unavailable for comment.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/21/ftc- ... _n_1289751.html
Consumers across the country report that they're getting telephone calls from people trying to collect on loans the consumers never received or on loans they did receive but for amounts they do not owe. Others are receiving calls from people seeking to recover on loans consumers received but where the creditors never authorized the callers to collect for them. So what's the story?
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the nation's consumer protection agency, is warning consumers to be on the alert for scam artists posing as debt collectors. It may be hard to tell the difference between a legitimate debt collector and a fake one. Sometimes a fake collector may even have some of your personal information, like a bank account number. A caller may be a fake debt collector if he:
is seeking payment on a debt for a loan you do not recognize;
refuses to give you a mailing address or phone number;
asks you for personal financial or sensitive information; or
exerts high pressure to try to scare you into paying, such as threatening to have you arrested or to report you to a law enforcement agency.
If you think that a caller may be a fake debt collector:
Ask the caller for his name, company, street address, and telephone number. Tell the caller that you refuse to discuss any debt until you get a written "validation notice." The notice must include the amount of the debt, the name of the creditor you owe, and your rights under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
If a caller refuses to give you all of this information, do not pay! Paying a fake debt collector will not always make them go away. They may make up another debt to try to get more money from you.
Stop speaking with the caller. If you have the caller's address, send a letter demanding that the caller stop contacting you, and keep a copy for your files. By law, real debt collectors must stop calling you if you ask them to in writing.
Do not give the caller personal financial or other sensitive information. Never give out or confirm personal financial or other sensitive information like your bank account, credit card, or Social Security number unless you know whom you're dealing with. Scam artists, like fake debt collectors, can use your information to commit identity theft ? charging your existing credit cards, opening new credit card, checking, or savings accounts, writing fraudulent checks, or taking out loans in your name.
Contact your creditor. If the debt is legitimate ? but you think the collector may not be ? contact your creditor about the calls. Share the information you have about the suspicious calls and find out who, if anyone, the creditor has authorized to collect the debt.
Report the call. Contact the FTC and your state Attorney General's office with information about suspicious callers. Many states have their own debt collection laws in addition to the federal FDCPA. Your Attorney General's office can help you determine your rights under your state's law.>
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/alerts/alt076.shtm
| Maria SANTOY 2012-02-27 16:16:55 Debt Collector |
I RECEIVED SEVERAL ALLS FROM A MIKE ANDERSON THREATENING TO HAVE ME ARRESTED, CALL MY EMPLOYER, MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY IF IDID NOT CALL HIM BACK, HE EVEN HAS MY DAUGHTERS NAME AND THREATENED HER ALSO. IAM SO SICK OF THIS WHAT CAN I DO ?
| Karen 2012-02-22 15:04:28 Unknown |
I want to know who, where and what is up with this phone number
| Karen 2012-02-22 15:03:27 Unknown |
I just got a call from these a***s and I cussed them out. Called my local FBI and was informed they are scamming people!! Worst part is they have my social..
| pam 2012-02-22 14:25:36 Unknown |
same thing, got a call from man with heavy accent, demanding money for loan I did not even get. threatened me to pay the money back or else
| karey 2012-02-21 22:55:14 Unknown |
This person has been harassing me all day stating I will be arrested for a pay day loan I never received and that he was gonna call me boss. Told me he was from law group of delvaney.. talked to my boss and she tried calling he then told her to f*** off and hung up on her... I reported it to the local authorities in my state and they gave me a number to report them...
| Maria 2012-02-21 17:20:35 Debt Collector |
Received a call this AM from a Mike Anderson (heavy Indian accent) from the Law firm of Belvany.
He stated that I was in deep trouble with the Law regarding some un-paid bill and if I did not return his call the Police would be sent to my house and I would be arrested. He also had my social security number. We don't owe any money to anyone and this is the second time he has called,the first time on my cell phone. He threatened to call my employer,friends,and family and also mentioned my married daughter's name as a co-conspiritor and that she would also be arrested.
Please HELP us, Thanks.
He stated that I was in deep trouble with the Law regarding some un-paid bill and if I did not return his call the Police would be sent to my house and I would be arrested. He also had my social security number. We don't owe any money to anyone and this is the second time he has called,the first time on my cell phone. He threatened to call my employer,friends,and family and also mentioned my married daughter's name as a co-conspiritor and that she would also be arrested.
Please HELP us, Thanks.
| dms 2012-02-20 22:03:51 Debt Collector |
These people are driving me nuts, always the threat and talk of lawyers, if you could really understand them that is. Have not a clue what they are talking about but sure wish they would stop. It is too bad they have nothing else to do or who ever is paying them to harass every one, needs to find a better way to spend their money
| poco 2012-02-20 16:28:20 Unknown |
I have received several phone calls from this man with a strong accent saying he was an attorney and it was urgent that I return his call me or my attorney if I didn't call him back I will be arrested and god bless me on the situation that will happen to me
Used the name Mike Berg or Burg accent appeared to be Indian as in India.
Caller: 2025069211
Used the name Mike Berg or Burg accent appeared to be Indian as in India.
Caller: 2025069211
| curious 2012-02-19 07:15:12 Unknown |
I received the same call
| curious 2012-02-19 07:03:29 Unknown |
I have received several phone calls from this man with a strong accent saying he was an attorney and it was urgent that I return his call me or my attorney if I didn't call him back I will be arrested and god bless me on the situation that will happen to me
| DBL 2012-02-17 22:56:35 Unknown |
I received the same calls on my personal cellphone as well as the person called my job. He had a heavy Indian accent. When too many questions are asked, he started screaming and hung up the phone on me. When he called my job he threatened my boss. When I tried to call the number back early in the morning there was a recording saying it was a Magic Jack number which had not been given out yet. Frustrating.
| John 2012-02-17 17:18:24 Unknown |
I 've recently been called by the same scam. Person keeps threatening me with violence. I am looking into purchasing a gun.
| unknow 2012-02-17 16:08:07 Unknown |
me too.....total scam!
| unknown 2012-02-17 16:06:39 Unknown |
Same phone number by the way and they left me the same messages...not sure how they recieved my info:(
| unknown 2012-02-17 16:04:16 Unknown |
Total scam.....I received the same call a few days ago. I told him that I knew that it was a scam and that I had recorded his message....he told me to Rest in Peace. Be firm with him. He scared me too at first but then i got angry. I have not heard from him again. There is some report on the BBB about this scam. Please do not pay them anything!!!!!!
| kenny 2012-02-17 15:35:56 Debt Collector |
some guy woke me up with a phone call from (202)506-9211, saying "americancashadvance" was filling a lawsuit against me, that i didn't pay my loan i got from them, i never got any loan from them, i was scared of getting arrested, he said i should pay $600 immediately or i'll pay $8000 in court, that's when i looked up this number online, it seems like it's a scam, i'm glad other people here have the same experience.
| sneed 2012-02-16 19:25:34 Unknown |
I also have been called by that number like 5 times today. They said they where with some law firm and please hold as i transfer you to the attorney. And how they got my social security and birth date is beyond me. I threaten them with phone harassment if they kept calling me and of course he got pissed and told me that they are mailing the papers with a court date and i better be there. It freaked me out but i started looking up the number but it says mobile phone and land line.. That is on white pages.com... Complaint has been filled with the FTC but if they keep it up I will be filling with the IC3...
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