EVERYONE, CALL THE FBI IN SEATTLE, WA ABOUT THESE PEOPLE
HARASSING US. 206-622-0460  I AM SICK AND TIRED OF THESE PHONE CALLS!
YOU SHOULD ALSO CONTACT THE FTC AT 1-877-382-4357 MAKE A COMPLAINT
COME ON, AN MAN WITH A MIDDLE EASTERN ACCENT NAMED DON ROGERS OR
JOHN SMITH DEMANDING MONEY OR YOU WILL ARRESTED AND LOSE YOUR JOB!
COMPLAIN BEFORE THEY EXTORT ANY MORE MONEY FROM YOU OR YOUR
OLDER FAMILY MEMBERS!!

Just to let everybody know, I just got off the phone with my local FBI unit, and they said that if they only have the last 4 digits of your SS #, then you are in NO danger, only if they somehow got your whole number, then you would be in danger, but wanted to let you all know that "" officer'' John Peterson is nothing but a scam who wants money, and it sounded like the FBI have been getting similar complaints fro others

This "officer'' John Peterson has been harassing me too, and he also got my SS #, I am disabled, I am scared of my money being stolen, what should I do? He said there was a lawsuit out on me, and I found out that there was nothing out on me, sounds like he is doing to a lot of people, I think he is from India

I have been called by John Peterson, and he is stating he is a police officer and will send the police, but whenI called to see if there was a lawsuit against me, and they did not know what the heck I was talking about. The only thing that worries me is some how he got my SS # and adress, and i al disabled, can he steal my SS and what can I do about it/

I just got a call from these same people saying I owe $452.00 and if I don't pay I will be arrested and lose my job and my credit will be negatively impacted.  The man that I talked to said he is a Federal agent and investigating cyber fraud and that I owe this money for  a pay day loan from United Cash Advance.  I do not owe United Cash Advance anything and have not accepted a loan from this company.

I have contacted my local FBI and informed them of the call I received

I got a call from these people stating I owe 500 Fast Cash. They said if I didnt pay that I can be arrested, I called 500 fast cash and said they are investigating this problem right now and that I do not owe them money! This is crazy there number was 206--238-1001

Yeah, officer John Peterson from India!! Lol I wish there was a way to sue those jerks

I got a call from this number on 1/28/2010 and 2/2/2010 from Officer Jack Anderson stating I owed payday loan company money and I was going to be arrested if I didn't pay $900.00.  I didn't give him any infomation as he already had my social security number and personal information including relatives phone numbers.  He called me back to back at work and on my cell these two days. I informed him today that I knew he was a fraud as I looked him up on the internet and he said Criminal Lady You Are Still going to pay.

Read our posts about Global Winners below.  Tell him you read the Google Posts referring to his number. He will get upset and hang up.

I already posted about the Global Winners phone call.  This guy has called us 3 other times indicating that we won money; 1st call $1.5 Million, 2nd call $500K, and then this time for $950K. Each time he indicates that we must pay him $300-400 dollars to take delivery of check.  He states that four people will come to our door, a US Marshall, 2 people from his office and the UPS person to collect the delivery fee of $300 or whatever amount they are trying to scam us out of at the time.  He states that they will accompany us to the bank.  as soon as we deposit the check, we are required to give "cash" to the UPS guy. I've called the number and it is not blocked.  We have been told that the check is not "good" until the funds are moved to that account AFTER the delivery money is collected. We've also informed our Sheriffs Department.  They were not aware of this new scam.  Michael Peterson was quite upset when we started reading these posts to him over the phone. He hung up very quickly.

Mr. Michael Peterson from Global Winners called this morning telling me that I had won $950K and a Mercedes.  He told us that we needed to give him $315 dollars and he would deliver the check.  As the call progressed, I asked him to send me a copy of the check. I must mention that he had our name, address, and phone number.  He appeared to have a spanish accent.  He sent me the copy of the so-called Certified Check #0348927 from Bank of America. We told him we were going to take the check to Bank of America; he immediately told us that if we did that the winnings would be null and void.  I asked to speak to his supervisor; he put me on hold and connected me with Paul Washington, who sounded just like Michael Peterson. Mr. Washington asked me what I was calling about. He did not know us, nor did he know Michael Peterson. He eventually tapped on his computer and said that Mr. Peterson was his employee but he didn't know him personally.  We looked up this phone number on Google, found these posts, and started reading the posts to Michael Peterson. He was very rude and condescending, started telling me we were fools because we didn't want the money, then hung up.

HI! I HAVE BEEN RECIEVING PHONE CALLS FROM THIS SAME PERSON FOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS SAYING I OWE HIM 452.00 FROM A PAYDAY LOAN. HOW DID YOU GET HIM TO LEAVE YOU ALONE??

Just received a number from these people! Only they were saying that I have a cashiers check waiting for me at BANK OF AMERICA! I thought this was odd because no one is suppose to be sending me any money. I looked the number up on the internet and was glad to see it has been reported as a SCAM!!!!

I'm going to make a very long story short Matthew and Don Rogers has been calling my cell, my husbands cell, our house and my husbands work saying he owes a payday loan company money and they needed it now or my husband would go to jail. So I called the DA of my state, the bbb of Kansas, Washington and Maryland and the Federal Trade Comm. They all told me this is a SCAM American's do not go to jail for a debt owed like this. A few days later I got a call from a Ethan Parker and Shawn Watson(sounded just like Mat and Don) but this time they said I owe money, they knew my bank name, ss #, everything about me I told them I do not know if they are a real company and they could send me a letter of who I owe they said they can not send a letter until I give them my debit card # I told them that here in the USA a collection agency will send a letter before they are paid if the bill is really owed, I then hung up on them. A few minutes later I called one of the many numbers I have for the Roger's brothers and they answer "hello" more like a house then a business and I ask for Ethan Parker and the guy(aka Don) says yes just a minute. I just hung up again because I know its a SCAM!!!!! If you get a call from anyone who says they will put you in jail it is a SCAM they can not do that call the BBB of the state they say they are calling from make sure you get the business name they say down right...they are hard to understand.

Did you ever hear from him again?

I have been dealing with Officer Don and Matthew Rogers claiming they are from financial crime investigation unit. They say my husband owes $2000. They say he will go to jail and I also reminded him we are in the USA we go to court first. I have contacted the Attorney General here in Kansas.

This guy stated he was named Officer John Peterson, he said that he was going to send the police to arrest my husband  because of a debt to a cash advance that he never had! He was rude, yelling at me on the phone, telling me my husband would pay! I told him that this was America and in America we don't arrest people for owing a debt! He hung up me, I called back told him I was going to call a lawyer and have his a**! He asked me what I was gonna do about him yelling at me, do not pay this guy he is a fraud and a major jerk!

have gotten 4 calls from this man stating he is officer don rodgers with the financial crime investigation unit. he told me "i would face my worst nightmare of my life".when I called back to curse him out, he told me to have a nice day. these people are nuts!!! out of seattle washington

I too have received calls from this number from a foreign speaking Officer Jack Anderson.  Says I should call him before he has to take further action.

My daughter recieved several calls from this number, stated he's an office john peterson, very rude, stating she's going to be arrested and other idle threats.

This caller called my place of employment told them he was with Fast Cash with a personal call, then he called my parent and told them that he was an investigator. These people are ruthless.

I also received a call from this number and this one, 914-205-2436. Stating this was officer rogers and that he has my address and ss#. Stating I owed an 'outstanding balance' from a payday loan.  I argued with this guy for about 10 minutes. They he hung up on me stating he was going to have me arrested. He ended the phone call saying, "may god be with you." How do I get this guy to stop calling?

i was also receiving these same things the guy first called me saying i owe a cash advance
i laughed and told him no way. he then started cussing me out and using all sorts of names.
i then went and googled the number and i knew it was a scam he also calls saying he is micheal peterson and says he is a cop and they are goona get me..i then called a 206-801-5293, i called and
played along and said i want to pay my debt..he said i owe 10,000 and to wire it to key west fl...or i can get a money order to send to 205 julia st apt B.....key west fl 33040....if anyones wants to find out and file a report please do so like myself...people that dont are getting scamed out of money from this loser
please advise me on future complaints...

Same here Alex! I'm not planning on calling back but save the number under B*S* so when they call back I can polightly discuss how unbeliveably stupid it is to call a cop and try to pull a scam :) maybe they should research their prey a little more carefully lol!!

Michael Petterson called and left message saying that there is a certified cashier's check for us. He was calling on behalf of Bank of America. We didn't return call.

Michael Petterson called saying we won 950K and a 2010 Mercedes. He was calling on behalf of Bank of America but represented the "International Lottery Association" or some such nonsense. He said we just needed to send a certified check for $350 to claim our prize. He was a bit belligerent when I questioned the authenticity of this and I told him he needed to send me official documentation and I'd get back to him. I asked just what did I do to win the prize since I had not entered any contest and he said it could happen many ways- even by redeeming a coupon but could not tell me exactly. Obvious scam of course.

We received a call tonight from Mr. Michael Peterson.  He said he was from Bank of America in Seattle.  He told us the same thing that my husband won $950k and a new 2010 Mercedes.  He wanted to pay off our maxed credit card and then we charge $9500 to that credit card to release the certified check for $950k.  I had him send me an email with the details.  The email didn't look professional at all.  The expiration of this letter states May 30, 2010.  I have pasted the letter below.  
This is a total scam.  Do not fall for this scam.  


         Bank of America
         Headquarters: Lubbock Texas
         Area main office:
         216 Sunset circle Lubbock TX 79583 2010
         www.bankofamerica.com









October 18, 2010

    Dear XXXXX,

This is to certify that XXXXXXX being a customer with the U.S Bank. We at the (Bank Of America) satisfactorily maintained an escrow account with the current balance of $ 950 000.00 US Dollars, which is pending an Federal stamps Fee of 9500.00 US Dollars before the account (funds) is made available through the Bank of America.


This letter has been issued on the request of XXXXXXX  to show proof that we withhold the aforementioned sum of money.




Michael Peterson
Chief Financial Officer/ Financial Consultant
Bank of America Corporation

       

LEGAL DISCLOSURES.READ CAREFULLY
This claim is null and void for minors: non-transferable and irreplaceable if lost or stolen, only the claimant of this document is allowed to claim the prize by calling the number above.
Claim(s) must be filled by May 30, 2010; Also Expired and the same day. Unclaimed winnings would be withdrawn by the sponsors and turned over to the State of residence of the winner.
Congratulations!

I'm a winner of $950K and a 2010 MBZ w/choice of color. Spoke with "Michael Peterson" as well, was told that they would pay off a maxed out credit card for me, making funds available the next day. That the tax on my winnings would already be paid off.

Said it was a blessing and would trade places w/me if he could.

Said he was calling from a Bank of America branch in Seattle, WA and that they notify sweepstakes winners. Asked me what could he do with a maxed out card and that his word was his bond and understood the skepticism - nice touch. Wanted my email, but said I'd take his phone # was good enough and that I'd call back. Got this # with an extension to get back to him. I

UPDATE:
Husband received a call today and was told to call this number back at the claims department to collect his 1.5 million dollar win with Publishers Clearing House. They wanted $1,500 wired to them immediately to process it. They started using religion, stating that it was a gift from God, and we finally got the opportunity we've been looking for. After my husband stated that he was going to contact his uncle an "FBI Agent" to check into it for him first, the guy hung up! Ummm, yeah. That says it all. (BTW, uncle is not an FBI Agent, but it sure made their skin crawl.) :)  The names they used were Michael Peterson and Myrna Hernandez. What a SCAM!!!!

LONG RUNNING AND KNOWN SCAM ? ALL OVER INTERNET AND NEWS FOR ALMOST 2 YEARS NOW

Fake Debt Collectors ? Terrorizing Consumers

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5621205&page=1


MORE ON FAKE DEBT COLLECTORS
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-904-425-9141
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/call4action/17285785/detail.html
http://www.800helpfla.com/newsletter/2008/092008.html

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2010/01/ks_debt_collection.html   latest release of information on this scam

http://www.wvago.gov/internetloanscam.cfm
Attorney General Darrell McGraw took the extraordinary step today of warning the public about a band of scam artists making threats to consumers who allegedly obtained Internet payday loans in West Virginia and across the nation. The consumers they threaten never obtained a loan at all or paid it off years ago.

Internet payday loans are short-term loans or cash advances, usually for 14 days, made over the Internet via interactive web sites and secured by an agreement authorizing debits of the loan and all fees owed from the consumer?s checking account. These loans typically charge interest rates ranging from 600-800 APR and are unlawful in West Virginia.

The scam artists, who speak English with a foreign accent, call themselves ?U.S. National Bank,? ?Federal Investigation Bureau,? ?United Legal Processing? and numerous other phony names. They refuse to disclose real names and addresses and are believed to be operating ?off the grid? from homes, automobiles, or from off shore locations or foreign countries, including India. Since the scammers have kept themselves purposely well hidden, thus far no law enforcement agencies have succeeded in locating or shutting them down.

The scammers typically pose as law enforcement officers, investigators, lawyers, and bankers and threaten consumers that they will be arrested for ?bank fraud? or other fictitious crimes unless money is wired immediately. They simultaneously scare and confuse consumers by using meaningless legalese gobbledygook phrases such as, ?We are downloading warrants against you? or ?We are filing an affidavit against you.? Consumers who don?t immediately fall for the scam are warned, ?Only God can help you now.?

The scammers almost always call consumers at work several times a day, and tell their supervisors, ?Your employee has committed fraud and is about to be arrested.? Such threats have proven unsettling even to the most savvy consumers and employers who suspect the calls are fraudulent.

Attorney General McGraw stated, ?Ordinarily my office protects consumers from fraudulent activities by seeking injunctions in court. But legal action cannot be taken until the scam artists can be located. Even then, it is unlikely that the persons behind the fraudulent calls and extortionist threats would obey a court order. In this case, the consumer?s best defense is to be armed with the knowledge of the scam so that all demands for money can be resisted, despite the false but scarey threats of arrest.?

McGraw added, ?Because the fraudsters make a special point of calling consumers repeatedly at work, employers must understand that the consumers are innocent victims of a criminal enterprise and cannot stop the calls from coming. I also wish to assure the citizens of West Virginia that my office will continue to do everything possible to locate and shut down the outlaw debt collectors.?

More information about this fraudulent debt collection scheme is available at the Attorney General?s website, www.wvago.gov/internetloanscam. Any consumers who have been threatened by these persons or wish to file a complaint about another consumer matter may do so by calling the Consumer Protection Hot Line, 1-800-368-8808, or by obtaining a complaint form from the Attorney General?s web site.

It's a debt collection scam. And all their threats are false and illegal.
This is a very active group of scammers, many of whom are calling from India (and probably other countries) and are in cahoots with a group of American pay day loan scammers. They attempt to extort money from consumers with a myriad of false and illegal threats, and alternately pose as debt collectors, federal and state law enforcement officers, lawyers and bankers. Their trademark is to use meaningless legalese gobblygook phrases like "We are downloading warrants against you" or "We are filing an affidavit against you." Another trademark phrase is to threaten the consumer with something like this ridiculous phrase: "If you don't pay then only God can help you."
Typical of many financial scams of this variety, they usually demand payment via Western Union or MoneyGram or credit card. They use any number of phony names such as US National Bank, Federal Investigation Bureau, US Legal Investigation Bureau, Hopkins Law Office, United Legal Processing, Morgan Associates, United Pay Services, National Processing, White Collar Crime Unit and many more.  These criminals also use many phone numbers from many area codes; they're probably using caller-id spoofing software and/or VoIP to disguise their real location.
The main thing to remember is that anytime someone calls you demanding money to prevent your arrest, or demanding your lawyer's name so they can sue you, it is ALWAYS a scam. No debt collector (let alone criminals posing as debt collectors) has the authority to have anyone arrested for anything. (And it's illegal to them to threaten such a thing.) And since these foreign dirtbags routinely impersonate law enforcement, it's also important to remember that American law enforcement officers aren't in the business of debt collection.  (Debt is a civil, not a criminal, matter.)
The bottom line is, these are criminals trying to steal your money.
A consumer posting a complaint about these same scammers at http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-718-831-7157 notes that 718-831-7157 is associated with an India-based "outsourcing" telephone bank.  Though a reverse search on WhitePages.com shows that 718-831-7157 is an unlisted land line in New York City, information on Debtbuyers.Com shows that that number is used by India-based Intellisourze. (Source: http://www.debtbuyers.com/debtbuyers.asp ) My guess is that it's a VoIP phone number.
This is another piece of the puzzle that fits in perfectly with other information about this scam. There are some reports on 800Notes that have suggested that the crooks behind this offshore scam are also the crooks behind the notorious Bass/Ellis Crosby & Assoc./States Predisposition scams in Florida and Georgia. The interesting thing is that the number of complaints on here about the US National Bank/US Legal Investigation/Federal Investigation scam skyrocketed *after* April 7, 2008 when Florida obtained a $1.3 million judgment against Ted Ellis Crosby, shutdown his operations and barred him from ever conducting debt collections in Florida (Read http://myfloridalegal.com/newsrel.nsf/newsrel ... 5257424005858A6 ) There's certainly a good chance that the crooks placing these calls from India are doing so on behalf of the American crooks behind the Crosby/Bass/States Predisposition scams.
Here's the contact information for the phone bank in India:
IntellisOurzE BPO
701, Sapphier, Nr. Cargo Motors,
C.G. Road Navrangpura,
Ahmedabad - 9. (Guj.) INDIA.
E-Mail: info@intellisourze.com
Website: www.intellisourze.com
A check on the domain name "intellisourze.com" shows that the website and name registration was created on May 8, just one month *after* the Crosby scams were shut down in Florida:
Domain Name: INTELLISOURZE.COM
Registrant:  Pragra Infratech Pvt. Limited.
Email:  ankur.ranpariya@pragra.com  
908, Aksaht Tower, Nr. ICICI Bank
Opp. Rajpath Club, S.G. Highway
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India 380054
Tel. +91.7926871353
Creation Date: 08-May-2008
Expiration Date: 08-May-2009
Domain servers in listed order: ns5.znetindia.com ns4.znetindia.com
(Source: http://whois.domaintools.com/intellisourze.com )
Though scam calls from these crooks have been going on long before May 8, the frequency of complaints about these calls increased considerably after Crosby was shut down in early April.
This is conjecture, but appearances suggest that Crosby and company were originally running a two-pronged payday loan scam operation -- with some calls being made from Jacksonville, Florida and other calls being made from a phone bank in India (and possibly other countries); then, after the Florida Attorney General shut down the Crosby scams in Florida, the Crosby crooks transferred most of their scam efforts to the India phone bank.

If you are targeted by these criminals, be sure to report them to all the following federal and state law enforcement agencies (most of which you can do online or over the phone):
1.    The U.S. Secret Service is responsible for protecting the country's financial infrastructure and payment systems from international and domestic threats. Call or write your local Secret Service field office to alert them to the details of this attempted extortion. The addresses and phone numbers for the local Secret Service field offices are listed at http://www.secretservice.gov/field_offices.shtml or in your phone book.
2.    Alert the FBI at https://tips.fbi.gov Be sure to tell the FBI that you are being targeted by extortionists over the phone. And if the crooks claim to be law enforcement or lawyers, officers of the court or bankers, be sure to include that information in your report.
3.    File a complaint with your local police. Most police departments will take a report over the phone.  Be sure to tell them that you're being targeted by an extortionist and give them all the details.
4.    File a complaint your state's attorney general, the contact information for whom is at www.wvago.gov
5.    File a complaint online with The Federal Trade Commission at https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/FTC_Wizard.aspx?Lang=en
If these crooks call back, promise them nothing, pay them nothing and tell them nothing other than that you know they're a scam and that you've reported them to law enforcement. (And be sure to report them to all the agencies above each time they call you.)

By the way, here's just a small sample of numbers used by this particular group of scammers. Read the reports and you'll see the same pattern time and again -- phony organization names, thick foreign accents, and oddly worded threats that are so melodramatic and ridiculous that it's laughable:

http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-925-262-1327
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-678-954-6346
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-341-4004
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-856-831-0640
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-949-743-1140
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-410-505-8128
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-917-464-2534
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-210-858-6602
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-775-2121
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-949-743-1156
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-214-245-1402
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-214-245-0922
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-214-723-5572
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-904-425-2863
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-718-831-7157
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-904-425-2857
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-858-244-0444
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-954-678-9724
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-610-571-3252
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-310-909-8245
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-310-499-9983
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-771-9249   Scammer posting here as GARY and GARRY JONES
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-866-860-4509   Scammer posting here as Mike Henderson
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-212-500-0839   Scammer posting here as Ricky
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-201-244-7722   Scammer posting as Carole, David Brown and Amanda
Scam alert: Bogus debt collectors
By Leslie McFadden ? Bankrate.com
Monday, Aug. 3
Posted 2 p.m.
Bankrate reporter Leslie McFadden contributed this entry.
This scam isn't technically about credit cards, but it is scary enough to post a warning. The Better Business Bureau issued an alert today saying consumers across the country are getting phone calls from bogus debt collectors claiming default on a payday loan. Of course, the consumer needs to pay a large fee to avoid arrest -- as much as $1,000.
The caller poses as a lawyer, and may threaten extradition to face trial if the consumer doesn't pay up immediately.
What makes these calls alarming -- and perhaps convincing -- is that the perpetrators reference the consumer's personal information, such as the person's Social Security number, driver's license number, previous bank account numbers, home address -- even personal references.
"The amount of information they have is really troubling," says BBB spokeswoman Alison Southwick. She adds that the amount of data points to a possible security breach.
Spread the word to your friends and family: Don't give out personal or financial information to an unknown caller. Scammers can spoof Caller ID to display different numbers, so trust your instincts over technology.
The BBB offers these tips:
?    Ask the debt collector to provide official documentation which substantiates the debt.
?    Do not provide or confirm any bank account, credit card or other personal information over the phone until you have confirmed the legitimacy of the call.
?    File a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission online if the caller is abusive, uses threats or otherwise violates federal telemarketing laws or the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
?    File a complaint with the Better Business Bureau online if you believe a debt collector is trying to scam you.