Got 4 calls on my cell phone claiming the police were coming to get me. I finally answered and asked for a business name, Law Office Dallas, fake; address, fake; phone number, real, I think; asked for Federal Tax Id, refused to give to me. So I refused to continue to talk to him. I told him when he gave me his tax Id, I would give him the time of day. Because if he was a legitimate American business he would have a Federal Tax ID and would know that threatening to have someone arrested over a "past due bill" is against the law. Oh and I don't have any past due bills.

I called back and asked y am I still a free man and I was told I will be picked up by the police shortly. I even talked to the bank I got a loan thru and I was told that I have nothing to worry about.

These loosers called me from another phone number today 5121994200 I asked who thy r and they hung up on me. I called it right back and a automated message from Verizon said the number has been changed or disconnected.

This is a criminal extortion scam operating out of India. They are making the calls utilizing VOIP and the names of legitimate firms to make it appear the calls are originating from within the US. There is NO "company" or "debt" and you will NOT be arrested. They are harvesting and/or buying consumers' personal identifying information from unscrupulous websites like the one you may have filled out an application with, and you need to do whatever you can to protect yourself. This includes: Notifying the FTC: https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/, placing fraud alerts with all three credit bureaus, notifying your bank and employer and letting these criminals know you are aware they are attempting to extort money for a non-existent debt and have alerted the authorities.

ABC News released an investigative report on this scam in June. The FTC has indicted one of its ringleaders for criminal fraud:

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/phantom-debt-co ... 16512428&page=1

http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2012/08/bgm.shtm

I got a call from 2144915492 and was told if I don't come up with money im going to jail. I called it back numerous times. And one time a woman answered and said to me this is my home number and if u dont stop calling ill report u then she hung up I called right back and the same moron got on the phone and said the same line about a law firm I said i know u r not a law office and he hung up on me.

CALLING MY JOB

I recieved that same call....I applied for an online payday loan some time ago n that's the only way the stole my info... He told me the same b.s. I am sheriff. And told him that I'm looking up my warrant. N needed the case number. But he couldn't provide that nor any real dates o r amounts. Hilarious

They are calling my work and I work for attorneys. I am really getting fed up with these foreign jackwagons calling me!!!

I got a call on my cell phone from this number from a "Mark Smith" Left a message saying that it's important I call this number back.  If i don't call him back the only thing he could say was God bless my soul! What a joke! Just a few seconds passed from that phone call, they call my work number and let a message on my voice mail with the same message.  They have called 3-4 weeks now...and I am waiting on the Sherrif to show up!  I have contacted my Attourney and he said to not even bother it's a scam.

I have been getting calls to work and home from this number,some dude name rayn,who i didnt even understand had some weird accent.
Well he told me that tomorrow i will get arrested at my job,because i comitted fraud om a loan i took out

Wich is not true.what sucks is that these people have my information
be careful everyone

Im just gonna laugh.its a scam for sure!!

You CANNOT be arrested for a debt.
Go to ftc.gov and read the FDCPA and learn your rights.

I received a call from this number. I called and they claim that there is a lawsuit against me for a loan. I asked them for their address. They gave me 2000 Rose Av, Dallas, TX 75201. I looked on MapQuest and there is no such address in Dallas. I looked on Google maps and there is a 2000 Rose Av in Cleburne (Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex), but that is a neighborhood. They even said that I will be arrested on Friday morning.

Just a reminder, but the minute you answer the phone, they know they have a valid, working phone number.  I answer on first or second ring whenever, and hang up immediately.  They may try to call again two or three times, but I just do the same thing each time.  Usually they drop you from their calling list if it appears to be a non-working number.  I still get angry about the fact that these sleeze balls can get a phone number.  Some of them advertise online for callers, and the ads say they pay $16.00 per hour.  Must be making some money somehow to afford that or perhaps that is just another part of their scam!

I pray this idiot calls me back so I curse him like he never has before. Please don't fall for this

Got a call from an obvious foreigner...with a very American name stating that there was a lawsuit filed against my name blah...blah...blah....for a loan that wadnt being paid upon. I just

got the loan about a week ago....not due yet.. duh..."Brandon Smith" (if that IS ur real name) lmao....need better actors or to brush up on reading a teleprompter.

Wow I was scared lol but it seemed too fake because they were really unprofessional, they even called me at work CAN THEY DO THAT WTF!

The same guy called me today and said the same thing.  He said his name was Kevin Smith from the same law office, looked it and yeap it doesn't exist.  He knew all my info and said that he was going to my place of employment and arrest me but yet he could not provide me with any loan info, etc.  i called police who said it was a scam....

Exactly

These people called me saying i had criminal allegations n charges n threatening arrest me. Said they were sueing me n wanted my lawyers information. Said they had my personal information.. Well they had me scared at first but my husband n others found out its a scam to use your fears against you to receive money....

Got the same calls.  Several of then over the last 2 months.  He even went as far as to tell me "the F.C.C & F.T.C. were involved. He said if he'd see to that I lost my job.  I turned the tables on him.  I went to the F.C.C the F.T.C. Better Business Bureau,and the Attorney general's Office.  I was told not answer the calls let my phone ring.  I'm still on my job,and nevr have been arrested!

Just called me i cussed dey a** ou nf he gne say Ima be arrested i culd tell it was fake cuz he was being immature sayn smart remarks.. Den i google da number nd seen da comments

Does your phone company have "block call".  Mine does and I blocked their number from coming thru.

He had my info too and that is scary.

Are u still out or lockd up respond to this plz. people calld me tha day argravatin

U recieved a call from this law firm talkin bout prepare th Be lockd up fo a loan. what tha hell. and said it'll be tomorrow how many people still out there not locked up that don postd this.

I got a call from the same person. same everything. thank you for posting this for a moment i thought it was really. I couldn't really tell what he was saying.

Clever little rodents aren't they? Try throwing your best insults at him and laugh like a Hyena. He'll get so pissed-off that he'll soil himself. Then he'll have to scamper through the soukh to his hole to clean himself. Then he'll have to scurry back to the boiler-room. All in all, he'll have wasted a hour of his worthless existence that he would have otherwise been using to scam others. Hey, at least it's a start!

Got calls from this number... couldn't understand him or his "lawyer" or his "paralegal"!
Said I would be arrested tomorrow morning for not paying back a loan I took out in Connecticut???
Last time I was in Connecticut was on a U.S. Submarine in 1968. NEVER HAPPENED!!!
This guy knew my full name, address and S.S. number. When I asked for information like who, when or how much, he refused to answer. Just kept saying he would see me in court.
He also said the name of his firm is "The Law Office of Dallas"... no such firm in the phone book.

received 5 calls from this man who i cant understand from Dallas, Texas...says there is a case under my name, blah blah blah i always get scam calls like this...it's hilarious! I love to laugh at them and hang up..they always call back and ask why I'm laughing. It has become entertaining. Even while i type this complaint he has called. he gets mad when you laugh. lol  He knows my D.O.B and social..doesnt scare me.

I received a call from James William telling me to call him back at this number. He left the message on a business phone where at work. He was hard to understand. The call came from Dallas Texas