214-491-5780
TX, US
| Just Me 2012-12-04 21:04:41 Unknown |
Outside of hanging up on them, you can report the call to the FBI?s Internet Crime Complaint Center, or IC3 by clicking this link http://www.ic3.gov/complaint/default.aspx.
| jhenke 2012-12-03 21:43:01 Unknown |
FROM: NBC CHARLOTTE NEWS
by BILL MCGINTY / NBC Charlotte
Bio | Email | Follow: @billwcnc
Posted on December 3, 2012 at 3:37 PM
Updated today at 4:31 PM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- If you are getting harassing phone calls from people saying they are from the ?Law Firm of Dallas? at the number 214-491-5780, the FBI says you should say, ?I know this is a scam and I am reporting your number.?
NBC Charlotte has heard from dozens of people who are getting these calls, in which they say, you still owe money from an old loan. This is also called the ?Payday Loan Ruse.?
The amounts you ?owe? vary, but usually fall between $275 and $400. These callers usually speak with a foreign accent and sounds on the line lead receivers to believe the call is originating in a foreign country.
If they tell you they are in Dallas and if they give you an address, please know they are giving you actual places, but they are not calling from there. NBC Charlotte called this number back five times and told them we were reporting them to the authorities.
As soon as we identified ourselves as reporters, they yelled at us and hung up.
Colleen Moss, Supervisory Special Agent of Cyber Crime here at the Charlotte field office of the FBI, said, ?Do not give them credit card information and do not wire them money.?
These callers are very aggressive and are telling people they will be sued or arrested if they do not pay.
Outside of hanging up on them, you can report the call to the FBI?s Internet Crime Complaint Center, or IC3 by clicking this link http://www.ic3.gov/complaint/default.aspx.
| Frances 2012-12-02 15:46:42 Unknown |
My husband and have been getting harrassing phone calls from this number for weeks. They are extremely rude and threaten to have us arrested. I called my local police department and talked to a detective and he said that they cannot take a warrent out on us over a payday loan and i also spoke to my loan company and we r completely paid up and that even if we were delinquit on our payments they wouldnt threaten us like that.
| CE CE 2012-12-01 02:01:22 Unknown |
I recieved a call at work from a man with a thick accent he said a suit was being filed and when I asked the details as to who was suing me, he said that he could not give that information and had to transfer me to another department, I told him I was recording his call and he hung up.
| lala 2012-11-30 23:50:56 Debt Collector |
Y Same just happened to me inever applied at cash advance the guy threatened me talkin bout im get arrested for fraud ..f****ng rude as hell lady got on the phone talking about dont interupt her while she.talking repeated my information.said be prepared be arrested ..icalled back demanded names address location gonna say dallas tx 8000 lues ave wtf isaid iwill report yall to the,police
| carol 2012-11-30 22:35:46 Debt Collector |
Big Time Scam! They said they were a Law Office. I asked the name? Dallas??? Dallas what I asked. Dallas Law office. So I asked for a business address. Dallas TX they said. lol Seriously? They said have your Attorney contact immediately. So I asked? What does this pertain to? You have him contact me immediately? He said? I do have an attorney? Michael Thompson was this callers name? Heavy middle eastern accent? So I told him this is a scam & he will be reported? I also will have my lawyer check into this garbage? His reply to me was? Let me tell you something. Ok I replied. F*** You Bi***! he said and hung up? hahahaha? Nice Law office! ?Do Not Fall For This Crap? Report Immediately? One last thing I have no loan debit.
| Green eyes 2012-11-30 04:38:24 Unknown |
This dude named keith called me and I cant catch his last name and said I took a pay day loan out. But here is the thing,i never got the money in my accound. I closed it once I learned their was a scam going on. They called me I said no I didnt want it. But now they,want me to pay $989.27 . But they said if I dont pay it I will have a warrent 4 my arrest. I know its a scam cause when I call the num its busy. If u get this num trust me the voice will ecco and u will hear everything u said repeated. I mean they fooled nd but not enough to send money to them.
| Annette 2012-11-29 20:45:49 Unknown |
I received a horrible phone call from this number yesterday while I was at work, However prior to that call I have been getting calls from this number for about a month and no one says anything or it's just half a message so I have been disregarding the calls, until yesterday, This women picks up and says her name is Jodi and she tells me that she has an arrest warrant for me and she will be sending the cops and marshall to me becasue I owe 691.23 from a payday loan, now mind you I only took out a payday loan in the summer I paid them off in 3 payments and I have my proof and this woman was not trying to hear that. She was agressive and nasty I actually broke down at my desk and wind up calling the 13th precinct and spoke with a detective as I was speaking to the detective he was so nice and calming he told me to google the number and to see what comes up and all of you guys are saying and said was right on point. I cant beleive a place would do something like this to people and do it on a daily basis. It's not only cruel and wrong but heartless. The indian woman on the other end whose name changed all of a sudden to Rose Gilbert said she was going to give me 45 minutes to get the money and send it to them. When she called back I told her your a scam and a b***ch and I hope you rot in hell for what you are doing and hung up. Today they have called only once and his name was mark and he left a nasty message so I sm going to just record everything that is going on with them unti they decide to stop calling. They are full of crap and I can't believe that they have people that do this.
| Reporter WCNC TV 2012-11-29 20:06:28 Unknown |
If you get a call from them, hang up. This is not legit. I called them 3 times, when I say I'm a Reporter, they hang up on me.
| Michelle 2012-11-29 19:05:03 Debt Collector |
I have received literally over 50 continuous calls today alone from an indian man calling himself Adrian Walker, Peter Smith and Brandon Smith threatening to have me arrested,telling me I owe this attorney money. When I told him I would not send one cent to him and I was going to file a harrassment suit against him, he told me he was going to get me fired. I have no idea how to get rid of this psycho, but if anyone has any ideas, please let me know.
| Alfalfa 2012-11-29 17:16:56 Unknown |
Pull your credit report. Your identity may have been stolen. Hackers have recently stolen SC taxpayers' information and are selling them on the black market.
http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2012- ... old-expert-says
| lisa 2012-11-29 17:14:20 Unknown |
I just got a call from the same number they have been calling me 10 times a day for months stating I was going to jail...today however, when I answered all they said was "hey bi***"...I hung up
| Kayla 2012-11-28 20:26:16 Debt Collector |
Received a call this morning from 'Dallas' telling me I owed 600+ for a payday loan that I had authorized. I have only had a payday loan once in my life and I called that company directly and they told me that they would never do anything like that and that this commonly happens and sometimes people will pay them. All I know is that whoever this is had an Indian accent and threatened to come to my place of employment on Friday and arrest me. They knew all of my information. Even my SS#! How can I be secure with anything when they have all of my info??
| Jessica A 2012-11-28 20:02:09 Debt Collector |
I was just called by this number and told that I was being brought to court by a payday loan company. I called the only payday loan place that I currently have a loan with and they said that everything was okay between me and them....and that they had not reported me. I called back and they were very aggressive and rude and said "give me 24 hours and I will have the court papers sent out to you and bla bla bla". I hung up on them.
| SCAM/FRAUD 2012-11-28 19:29:35 Unknown |
THEY CALL ME SAY I RECIEVED A PAYDAY LOAN IN AMOUNT OF $500, THREATEN TO COME TO MY JOB OR HOME AND PICK ME UP AND ARREST ME FOR FRAUD THIS IS RIDICULOUS THEY NEED TO BE STOPPED
| mrs banks 2012-11-27 21:43:47 Unknown |
keep hunging up.
| Steve 2012-11-27 21:37:49 Unknown |
I totally agree with you, Boyd. I got that same exact call, and traced that number to an India location. Here's my experience and some tips to help you and others out there with hopefully validating and putting an end to all this mess. It's bad enough that our "government" gives money, resources and even our jobs to these "people", and this is the thanks we get? Anyways, it's clear that we're all pretty pissed about this, and we have every right to be. Best wishes, to us all.
I received that same call within the last half hour. They are calling from India, not anywhere in the United States. I traced the call, and they also broke the "cloaking" law, along with how many other federal laws. Technically, "cloaking" a number is not supposed to be used by even legitimate debt collectors, and NO telemarketer is allowed in any respect to use it. However, seems that these pricks from India, when the numbers are traced back to their location, are able to do it and get away with it. My Caller ID said "McKinnley, Texas".
(214) 491-5780 is the number (one of the many numbers that they use) that showed up on my cell phone. Simplest way, besides the website http://whatismyipaddress.com ( it shows your IP address, and also traces the IP address from the sender, back to the sender's location). It's a free site, and I use it frequently when I get Indian-accented calls. Appears that even for so-called job offer calls from what appears to be local phone numbers is actually coming from India, Philippines, etc...but mainly from India
| Steve 2012-11-27 21:30:31 Debt Collector |
I received that same call within the last half hour. They are calling from India, not anywhere in the United States. I traced the call, and they also broke the "cloaking" law, along with how many other federal laws. Technically, "cloaking" a number is not supposed to be used by even legitimate debt collectors, and NO telemarketer is allowed in any respect to use it. However, seems that these pricks from India, when the numbers are traced back to their location, are able to do it and get away with it. My Caller ID said "McKinnley, Texas". They claim to be some law firm, and like the other complaining customers have said, they were rude, nasty, threatening, elusive, etc. I didn't catch the name, as the Indian-accented prick that threatened me with this and that about a payday loan and three felonies pending against me talked too fast to even catch the name of this so-called "firm".
(214) 491-5780 is the number (one of the many numbers that they use) that showed up on my cell phone. Simplest way, besides the website http://whatismyipaddress.com ( it shows your IP address, and also traces the IP address from the sender, back to the sender's location). It's a free site, and I use it frequently when I get Indian-accented calls. Appears that even for so-called job offer calls from what appears to be local phone numbers is actually coming from India, Philippines, etc...but mainly from India
| Steve 2012-11-27 21:25:51 Unknown |
I received that same call within the last half hour. They are calling from India, not anywhere in the United States. I traced the call, and they also broke the "cloaking" law, along with how many other federal laws. Technically, "cloaking" a number is not supposed to be used by even legitimate debt collectors, and NO telemarketer is allowed in any respect to use it. However, seems that these pricks from India, when the numbers are traced back to their location, are able to do it and get away with it. My Caller ID said "McKinnley, Texas".
(214) 491-5780 is the number (one of the many numbers that they use) that showed up on my cell phone. Simplest way, besides the website http://whatismyipaddress.com ( it shows your IP address, and also traces the IP address from the sender, back to the sender's location). It's a free site, and I use it frequently when I get Indian-accented calls. Appears that even for so-called job offer calls from what appears to be local phone numbers is actually coming from India, Philippines, etc...but mainly from India.
| Steve 2012-11-27 21:15:47 Unknown |
I received a call today from some Indian-accented guy, with the same exact threats of being arrested and sued and such. They claim I did business with an "American Payday Loan", and that I owe them $8,845.00, not including court costs, attorney fees, etc. They also tried stating the "Miranda rights" when a cop or authority figure with capabilities of arrests a suspect; plus threats of it being on my credit report, never getting a job, etc.
First of all, NO payday loan place offers that huge of an amount. If anything, MAYBE $500-1,000.00.
Secondly, It's illegal in states like Colorado to do any online or over-the-phone business with payday loan places, in any respect.
Third, I traced the unsolicited e-mails and phone calls to India.
Fourth, I am on a DONOT call registry, which means that NO telemarketers are authorized to contact me, period.
These Indian a***oles, because I never once had anybody from this country, have already broken how many federal laws, and they keep on doing it. I am not prejudice, mind you, but I do have something against these outsourced pricks that clearly think that they can say and do whatever, for whatever bogus reason, and they actually are getting away with it. This needs to stop, NOW.
| Lady L 2012-11-27 20:16:07 Debt Collector |
I just received a call from a Dallas law firm saying I took out a loan yrs. ago and I have 3 felonies against me and I will be arrested if I didn't pay and it's people like myself who there going to make examples out of. Very rude and I just hung up. Keeps calling BEWARE
| Tiffany 2012-11-27 19:16:25 Unknown |
I kept getting calls from these guys. I finally answered one day and they went on and on that I owe someone some money. When I asked who I "owed" money too, he had to transfer me for that information. Then I asked who is he calling from so I can Google them, he started to get nasty and say that the cops will arrest me at work and I have a court hearing on Friday. Couldn't even tell me when this "hearing" was. When he told me I owe like a 1000 dollars, I said can I make payments in $500 bills using Monop money. He said no he couldn only take the full payment. What a joke. doesn't even know what Monop money is. now their calling from a different number saying that they want to confirm my address so they can send the cops. Scam Scam Scam!
| melissa gonzalez 2012-11-27 16:06:15 Unknown |
These man keeps calling me and won't leave me alone, so I will not pick up the phone. They do not tell me who the company is and just gives the name "Randy Smith", but the guy who leaves the message has an indian accent. I happen to call them back that is provided on my caller ID after hours and it just rings and rings and there is no machine at all.
| Boyd 2012-11-26 20:31:34 Unknown |
I keep getting calls for my daughter, when I tell them she is not home they ask me to have her call them back at this number 214-491-5780. A guy with a heavy accent that makes it very difficult to understand what he is saying told me his name was Matthew Johnson and that he was calling from a Law Firm In Dallas. I could not really understand him and asked him three time to say or spell the name of the company he was calling from and all I got him to spell was the word "Dallas", I told him "Dallas is a big city what is the name of the company you are calling from and please spell it for me so I can understand you", he then told me he was calling about about a legal matter and that my daughter needs to call him back when she returns. NOT A chance. I wish there was a way ot have these guys investgated and shut down for good.
| Stephine 2012-11-23 06:32:06 Unknown |
I too have recieved a call in regards to a criminal case and that three criminal charges were being brought upon me. I too like some of you others have gotten a payday advance. The man also with a heavy accent told me where i worked and read my ss# to me. I asked for the name of the company and to speak with a supervisor he hung up on me. I called back several times threatening them and cursing at them to leave me the f alone and if they were legit why cant they disclose the name of the law firm or pass me to a supervisor. Now I have three different numbers calling me all seem to have the same heavy accent. They tell me good luck and that I will be pursued. Its sad what people will do for money whats even sadder we go to these payday advances on line for some needed help and there sites arent even protect for the questions they ask us! Now my ss# is floating around for some quick cash scheme a**holes to use.
| LS 2012-11-21 21:06:19 Unknown |
A man with a very thick Indian accent called me today. He said his name is Matt Taylor at which time I asked if he got that out of the phone book! He said he was calling me about a criminal case. I asked him what the hell he was talking about because I have never done anything criminal in my entire life! He said he would get someone who could explain it to me. I said, You are calling me but you have no idea why you are calling me?! I told him to never ever call this number again!!
| Payback 2012-11-21 00:58:15 Unknown |
You should've told her any coward can hide behind a phone or a computer and can threaten people but when it comes to a confrontation, the coward will tuck his/tail and flee faster than a hyena. Ignore that garbage bag, and block it.
| Lori Wink 2012-11-21 00:55:23 Debt Collector |
I am receiving threatening phone calls at work and cell phone. Lady was rude and aggressive. Would not give me any information and when I told her my husband was an attorney she says "are you threatening me?" And became even MORE threatening. Who do I need to contact?
| margie h. 2012-11-21 00:06:10 Unknown |
said they will contact the local police if i didn't contact them about a legal matter
| gypsy girl 2012-11-20 22:54:07 Unknown |
I got a call from them about a hour ago saying I'm going to go to jail for money that I stole I'm was freaking out I know I didn't do anything but I've went in before for nothing I didn't feel better until I googled the number and found this I've called the cops we'll see how it turns out