I have been receiving calls from 0000 stating to call 814-324-2005 and also 814-324-2010.  I spoke with someone today that couldn't hardly speak english saying he was from the Ohio Crime prevention department and I was going to be arressted at 4pm today.  When I asked him what for he said it was for a payday loan I had taken out in June 2011.  Well I told him I can go on my computer and get my statement and I gauratee you there is do deposit from laon company.  Then he says it was from Sept.2010.  I asked which date is it and he just got furious and started yelling.  I laughed and hung up the phone

I have received numerous calls that show up on caller ID as 0000 but the return number they ask me to call is 814-324-2005.  They claim they are with crime prevention department and clearly have an Indian accent but names like James Johnson.  They have my SSN and bank information and tell me I am in serious legal trouble.  Clearly a scam.

The same guy with the middle eastern accent is calling my place of employment again. He told me his name was John Wilson and I HAD to call him back,if I didn't I better have an attorney. I did try calling this number back and you can't call it. I had already submitted this complaint to the State Attorney Generals office and they couldn't find anything.

It's me again, getting a call from these scammers newest number...the last two numbers were from a 480 area code, then an 852 area code and now it's this 214 area code.  He says his name is Gary Jackson this time, it changes everytime he calls, but he continues to call my place of employment....I've told him I know it's a scam and he needs to quit calling, however, he doesn't....not sure why...

I called the number and a gentleman answered when asked what was the name of the company, he wouldn't answer and he hung up.  I called again stated my name and asked what is the name of your company, the gentleman would not give me the name of the company.  Don Wilson is the person who called on 8/20/08 and spoke with my supervisor and threatened that they would go to my human resources department.  I have received calls from a Jack Smith from this number and now this Don Wilson.

"don wilson" kept calling my office. (playing dumb knowing it was a scam) I said "what company are you from" and he said "law office". I asked which one and he said "law office" again. I then asked for a phone number to call him back on (again, playing dumb) and he just said "oh, well, im not, im not in the office right now"...i then just hung up on him.

how do you get them to stop calling?

I got a call at work today from a man with Indian accent stating his name is Eric Williams, Officer with Dept of Crime Prevention Investigation of New York City. He said I was a suspect in a case of defrauder. He wanted my attorney?s information and said he had an affidavit in front of him. He said "the police would be coming to my place of employment and putting me behind bars for 30 days." When I asked for the phone# there he said it was 646-461-3891 which is listed as a locksmith company in NY. I asked for an English speaking supervisor. He put on another India sounding man who said his name was Andy Smith, retribution officer. The caller ID showed the # as 052538374 which isn?t even enough #s for a telephone #. I quizzed them with many questions because they told me my social sec# and email address and home address asking me to verify that was me. I told them it might be but I wasn?t verifying anything until I understood what they were talking about. This is all because I applied online for a payday loan, but I never got the money and I never signed anything or accepted any loans. This seems to be some poor style of collections (which they broke every rule in the collection laws), or a scam.  I am reporting this call to the CRIME Prevention department in our county law enforcement, and reporting it to the news to make people aware of scams.

I started receiving calls from these buffoons this May.  I told them to stop calling and that I have given their info to my lawyer.  The calls stopped for about a month, then started up again with a different number.  Same thing, I told them to stop calling my numbers and they did for another month, then once again started up again.  I told them that they were ridiculous and after a brief argument, I did hear from they until last Friday (September 26, 2008).  I called them back this morning, at 214-618-5897, after another call from them and I told "Robert Tyson" and "Officer Steve Anderson" that my lawyer is currently investigating this with the police and that I have filed complaints with the FBI and FTC.  Officer Anderson said that I need to have my lawyer call back by 5:00 today and that he will call me every minute until then.  After I hung up on him, he called back 19 times within a 20 minute period. THis happened between 1:00 and 1:30.  I never answered the calls, but one voicemail was left in a garbled sound that I believe said, "A@#hole".  I have not heard anything since then, but I'm sure I will hear from them again.  

This is nothing but harassment and is completely ridiculous.  I have since filed more complaints with the FBI and FTC. Quite honestly, I am sick and tired of this crap.

ABC News just did an investigative piece on this particular scam operation. Here's the report:  http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5621205&page=1

Yes, "Eddie Jones" has called me, too and harrassed me. Hopefully everyone who has been victimized by them will  it to their attorney general's office, the FTC and the FBI. I know I did. They are violating SEVERAL Fair Debt Collection laws.

As other people have reported, I have been continually contacted by the "Financial Crimes Division" regarding a legal emergency.  They call almost daily, some man with a Middle Eastern accent and a very American-sounding name.  The last few days Eddie Jones has been calling....funny he sounds exactly like the last 10 people who have called from various numbers with the exact same script.....I have a legal emergency, it is my best interests to call them or have my attorney of record call them....the last time they called (this morning), the dope didn't even leave his number, just told me to call him and I shouldn't be stupid, then hung up!  It would be stupid if I talked to these clowns!  Also, FYI....although the number 2146185897 was called the last few times, the caller ID said "Tele Express" and had a different number entirely.  I plan to pursue legal action against this harrassment.

I have received several calls from these people by the name of Christine George, Mary Anderson and Carey Smith saying they are from United Investigation Unit.  They are scammers and they keep calling and I keep hanging up on them.  I hope some day they get caught

I received a call today at my job from some woman by the name of Shirley Williams telling me that this was my final warning in reference to an internet payloan taken out 5 years ago.  They are trying to collect $8,000 - $10,000 dollars and accusing me of fraud and stealing.  Meanwhile they are listed under my Bankruptcy and were proprerly notified to file for payment.  Anyway, they are using a spoof number (301) 944-3000 and have asked me to call them back at 214-618-5897 agreeing to settle out of court.  I was scared to death because they are calling me at work.  I did however get some legal advice and these scammers are violating two laws in regards to collecting debt.  Thank goodness for this site.

I RECEIVED A CALL FROM A MAN NAMED JOHN P.,CHRIS JACKSON,SGT WILSON SAYS THEY ARE FROM CRIME PREVENTION AND THESE PEOPPE ARE HARASSING ME FOR MONEY SAYING I OWED PAYDAY LOANS $4,000.00 AND THAT I NEED TO OPEN A BANK ACCOUNT THEN CALL THEM WITH MY CHECKING ACCTOUNT NUMBER.THEIR CALLING MY JOB ASKING FOR MY SS# ALSO SAYING THEIR SENDING A SGT WILSON TO PICK ME UP

I received a call from a lady named Christine George says she is from US National Bank and these people called before harassing me for money saying i owed payday loans.  she said i was in the national database these people are crooks dont give them your personal information they are just scammers.  I reported it before to the police and etc and they said these people arent real.

Hi everyone I have received numerous calls from these people as well. They called my job, my boss and called me a stupid lady. They called from the TExas number this time 214-618-5897.  I had told them off before as did my boss, and they stopped calling for about 3-4 weeks, now they are back again, it is scary b/c they have all of my information, ssn, address. I knew it was a scam b/c the account they claim I took the online payday loans from had been closed prior to their claim of my taking the loan, in which they claim I owe over 5000.00 dollars, I would never take a loan or loans to equal that much cause I know I couldnt pay it back.

The same as many other comments on this site...the man or men who call have a very thick middle eastern accent, they are very rude, they try to use scare tactics to get my credit card info, they say I owe them money and that they will arrest me if I don't pay today.  This has been going on since Jan of 2008, they call my work, my cell and my home phone.  I am sick of it as well.  I have filed a complaint form on the Federal Trade Commision website and the FBI Tip Line with the 3 numbers I've gotten calls from, (it's the same people, they just use different names).  The other 2 numbers are:  480-282-6893 and 832-546-128?, (the last digit is always left off the caller ID on that last number). Although I know it's all a big scam from some foreign pieces of s*** out there, however, it's a major annoyance and as long as they keep doing this to people and people keep filing complaints, they will eventually get caught.

I received a call on May 14,2008 that I owed $1,040.00 on unpaid money loans over the computer.  Needless to say I have none.  They were threating me that I would have a warrent out for my arrest.  I called my local sherriff dept. and they called the number that I gave them and the people deny that they sad anything like that to me.  Here it is now July a8, 2008 and they have started to call me at work and home threating me again.  Mind you I am scared to dealth about this an know that I have done nothing wrong.  I typed this phone number in and find this information on the internet and can not believe what I have found.  What crooks we have in this world.

Glad to hear that you saw through this notorious scam. 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) 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, lawyers, officers of the court or bankers, or if they threatened you with arrest, be sure to include that information in your report.

2) File a complaint online with The Federal Trade Commission at https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/FTC_Wizard.aspx?Lang=en

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) The caller placed the call under a Texas area code. Even though the caller ID was probably spoofed or they're using VoIP technology to hide the fact that they're really calling from overseas, you should also file a complaint with the Texas Attorney General at http://www.oag.state.tx.us/consumer/complain.shtml

5) File a complaint your state's attorney general, the contact information for whom is at www.naag.org

6) 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.

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

These people claim to be the Financial Crime Division from US National Bank.
They were trying to collect money for a payday loan company that I had listed on a bankrupcy filed in 2005.  They told me to 'expect a team of their agents' to come to where I work and arrest me.  They would not tell me who they worked for, where they were, etc.  They even REFUSED a payment arrangement of $200 per month (thank God they refused). They said it wasn't enough.
I called them back after contacting my attorney to get my bankrupcy date.  Since they barely speak english, I'm not sure he understood when I told him I filed bankrupcy and had a 100% payback which I have completed. He said I still owed $1400 (penalties and interest).  I explained that I had done everything the court directed me to do and told him to have a nice day and hung up!