Same as the comments above, googled the number and it's a scam.  Don't give them any information

I got the same call from someone named Maria Rogers. She said there was a civil complaint filed against me and that they were investingating. The caller ID on my phone showed the number 240-696-1708, but she asked me to call back 240-483-4254. Seems like a scam.

just got called by Carla James same scam asked me to call back at 240-483-4254

The calls are from Buffalo, NY at 3871 Harlem Road.
Owner is Tobias Boyland, a convicted drug dealer.
His partner is Dorian Wills and Dellian Sharp. They buy old debts, use people's ss# to blackmail them for money, use it to buy drugs.They threaten legal actions to scare them into paying. Everyone working there has a drug problem. Can't believe the feds haven't shut them down yet.

I was contacted by a "Agent Leslie White" with Special Crimes Unit Phone number is 240-483-4254, it is a number in the Baltimore/Bethesda MD area. I let the answering service take the call as I didn't recognize the number. She left an interesting amount of information, much of it wrong including the name of the person they were looking for: that person hasn't lived at my address for almost 10 years. Gave the wrong name for the County Clerks office also the Co. Clerks office handles car tags and tax payments not court cases... They aren't very savvy but neither are most of the folks getting the calls... BEWARE! Don't be bullied. Having credit problems? They will take advantage of you! Don't bite!

Updated June 25, 2009 - this article just out by AP:

IT'S LIGHTS OUT FOR DEBT COLLECTION AGENCY RUN BY FELONS

By DAVID B. CARUSO Associated Press
June 23, 2009, 10:45PM

NEW YORK — State authorities have shut down a collection agency they said terrified people across the country into paying debts by telling them if they didn’t send money immediately, they would be thrown in jail.

Investigators said collectors working for the Buffalo company routinely posed as law enforcement officials in a bid to trick people into thinking they going to be arrested.

During one call recorded by a debtor, a man who vaguely identified himself as an investigator from “the warrant division” said one victim was about to be “picked up.”

“Make sure you have somewhere for your kids to go. Lock up your house. Get some clean clothes, because you’re not coming home anytime soon,” the caller said.

In reality, authorities said, the business was run not by law officers, but convicted felons. Its owner was former drug dealer who goes by the nickname “Bags of Money” and served 13 years for attempted robbery.

“This company was run by people who lied, bullied and preyed on vulnerable Americans struggling to resolve their financial situation,” Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said.

The collection agency, which did business under several names, including Final Claims Asset Locators, was ordered closed at least temporarily Monday by a judge.

The company was the subject of a Dateline NBC expose in March. Its owner, Tobias Boyland, was arrested Tuesday on a weapons charge after investigators found he was carrying a loaded, unlicensed pistol. The search also turned up other weapons, including an AK-47, authorities said.

Called and left message about affidavit and law suit against me. Wants me to contact them ASAP.
call originated from 240-696-1779. Hyattsville, MD

Updated June 25, 2009 - this article just out by AP:

IT'S LIGHTS OUT FOR DEBT COLLECTION AGENCY RUN BY FELONS

By DAVID B. CARUSO Associated Press
June 23, 2009, 10:45PM

NEW YORK ? State authorities have shut down a collection agency they said terrified people across the country into paying debts by telling them if they didn?t send money immediately, they would be thrown in jail.

Investigators said collectors working for the Buffalo company routinely posed as law enforcement officials in a bid to trick people into thinking they going to be arrested.

During one call recorded by a debtor, a man who vaguely identified himself as an investigator from ?the warrant division? said one victim was about to be ?picked up.?

?Make sure you have somewhere for your kids to go. Lock up your house. Get some clean clothes, because you?re not coming home anytime soon,? the caller said.

In reality, authorities said, the business was run not by law officers, but convicted felons. Its owner was former drug dealer who goes by the nickname ?Bags of Money? and served 13 years for attempted robbery.

?This company was run by people who lied, bullied and preyed on vulnerable Americans struggling to resolve their financial situation,? Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said.

The collection agency, which did business under several names, including Final Claims Asset Locators, was ordered closed at least temporarily Monday by a judge.

The company was the subject of a Dateline NBC expose in March. Its owner, Tobias Boyland, was arrested Tuesday on a weapons charge after investigators found he was carrying a loaded, unlicensed pistol. The search also turned up other weapons, including an AK-47, authorities said.

His name is Tobias Boyland. He owns several debt collection agencies. Has a criminal record for armed robbery. He lives in Buffalo, NY. He is also known as T-Money. He has side business in the music industry his website www.bagsofmoney.us. He has a myspace page. His phone number is 702-448-4515. If anyone has been harassed by him should call the FBI, Buffalo police. The names of the debt collection companies at present is Litigation Consulting Services, LLC. Integrity Resolution Group LLC. More Star, LLC. Final Claims Asset Locators, LLC. The last one is located 3871 Niagara Capital Bldg. wasn't able to find exact address. One of his employees is Andrew Brzyski poses himself as a lawyer. Don't respond to these guys they are crooks. They use abrasive and threating tactics.

calling to tell me that a warrant will be put out for me in my county if i do not send money through WESTERN UNION (which i refused to do.  i filed a complain again daniel hoffman and my police department called him and told him to stop calling so now im getting calls from a leslie white from the same number saying the same thing.  they have also called people in my family and my work asking for me.  this is really ridiculous!

We have been getting phone calls from 1-204-483-4254 from "Laura James" for a few years.  They keep asking for someone we never heard of who has the same last name as we do.

Once someone told me they could take our phone number off the list, but said that it would automatically go back on in 3 months if the debt was not paid.  I asked them where this person listed their address and asked if they were ever in Pennsylvania, where we live, and was told that they do not have that information.  What a bunch of crooks.  I did have a few months of peace, but now I get messages on my answering machine that says "If you continue to listen to this message, you acknowledge that you are "Sam Spade".  (not the real name) I would like to report them, but my caller ID only shows "out of area" and no longer shows a number. I hate these people.

boycott godaddy.com- the scam artists even have a website. the email (the only contact on the site) takes you back to the front page.
SCAM SCAM boycott!! I wrote godaddy and their excuse was "we don't have a way to verify this website is acting against the law." speel.  well, if THEY FOLLOWED my email and the links provided, plus the information coming from a consumer report guy, you'd think they'd KNOW.
http://thelcservice.com
HAS NO PHONE NUMBER, NO FAX NUMBER and NO ADDRESS to remit payments (DON'T GIVE OVER THE PHONE ANY INFO) The email addy listed goes through to the front page even if you do not send any information. SCAM. BUT, I'm having fun playing their games!

one thing i know they will be caught my dad work for the sheriff department for the past 22 years so she picked the right one here

i just posted that is her name leslie white she is a black female who talks hard core.

I got a call from someone saying that she is a sheriff deputy and that i was wanted for not appearing in court on a civil case. I have no charges so i did not understand, she said i had a case number

My brother called and told me to call my other brother who had a number for me to call concerning a civil case. I called him and he told me my name was mispronounced and wasn't sure how they got his number unless from a directory, they also gave a six digit case number. I immediately called the number back and got a recording from Leslie White, (female), and left my work contact number. I thought about this, because although I am in debt, I knew I wasn't in trouble in any way and this sounds to strange, so I googled the number and read many comments referring to the same number I dialed as a scam, and that it needs to be reported.

It's a debt collection scam, and, in this case, they're impersonating a police officer. See my message above from Sept. 10 for more details and for information on reporting these criminals to federal and state law enforcement.

I recceived a phone call from Officer Lesley White. She stated that I was being served a Warrant and gave me a Case#. She also informed me that it included two felony counts on the warrant. To the best of my knowledge of the law enforcement community a police officer would not tell you that you have a felony warrant in your name. The police will just show up and arrest you on the spot.

I recieved 4 calls from this number (240-483-4254) claiming that I had a car repossed..However, I have never had this happen. They are saying they are serving me court papers...The thing is, they actually give me a SS# that is not mine! I've told them all 4 times to correct their records 'cause they are harrassing the wrong person..What bothers me is how much info they had on me and members of my family..
I guess I better check into "Life-Lock"  (Besides, Rush endorses it)  :-)

They just called me asking why were my checks returned for NSF. I called my bank and had them stop pay all checks given.  They were very unprofessional and told me that a warrant will be issued for my arrest in my jurisdiction.  I told them to send me this in writing and do not call me again.  The lady got upset and was raised her voice toward the end of the call...

I recieved a call last night, from 240-483-4254, asking for my father.  My mother also called my mother asking for him and she has been divorced from him for 25 years and also remarried for 15 years.  They asked if I was the relative of my father, and wanted me to give them his info to get intouch with him.  Of course I didn't, but did google the number.  I found this site and thank god!  They told me he had a pending litigation suit and was facing jail time.  I have reported this to all the government offices I can think of.

It's scam, and all their threats are false and illegal.  They go by various names such as MoreStar Consultancy, LLC; Litigation Consulting Service, LLC; Claims & Warrants; and North American Asset Investigation Bureau, LLC (NAAIB). For details, read consumer credit advocate Bud Hibbs' report on these scammers: http://budhibbs.com/debtcollectorpages/NAAIB.htm

One thing it remember is that anytime someone calls you demanding money to prevent your arrest or criminal charges, it is ALWAYS a scam. No debt collector (let alone criminals posing as debt collectors) have the authority to have anyone arrested for anything. (And it's illegal to them to threaten such a thing.) These type of crooks also routinely impersonate FBI agents, police and other law enforcement officials, which, obviously, is illegal as well. (Besides, law enforcement officers aren't in the business of debt collection, and debt is a civil, not a criminal, matter.)

The bottom line is, these are criminals trying to steal your money. Anyone targeted by these crooks should ignore their illegal threats, and report their attempts to extort money from you to all these federal and state law enforcement agencies:

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 give them all the details.

3) Maryland Attorney General  http://www.oag.state.md.us/Consumer/complaint.htm  (Litigation Consulting claims to be in Maryland)

4) Your state's attorney general, the contact information for whom is at www.naag.org

5) 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.

6) File a complaint with  the Federal Trade Commission  https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/FTC_Wizard.aspx?Lang=en

If these criminals call back, tell them that they aren't getting any money from you and that you've reported their scam to federal and state law enforcement. They will react with the usual moronic, false threats.  If possible, try to save any voice messages they leave and, if legal in your state, record their calls if you speak with them. (Inexpensive phone recorders are available at Radio Shack-type stores.)

Got a call on my mothers answering machine yesterday saying that someone in the town I used to live in has filed a complaint against me. They left a case number and phone number. When I called this number, I left a message , the next day they called back. The lady as rude, nasty, and totally suspect. She claimed I owed $1,300 on a car and that I was being taken to court by the dealership. I was shocked because the year she said the charge off was (2001) on my account, I was living in NYC and had no car, and the last time I had a car was 4 years before that. I repeatedly demanded to know the car model, the car company that suing me, or any other common sense information that a legitimate business would have..and all she kept telling me was that I can either settle the case with them or go to court. That's it.

She called me names and accused me of sounding like a drug user. I am in total shock. What is the world coming to? I plan to file every complaint I can think of. What's amazing to me is, if I had this charge off since 2001 , why isn't it on my credit? I am very scared that these people have all of my personal information. So I feel obligated to do something now. When I insisted they tell me the name of the company and more info about them, they claimed that they were affiliated with Bank of America. I seriously doubt that. If anyone has any ideas how we can fight this scum I am so game.

These freaks called me and started on and on about a debt that my husband had 10 years ago.  Investagator James me that I wrote them hot checks and I was going to be arrested.  I said what are you talking about and Please send me anything that you have and if it is real I will be more than happy to pay.  They got very ugly with me and demanded that I pay or else.  They then hung up on me.  I called my banker and she called them and they then told her it was the banks fault and told her I was a thief.  I never had a check to these people and they needless to say wanted me to pay within 24 hours.  This NAAIB company that they used last year...did try to put a computer check through to my bank and the bank caught it as fraud and sent it back to there bank...Oh and Officer Huffman or Hoffman (the joke of it all) is no officer in Maryland.  I called the Maryland PD and they told me there is no such officer and to call my local PD and they would file a complaint.  I did and well this was 4 days ago and I am still here!!!  I have them on my VM with threats and the PD has this now.  Do not fall for this scam.  It is sad that these low rent thugs think that I would fall for this.

called my house and told my husband there was a civil suit against me in my county.

The call from this number came for my BIL saying that he
had a complaint filed against him. They gave me a case number
and said he's name was inspector Smith. He got an ugly tone
saying it was in my BIL's best interest to call back within
48 hours. So I got online and looked up the number and found this website.
I didn't bother my BIL with the message and will warn him and his family about this scam.

I got the same call. Did some research on the Internet and discovered they're crooks. Here's some info I uncovered:

This is a group of people currently taking advantage of people across the United States. They go by a variety of names and phone numbers -- some of the names they use include Global Asset Investigations, Worldwide Recovery Services, Worldwide Asset Investigation Services and North American Asset Investigation Bureau (NAAIB). Last year they were operating out of Cleveland, OH, until they were shut down -- the Cleveland BBB named them as one of the top ten scams of 2007 (http://cleveland.bbb.org/WWWRoot/SitePage.asp ... 19642b&art=4334).
You can get more info here: http://www.budhibbs.com/debtcollectorpages/NAAIB.htm.
They will probably continue using this MD number until they get shut down again, then start using a new area code, but the MO is always the same: they call and identify themselves in a way that implies they are either working for a lawyer, the court system, or the police department (all of these misleading statements are illegal); tell you that there has been a civil case filed against you, they give you a case number, and tell you that you must contact them before a warrant is sworn out against you. When you contact them, they tell you that they are investigating a debt that is 10, 12, 15 or so years old; they'll name some bank you've never heard of, or a credit card you've never heard of. They'll have just enough information about you to make you nervous and they'll be phishing to find out more information. They'll tell you that the debt is some ridiculous amount -- let's say $10,200 for an example -- but if you're willing to pay today, they'll reduce it to, for example, $650. But they can't give you an address. Instead, they will ask for your bank account or credit card number. They'll tell you that if you don't settle on the phone with them that moment, a sheriff will appear at your door within 48 hours to arrest you. NONE OF THIS IS TRUE. Complaints have been filed to the AG of OH, MD, TX, NY, and IL, as well as to the FTC, FCC, and the FBI (as they are trying to illegally extort money over the phone). They often target the elderly and infirm. Do not speak with them, and save whatever messages they leave on your phone. If you get a phone call, file a complaint online with the following organizations:
http://www.oag.state.md.us/Consumer/complaint.htm
https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/FTC_Wizard.aspx?Lang=en
http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm
as well as the Attorney General of your own state. Remember: whether the debt is yours or not, you should not be dealing with these people. They are not a legitimate organization.

PLEASE -- file a report. You were smart and savvy enough to do research on this number; not everyone is that lucky. REPORT THEM!!!

Original call from "Laura James" gave 240-483-4254 as a callback number for a "civil action" that would processed through "your County" with a reference number in this format; ABC1234. When I called I got "Laura James" and asked for some information on the company and a corp HQ # or managers #, she got angry, said she needed my reference #, when she didn't get it right away she just hung up. 2nd call was a repeat, she hung up again. Called back until eventually a man answered the phone saying his name was William or Williams. I asked the same questions and he quickly became enraged, cursing me and he hung up also. I called him right back, and when I asked him his name this time he gave me "Daniel Hoffman". Again he was very angry - cursing me, told me he used to be a Military Policeman and he knew how this worked, and eventually hung up again.

I found 240-483-4601 as a related number and called it also. The man who answered claimed he didn't know Ms. James or Mr. Hoffman, but when I gave him the number he was familiar with it. All he wanted was a claim number also, instead I asked to speak to his boss and he became evasive. I asked him his bosses name and he told me it was "Ron Burgundy"! He finally agreed to get "Ron" on the phone, when he came back a few minutes later it was the same guy. I asked if this was Ron and he said it was, when I asked if this was really Will Ferrell he said "yeah, this Will ^%*@ Ferrel... and hung up. I later called 4254 back, got "Daniel" again, argued about him providing me some info and the only thing he would give me is his number 240-764-4264.

Pure Scammers, scum of the earth for sure.

Had someone call and leave a message stating I had an unpaid balance on a consumer credit card from 2003 and to call 240-483-4254 asking for Alex Dufour.  Ironically I have made two 12 month no payment/no interest purchases since them from the company spoken of... both purchases (of which) have been paid off early.  I find it hard to believe that I wasn't paying my bills,  yet theny allowed my to make two major purchases years later, and just forgot about any old balance.  Like computers forget.  Ha.
I filed against them with the FTC,  Maryland state and THE FBI.

so  your sister thought this was bs?  I am concerned about it being a scamand I am glad I did not give them any information about  myself.