I have been receiving calls from these guys for the last couple of days. First, they sound middle eastern or Indian (and not Native American!). They then tell me that I owe a debt from a payday loan. I have taken them out in the past, and paid them back. The man said (and I loved this!), "We sent you the information to your e-mail." I asked which one he sent it to and it was one that I haven't used in over five years I told him that and he responded, "This debt is over ten years old!" I told "Rodney Jackson" that I had filed bankruptcy and that I was under protection from the bankruptcy court. I attempted to give him my lawyer's information and he would not let me talk. He kept talking over me. I hung up on him. He called right back, threatening me with arrest and stated that he would "call my employer until I got fired." I said to him that if he got me fired his "client (of whom he had stated he was collecting for) would not get their money so he was welcome to try."
They called again the next day and one of my secretaries was completely awesome. She told him that she would not put him through to me or any other person in the building. She also told him that she knew he was scamming and that he needed to stop calling or he would be reported. He continued to call. After seven phone calls, she had our resource officer talk to the man. The resource officer told the man he was using illegal debt collection practices. The man hung up on him and then continued to call back repeatedly. My secretary was brilliant! When he kept calling, she would pick up the phone and hang it up, not even bothering to answer.
After reporting these clowns to the FTC, I received a call from them on my cell phone later in the day. I told the guy that I wanted the name of his business. He continued to ask for payment of my "debt." I asked this idiot 10 times for the name of his company and he refused to give it to me. He finally said, "Bottom line is: are you going to pay the debt or not." I told him I would discuss it when he gave me the name of his company. I then got hung up on. I contacted my attorney and they even called these guys for me! The attorney asked for a fax number and they refused to give her one.
I decided to be slick. I called them back. I asked for the name of their company. I was told "USA Cash Advance." I then asked for the physical address. I was given "200 Atlantic Ave, Houston, TX." I then asked "Jerry Safiam" what the company policy was regarding harassment and was hung up on again.
They called back! When I answered, I told them that they had the wrong number. The man said, "You are lying. I know it is you, (said my name)!" I then hung up the phone on him. He then called back 16 times in 10 minutes. I sent all the calls to voice mail.
I looked up the address given  on google maps and guess what?! It doesn't even exist!!! Color me not surprised.
I wish that there was some way to catch these guys. I would love to see them in court and see how scared they are. :-)
Be careful and NEVER give anyone money without proof!

I have called them back 20 times and harrassed them. .so they blocked me out of their system. .we need to continue to call back and ask questions so they will leave us alone..

This is a sigh of relief to see these posts. I'm now starting to get a 2nd round of phone calls from these guys with all these threats. They blew up my phone a couple months ago and nothing happened and when I asked for information sent in the mail, I have yet to receive... Now that I feel at ease that it's just a scam, it's time to have fun with these guys.

Please people....with any debt collector you ask them to not call and send you proof of the debt in the mail. If they can not provide proof then they have nothing to take you to court with; see they cant go to a judge and say we are a junk debt company, we buy accounts that other companies will not collect on and then fraudulently threaten people that know no better.....Call the original company and verify who owns the account, do not verify ANY DAMN THING! Remember only the original company(who you actually owe) can take you to court, it is not the 3rd party collectors account, they purchased it, so they have no legal leg to stand on!  If you have moved since the original debt I am sure by now the post office forwards all your mail, these people may have your ss#, bday, mother's maiden, but if you look hard enough online you will find that same info out there somewhere....this is what they do for a living SCAM!

Let them know their phone calls are being monitored by the FBI.

I just got a call at work from the same guy stating the same things as above. Thanks to everyone for posting. I also received calls last month from a different number, but it was the same person saying the same things. It's like they will never give up. It makes me sick to my stomach.

Thank God! I looked this phone number up! After reading the posts,I know I'm not alone! Indian sounding guy left me a message and said if I dont return the call I will be sorry! I hope someone finds the scammers and make them rot in hell!!!!!

Boy am I glad for these posts.  I got a very threatening voice mail from an indian guy who said he wished me luck if I refused to respond.  So I called back...he had all my information which I refused to verify.  Told him how did I know this wasnt a scam.  He said if it was he wouldnt know all my personal info...bank..ss#..etc. He said they would send a sheriff to my job...have me arrested...report me to the labor bureau so for 7 years I cant get a job.  I asked for proof of said payday loan...he said he didnt legally have to produce it but would only do it in court.  Also said I could pay $725 today to avoid all this...thats when I said I would have my attorney call and needed his full name....law firm name and address...he promptly hung up.  I opened myself up for this I guess by applying for a payday loan that is taken care of....but gosh this really sucks that people take advantage of you!!  Hope no one believes him and falls prey to this scam!!

the only thing you can do is play with them waste there time on the phone laugh at them when they threaten you,,,they know that they cant be caught and if you show that your upset the phone calls will never stop..again laugh at them waste there time thats the one thing that these fools hate is you wasting there time and laughing at them

This Indian sounding guy just called me at work threatening to send someone to arrest me and report this "payday loan debt" to my employer. He said he would only take a walmart green dot card. If I dont pay them $750 I will have to show up to court this Friday. He refused to give me his mailing address. He was very rude and threatening. I just read on here that it's a scam. Thank you for the posts!

Well I had this number call me and said it was a law firm and all  and asked his name and place he was and exact spelling and when I asked this info he refused to give it to me and hung up and called back shortly later and I did not answer I said I was calling the police and he said well go ahead and he would fax the papers to them was sort of concerned til I seen this what should I do regarding this.  SERIOUSLY WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THESE PEOPLE SO FRUSTRATING AND FRANKLY UPSETTING.

These people called me from a law firm this morning and said that I owed them Over 4000 in a loan that I never took out and I told him that was not me. He continued to say that it is me because he had all of my personal information as well as my credit check. I believed him. He said that the sheriff would be at my address (which he read to me perfectly) and he said that they would be here shortly to serve me papers! I stayed home because I was waiting for these papers and I called back and asked if they would be here soon. The man said "stop wasting my time!" And hung up on me. I can't believe they would do that. I had all of the proof that I had nothing to do with it already in hand.

This guy name Bryan kept calling my phone telling me I was going to get fired from.my job and called me a bi*** when I asked to speak to his a
Supervisor

This also happened to me this morning.  Wanted to verify my SSN, which I didn't.  Proceeded to tell me that I would be arrested and taken to jail because I was guilty of fraud concerning a payday loan I defaulted on.  I have had payday loans, but they are all paid in full.  When I asked for details on who I owed and when I got the run around.  Told I had to pay with Greendot Money Card, not MoneyGram or any bank card.  I told them to "come on and get me" and then we would see who went to jail and who was still walking around free.

I got the call this morning and called back right away. The person received my call knew all my confidential information, such as SS# and my private address. I was accused to own payday loan of thousands of dollars. I was also threatened to get me arrested if I do not pay for the money. Since I never had payday loan, I tried to ask more questions. However, that person hanged up the phone on me.

A man named Kevin Peterson called and told me that he was sending the cops out to arrest me
When I asked to speak to his supervisor he told me N O no when I told home that wasn't legal he hung up on me

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 a year ago:

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/phantom-debt-co ... ory?id=16512428

scam - man had all my info (work #, ss#, address) and stated if I didn't pay them by western union today, they would have the police come and arrest me at my work.  he told me it was for three felonies and i owed them $650.

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