The person called me several times from this number and cursed me out, when I aked to speak to a supervisor they hung up. I called back and requested to talk to a supervisor and I got cursed otu then they hung up.

i recived a call from a man named sam clark who said he had a leagal case aginst me and that he would see me in court on monday. unless i gave him my bank account number i work for the judical system so i know how things work and the minute he started talking. first off if you are a officer of law or anything of law you interduce your self like my name is officer xxxx my badge number is xxxx and my division number is xxx im calling you because we have a matter we need to dicuss with you thats how its suppost to be. when i told him who i was he hung up on me and when i called back no one would answer the phone. the phone number is a unknown number from denver colorado

The individual called me and identified himself as "Ryan."  He spoke with an East Indian accent, and as with others, he threatened me by saying that a warrant was about to be filed if I did not pay back a loan I took out online.  I DID take out a loan, but my arrangements were that they would take out the payments from my checking account.  I have never been contacted by them since.  The original loan company had my phone number, address, e-mail, and all other information from me, NONE of which has changed, and yet, I have had NO contact from them about deliquency.  Now, all of a sudden, this comes up.  I was so confused and upset that I asked my landlord if he would pay the bill for me.  Thanks to his calm thinking and legal background, the first things he did were:  he contacted the magistrate court to find out if a warrant had been filed.  NO WARRANT.  Then he asked me to call back the company to get the case number and loan number, and they could not provide it!  When I gave them verbal permission to discuss the entire matter with my landlord, they became irate, yelling at both of us on the phone and being completely uncooperative.  My landlord pointed out that this would not be appropriate behavior on the telephone for a bonafide business.  Lucky thing he was calm and had some experience with this.  BE CAREFUL FOLKS.  They wanted $751.  They didn't get a dime.

RECEIVED 14 THREATENING PHONE CALLS THAT I WOULD BE PICKED UP AT HOME OR WORK BY POLICE, VERY TERRIFYING

Ralph, you are right!  The information he had on me sounded like the information they ask for when you are filling out a loan application on line.  I'll never to THAT again...

Akilah, this just happened to me today!  I was at work and a man called on my office line and said that I had taken a payday loan out and not paid it back, and that he was from a law firm (Williams and Scott) in Los Angeles.  He asked me if I had been "briefed" about this situation before, and if I had a lawyer.  I told him no, I had not heard of this before, and that I didn't have a lawyer.  He told me that the police would be coming to my job today at 4:00 p.m. to take me to court.  He said that his client had filed a warrant and/or affidavit against me for violation of federal banking laws, check collateral fraud, and deceit.  I was really scared about someone coming to my job like that.  He also told me to send him a letter that said I authorize them to take $658 out of my debit or credit card to settle my debt with them, and to attach a copy of my driver's license to my letter.  He gave me a fax number, and I faxed the letter with a copy of the driver's license to them.  I was going to go to the bank and make sure the money was there to send them, when I checked with one of my best friends.  She said it didn't sound right.  The police don't come get you for a debt to a collection agency or payday lender!  Anyway, she Googled the phone number the man gave me (303) 558-9796, and she found out that it was all a big scam.  I'm pretty nervous about what they will do with my Driver's License...  I hope they catch these people.

a man called threatened me that i needed to pay 4,ooo to pay off a debt,
he didn't mention the company name, all he said his name was SANTANA and  if i didn't pay him i was going to jail and that a police officer was going to pick me up at work or at home,this person had a heavy accent,i had to miss work so i can find out who this person was or where he is from i went online and i found out that it was a scam please people do not give out any information to any one, it can cause alot of problems and the stress is a major headache, who ever this person is, is calling in colorado, tell everyone you know not to fall for this scam

Consumer Alert: Attorney General warns Kansans of debt collection scam

January 29, 2010 -- Attorney General Steve Six is cautioning Kansas consumers about telephone calls from apparent fake debt collectors who are impersonating law enforcement officers in an effort to extort money from consumers.   Consumers are warned to not submit payments to these fraudulent debt collectors.

When calling, the scammers most often state they are attempting to collect a debt related to an internet payday loan obtained by the consumer, but which the consumer never repaid.  Consumers state they have never obtained such a loan or paid off the loan years ago.  The scam artists have most recently identified themselves as ACS, National Affidavit Processing Department and United Financial Crime Division, but may use additional phony names.  It appears the phone numbers used by the scammers are ?spoofed? numbers, so that the number appearing on a consumer?s caller ID is not the actual number of where the call originated. It appears the calls in question may be originating from outside the United States.

When questioned, the individual calling refuses to disclose the full name or address of the collection agency they claim to represent.  These scammers have been able to provide consumers with identifying information, such as the consumer?s social security number, home address, e-mail address, names of family members and the consumer?s computer IP address.  Since the callers are able to provide valid personal information, consumers may become confused and believe they are being contacted in regard to a legitimate debt.

If the initial debt collection scam is unsuccessful, consumers have been re-contacted months later with the scammers posing as law enforcement officers or officers of the court.  Typically, the consumer is threatened with arrest for fraud or some other fictitious crime unless the consumer agrees to immediately wire money via Western Union.  The fictitious officers strive to frighten and confuse consumers into compliance by using legal sounding terms such as ?We?re filing an affidavit against you? or by stating a lawsuit has been or is in the process of being filed against the consumer.

A hallmark of each scam has been calling consumers repeatedly at their place of employment.  This scam hit home when an employee of the Kansas Attorney General?s Office was repeatedly called both on her cell phone and at work.  Despite the employee?s repeated verbal disputes, the caller refused to provide any identifying information to allow her to send a written dispute. The scammer also continued to call her numerous times a day regarding a payday loan she denied obtaining. Two months later, she was again contacted by telephone by an individual identifying himself as an ?officer?.

?I denied owing the debt and refused to pay without being provided validation of the debt. I was then told, ?If that?s the case, I will have local law enforcement come to your place of business and drag you out kicking and screaming?,? stated the employee.

?It is important for consumers to know their rights under the law,? Attorney General Six said. ?If a consumer is receiving calls from a debt collection company and believe it is a scam, I encourage them to contact our office immediately.?

Under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), collectors are required to send consumers a written notice within five days of the initial contact.  The notification should contain  information such as the amount of the debt, the name of the creditor to whom the debt is owed and a statement informing the consumer they have thirty days to contact the debtor in writing to dispute the debt or request validation of the debt. In addition, legitimate debt collectors are prohibited by the FDCPA from making false or misleading representations, such as the consumer has committed a crime, implying nonpayment will result in the consumer?s arrest, or using the threat of violence.

More information is available on the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act at http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/credit/cre27.pdf.

To register a complaint with the Kansas Attorney General?s Consumer Protection Division, call 1(800) 432-2310 or visit www.ksag.org.

http://www.ksag.org/page/consumer-alert-attor ... collection-scam

Caller named "Ralph" called from an overseas number 303-558-9796 saying there is a case against me. He obviously got my information off of a paydayloan online application, because he sited two references that only can be found on that form.
Beware of calls from this number

I keep receiving a phone call from a 303-558-9796 Number. Usually I don?t answer my phone from a number that I never seen before but this time I answer it from a lady calling me saying I need to call them back with an important business manner and If  they don?t hear from me today then god be with me and good luck?So I call them on my lunch break which is 11:00 when I finally did spoke with a guy that sounds like he is from India  saying that I took out a payday loan and this manner has been turn over to them and an officer will come and pick me up from my job tomorrow morning  and bring me to court so I can learn my lesson. He told me that I will be paying  $5,000  In court fees If I don?t pay them  right away. then they will have a police officer come and pick me up from my job tomorrow and take me to the court in front of a judge and that my driver license will be suspended for 3 years.  I was so confused I was trying to ask the guys questions about the loan but he kelp cutting me off saying that I?m cutting him off and that he needs to finish reading my rights. He was asking me if I had my attorney and his name I advise him that I don?t have an attorney. When asking to speak to a sup the rep told me that he wont be able to help me?he finally put him on the phone?when he got on the phone it sound like the same guy I was speaking to?when I finally got a name he said his name was Gary Miller and that he is from CyberCrime. Which Mr. Miller advise me that If I wanted to Settle this manner today then I will have to come up with $1095 to avoid arrest  I was so in  shock that I gave them my credit card information. Cause I didn?t want anybody coming to my job for something that I didn?t do. Mr. Gary was very rude to me when I was trying to ask questions on when the loan was taking out and for how much. Cause I don?t remember taking any loan out. Mr. . Miller wouldn?t give me no information about the loan and kelp cutting me off. Mr. Miller told me that if I don't pay them the money that was due then they will send my information to the court house and then the officer will be coming to arrest me. I then agree to pay the $1095 which I gave them my credit card information. Mr. Miller advise me to photo copy my driver license and fax it to 714-845-0768 and say I Akilah Morales wants to settle this case outside of the court house for in the amount of $1,095 to the main creditor. He advise me to put at the bottom of the letter the last 4 of my social security number and signature and attn: Gary Miller. I follow Mr. Miller instructions and fax the letter over to him. He called me back and told me that he never received any fax and he needs that fax within 15 minutes. My husband called that number to try to get more information about the so call loan. And they wouldn?t give him no information but that I owe a payday loan to them. I Google  this  Number and it seems this company has a history of scamming people and taking innocents people money.

I received the same calls on my cell. Stating an arrest warrent had been issued & I would be served the following day because I had received money from a cash loan company & never paid it back. I thought it might be a scam so I asked if I could just pay them the money, but they said no they were not interested in receiving money, only that I be arrested for the crime. They call from one state, then the call would be disconnected, as soon as I hung up the phone another call from the same person would come thru from a different state.

Just received the call looking for one of my drivers but the voice sounded funny.  I told him several times that I could not understand him.  He said he was trying to send legal papers to our office for my driver then told me he was going to send legal papers to me because I could not get his phone number correct.  I told him to go ahead and do that.

Received a call at work. First from a woman, telling me she had a police report charging me with check fraud and several other charges pertaining to a Payday Loan I supposedly took out last year and refused to pay. She told me not to interupt her until she was all done reading what she had to say, and then I could ask questions. Part of what she read me was my miranda rights. She would not tell me what the name of the client was and when I started asking questions, she put me on hold and had someone else talk with me. He told me that a couple of officers would be showing up at my address to pick me up and take me to the courthouse where I would be charged with the crimes I was told about and I would have to pay what I owed along with court fees and attorneys fees. Then he told me that a couple of officers would be showing up at my place of employeement to take me down to the courthouse. I told him I didn't know what it was all about, and he told me that I would find out once I got to the courthouse, Good luck and have a nice day. I have informed my employer so they are aware of this call. The caller said his name was Ryan and gave me this phone number if I needed to call him.

SAME NUMBER CALLED (HAD SOMEONE CALL LAST WEEK ON MY CELL AND WORK AND THEN MY MOM) I DON'T ANSWER CALLS LIKE THAT ANYMORE, FOREIGN SOUNDING GUY, LEFT NAME (COULDN'T UNDERSTAND), LEFT MESSAGE -DON'T IGNORE THIS CALL, CALL ME BACK ASAP, OR MY ATTTORNEY TO CALL, CASE DOWNLOADED AGAINST ME, DON'T DISREGAURD THIS CALL. IM ABOUT TO GET MY NUMBER CHANGED!!!!

Have been receiving calls from this number at my job for 3 days in a row now.  From a person one male and a female twice with foreign accent and speaking pretty good English.  They are telling me to call them back or my attorney call them back or I will be very sorry and they feel sorry for me.  They are posing as some type of a collection person.  I have also had Pay Day loans so I am assuming this is similar to other peoples calls, from what I have read anyway.

If these people are hacking the payday loan sites can they get acces to your bank account?

I really found the call to be weird not only was the call the same as ealier posted..but i got this call directly after a phone conversation with PayDayOne about my real loan. Very Odd!!

LONG RUNNING AND KNOWN SCAM ? ALL OVER INTERNET AND NEWS

Fake Debt Collectors ? Terrorizing Consumers

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5621205&page=1


MORE ON FAKE DEBT COLLECTORS
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-904-425-9141
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/call4action/17285785/detail.html
http://www.800helpfla.com/newsletter/2008/092008.html

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2010/01/ks_debt_collection.html   latest release of information on this scam

http://www.wvago.gov/internetloanscam.cfm
Attorney General Darrell McGraw took the extraordinary step today of warning the public about a band of scam artists making threats to consumers who allegedly obtained Internet payday loans in West Virginia and across the nation. The consumers they threaten never obtained a loan at all or paid it off years ago.

Internet payday loans are short-term loans or cash advances, usually for 14 days, made over the Internet via interactive web sites and secured by an agreement authorizing debits of the loan and all fees owed from the consumer?s checking account. These loans typically charge interest rates ranging from 600-800 APR and are unlawful in West Virginia.

The scam artists, who speak English with a foreign accent, call themselves ?U.S. National Bank,? ?Federal Investigation Bureau,? ?United Legal Processing? and numerous other phony names. They refuse to disclose real names and addresses and are believed to be operating ?off the grid? from homes, automobiles, or from off shore locations or foreign countries, including India. Since the scammers have kept themselves purposely well hidden, thus far no law enforcement agencies have succeeded in locating or shutting them down.

The scammers typically pose as law enforcement officers, investigators, lawyers, and bankers and threaten consumers that they will be arrested for ?bank fraud? or other fictitious crimes unless money is wired immediately. They simultaneously scare and confuse consumers by using meaningless legalese gobbledygook phrases such as, ?We are downloading warrants against you? or ?We are filing an affidavit against you.? Consumers who don?t immediately fall for the scam are warned, ?Only God can help you now.?

The scammers almost always call consumers at work several times a day, and tell their supervisors, ?Your employee has committed fraud and is about to be arrested.? Such threats have proven unsettling even to the most savvy consumers and employers who suspect the calls are fraudulent.

Attorney General McGraw stated, ?Ordinarily my office protects consumers from fraudulent activities by seeking injunctions in court. But legal action cannot be taken until the scam artists can be located. Even then, it is unlikely that the persons behind the fraudulent calls and extortionist threats would obey a court order. In this case, the consumer?s best defense is to be armed with the knowledge of the scam so that all demands for money can be resisted, despite the false but scarey threats of arrest.?

McGraw added, ?Because the fraudsters make a special point of calling consumers repeatedly at work, employers must understand that the consumers are innocent victims of a criminal enterprise and cannot stop the calls from coming. I also wish to assure the citizens of West Virginia that my office will continue to do everything possible to locate and shut down the outlaw debt collectors.?

More information about this fraudulent debt collection scheme is available at the Attorney General?s website, www.wvago.gov/internetloanscam. Any consumers who have been threatened by these persons or wish to file a complaint about another consumer matter may do so by calling the Consumer Protection Hot Line, 1-800-368-8808, or by obtaining a complaint form from the Attorney General?s web site.

It's a debt collection scam. And 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.    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 if the crooks claim to be law enforcement or lawyers, officers of the court or bankers, be sure to include that information in your report.
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.    File a complaint your state's attorney general, the contact information for whom is at www.wvago.gov
5.    File a complaint online with The Federal Trade Commission at https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/FTC_Wizard.aspx?Lang=en
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
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-310-499-9983
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-771-9249   Scammer posting here as GARY and GARRY JONES
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-866-860-4509   Scammer posting here as Mike Henderson
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-212-500-0839   Scammer posting here as Ricky

Scam alert: Bogus debt collectors
By Leslie McFadden ? Bankrate.com
Monday, Aug. 3
Posted 2 p.m.
Bankrate reporter Leslie McFadden contributed this entry.
This scam isn't technically about credit cards, but it is scary enough to post a warning. The Better Business Bureau issued an alert today saying consumers across the country are getting phone calls from bogus debt collectors claiming default on a payday loan. Of course, the consumer needs to pay a large fee to avoid arrest -- as much as $1,000.
The caller poses as a lawyer, and may threaten extradition to face trial if the consumer doesn't pay up immediately.
What makes these calls alarming -- and perhaps convincing -- is that the perpetrators reference the consumer's personal information, such as the person's Social Security number, driver's license number, previous bank account numbers, home address -- even personal references.
"The amount of information they have is really troubling," says BBB spokeswoman Alison Southwick. She adds that the amount of data points to a possible security breach.
Spread the word to your friends and family: Don't give out personal or financial information to an unknown caller. Scammers can spoof Caller ID to display different numbers, so trust your instincts over technology.
The BBB offers these tips:
?    Ask the debt collector to provide official documentation which substantiates the debt.
?    Do not provide or confirm any bank account, credit card or other personal information over the phone until you have confirmed the legitimacy of the call.
?    File a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission online if the caller is abusive, uses threats or otherwise violates federal telemarketing laws or the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
?    File a complaint with the Better Business Bureau online if you believe a debt collector is trying to scam you.

I just received the same call. Weird. My name is Ben too.

repeated calls...appears to be from overseas.  Caller saying he is from the Cyber Crime division...would not stop calling office number...cursed at everyone whoa answered phone.