303-578-5556
CO, US
| jenn 2011-06-06 20:44:57 Unknown |
303.578.5556 officer jason belle just called my house n said we were being investigated. i've called the FBI, being that i dont know what p.d. he works for, they are unable to do anything!!! this guy has called my sister n threaten her, my niece n nephews life! BE AWARE OF THIS GUY, HE ALSO CALLS FROM 518.299.0362
THANK YOU!
| mad momma 2011-06-06 20:44:57 Unknown |
I just received a phone call from the guy who said his name was Denzel Anderson and said there was a lawsuit against me. I told him I was not going to give any info over the phone and he got very mad and said he would see me in court for insurance fraud. I spoke with my attorney and said to wait until you get the papers and he did not see any claim number on file and the number they gave me was not an actual claim number and that it is a fraud. Beware and do not give your info to anyone, I hope these guys get caught!
| abc123 2011-06-06 20:44:57 Unknown |
I got a call from him today also Denzil Anderson claiming the samw thing as everyone else. He said the States Attorney was listening to our conversation...
| Pooh 2011-06-06 20:44:57 Unknown |
Guy named Officer Robin Wilson called from this number threating me!!!
| Brittany 2011-06-06 20:44:57 Unknown |
i just got a call from this number and the mans name was Neil Smith and they said that i have a payday load and i never paid it back and if i didn't talk to them they was going to call the FBI on me... I told them call THE FBI cause i never had a payday loan and i have nothing to hide!!
| ME TOOOOO 2011-06-06 20:44:57 Unknown |
OH I THOUGHT HE SAID HIS NAME WAS NILL SMITH OR WILL SMITH.. HE READ FROM HIS SCRIPT A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER A..HOLES
TOM TAYLOR, JENNY MCDONALD, KAREN WILLIAMS, ROBERT DAVIS, LEO MARTIN, DONNIE JONES, JUST TO NAME A FEW... I'D LIKE TO SEE THE "SITUATION UNFOLD " ON THEM LOOSERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
| Sean 2011-06-06 20:44:57 Unknown |
I just called this guy with the Indian accent and he answered the phone "dept of law and investigations" He asked for my name which I did not not provide. I said I woudl like to ask him a few questions before I provide my name to which he agreed:-
Q Which branch of law enforcement is this?
A Federal financial crime agency
Q Really, I just talkd to the FBI and is no such branch !
He hung up!
| Trece 2011-06-06 20:44:57 Unknown |
I also received a call from that number saying that he was an officer. When I wanted him to give me more information he hung the phone up on me. Plus he had a heavy accent.
| Leo 2011-06-06 20:44:57 Unknown |
Called, unknown number
| The Saint 2010-11-10 19:23:54 Unknown |
For at least the last four years, possibly longer, a group has been calling former payday loan applicants advising them that they have defrauded a bank and are now being sued for non-payment of a loan. The callers will claim to be calling on behalf of an attorney's office (name varies), the Dept. of Law and Investigation, ACS, or other similar combinations below:
United Legal Processing Division
Midline Marketing
Crime Monitoring Services
Monetary Crime Division
U.S. National Bank
Attorney General?s Office (usually in California)
American Legal Services
Affidavit Consolidation Services (ACS)
You will be threatened with arrest, a costly trial and possibly worse. In no shape, way or form can you be arrested for non-payment on a consumer debt. Do not believe these threats, as they are without merit and cannot be carried out in the manner they allege.
Who are they?
In the past when pressed by law enforcement for an address, the callers have provided the following information:
David Morgan and Associates
Morgan & Associates
Morgan Associates
954-727-8481
1155 Northwest 85th Street
Wintergarden, Florida 33150
(Address is likely invalid)
The collector's MO matches a once legit collections agency called Ellis Crosby & Associates. Here are some links on them:
http://www.budhibbs.com/collectorpages/ellis_crosby_and_associates.htm
http://www.budhibbs.com/collectorpages/EllisCrosbyJudgment.pdf
They have been previously fined over $1.3 million for various violations. They have been known to use phone banks in India to make their calls, which more or less coincides with the difficult to understand accent many of us detect when we are contacted.
The last time this group went by any "official" name was back in 2008:
Ellis Crosby & Associates / Douglas & Morgan Associates
4494 Southside Boulevard Suite #200
Jacksonville Florida 32216
Phone: 800-928-3536 / (904) 928-3536
(Address is likely invalid)
There are NUMEROUS consumer alerts out against this group of individuals:
Florida:
http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/061107/met_176207561.shtml
Kansas:
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2010/01/ks_debt_collection.html
Colorado:
http://www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov/press/ ... lls_likely_orig
Rhode Island:
http://www.collectionscreditrisk.com/news/rho ... -3002135-1.html
West Virginia:
http://www.wvago.gov/internetloanscam.cfm
Missouri:
On July 15th, 2010 a Public Awareness Bulletin was sent out by Missouri Information Analysis Center.
"..received reports from individuals in Ohio and Illinois reference suspicious telephone calls they received. In both instances, the callers are reporting that a voicemail is received from a man, with a Middle Eastern accent, identifying himself as an officer working with the Financial Crimes Unit. The message indicates that the reason for the call concerns a loan made by the receiver or someone in the receiver's family. The voicemail requests that a return call be made and a telephone number is provided. When a return call is made, the caller is asked to provide personal identifying information such as their date of birth and social security number.
Reports indicate that the calls are frequent and persistent and that they even threaten arrest or legal action if information or money is not provided. It appears that the individuals making these calls may have access to some records connecting individuals and their relatives. Missouri does not have a Financial Crimes Unit and all indications are that this is a fictitious agency. If you receive a similar phone call, please be advised that it is a scam and please contact your local law enforcement agency or the Missouri Information Analysis Center at 866-362-6422."
Bottom line:
Do not supply the callers with any additional information. Inform them you have reported them to law enforcement and hang up. If you haven't already, go ahead and report the calls to local law enforcement, your state's Attorney General and beyond. Look up the local Secret Service branch's information in your area and get in contact with an agent there.
If you ever applied for a cash advance online, your information is out there.
Possible sources for the breach of your privacy are:
* The scammers obtained your information from Teletrack - a reporting agency used by many cash advance lenders to determine their risk lending to you. The service is able to tell cash advance lenders if you have existing loans with other companies, for example. Many state laws prohibit borrowers from having more than two cash advances out at the same time.
* The scammers created their own fake payday loan application site. People looking for a cash advance went to the site and applied, thus freely providing the scammers with their information for malicious use at a later time.
* The scammers were able to get into the database(s) of cash advance lenders - probable targets being Sonic Payday and Cashnet USA.
How to protect yourself:
* Inform your employer. You are likely getting calls at home and/or at work, so make sure your employer is aware the calls are part of a scam and to not take them seriously. Advise the callers that they are no longer allowed to call you at work. If they continue to call, document the date and time of the calls you received. Save voice mails left if at all possible.
* Change your number(s). For some this may not be an option, for others a one-time number change can be done free of charge.
Be advised - any references you listed on your payday loan application will be contacted. Let those people know that this is a scam, and they can disregard.
* Use Google Voice. Google Voice is a great replacement voice mail system for just about any phone number you use. Messages can be transcribed and voice mail recordings can be saved as mp3 files.
Pro Tip - call the scammers with a Google Voice number before turning off your old phone numbers. Make sure when you call you identify yourself so they can start up their script. At any point after they have your information pulled up just hang up. They will then start religiously calling your Google Voice number. At this point, you are free to change your regular phone number(s) and enjoy not having these people ever call you again. (And laugh at the fact these people are basically talking to a brick wall several times a day)
The scammers change their numbers frequently. Law enforcement used to think it was because the callers ran out of minutes on their prepaid wireless accounts or they were shuttered due to fraud, but now they understand it's simply to evade detection by savvy consumers online. With the proliferation of VoIP, it's even easier for the crooks to stay a couple of steps ahead of law enforcement. Below is just a sampling of the 30+ numbers that have been used in recent memory.
1-201-244-7722
1-209-349-7382
1-209-797-2212
1-212-500-0839
1-213-256-0408
1-213-995-3039
1-281-763-0433
1-347-289-3902
1-347-844-6817
1-347-844-6831
1-424-354-4270
1-516-232-8905
1-516-232-8935
1-518-212-0219
1-561-300-8018
1-561-210-4185
1-626-200-4646
1-631-456-4041
1-646-274-1143
1-646-810-8635
1-650-241-4604
1-707-401-4056
1-707-633-2789
1-708-401-0535
1-716-442-2824
1-717-862-4080
1-718-705-8669
1-760-514-0132
1-760-563-5384
1-772-318-4938
1-850-201-1111
1-858-777-1977
1-859-908-2281
1-866-860-4509
1-877-226-7488
1-888-706-7463
1-888-771-9249
1-888-785-4479
1-909-327-4870
So can they really do anything to you?
It's not a simple yes or no answer. Logic dictates that, if they really wanted to take you for a ride and drain your bank accounts, they already would have.
So, why haven't they?
Authorization.
Why do you think you are being called so much? Perhaps it is because they like the sound of your voice? No, they have to have your authorization to take any form of payment from you, period. The callers know their audience, and that audience is typically a bunch of people that have applied for payday loans in the past. Most of those people they call couldn't afford an attorney if they wanted one, and are so used to receiving collections calls that so long as they sound like a real collector, they will likely be perceived as one.
Furthermore, they don't even really want to talk to your attorney - that just sounds official and scary enough. A real attorney would take the callers to task and write them off as two-bit con artists. The callers need you, in writing, to authorize payment against the fictitious debt they claim you owe. Go ahead, ask them for proof you owe the debt - more commonly known as verification of debt. See what they say. A phone authorization carries very little weight, so if they have something signed by you on file, you are done for - and the callers know that. That authorization is the only thing these callers are doing by the book, and for good reason. If they just went all willy nilly and made an ACH debit from your checking account, without your written approval, you could in turn report the transaction as fraudulent to your financial institution. In about 7-10 business days, you would get the funds returned to your account. Then the scammers would be up against a bank and their team of lawyers and investigators.
Bottom line:
If you haven't paid the callers a dime, don't. If you planned on paying them to shut them up, just don't. Remember - you are not being contacted by a legally licensed, ethically owned and operated collector. Read up on the FDCPA - http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/credit/cre27.pdf - and know your rights.
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-646-274-1143/3
| Virginia Garrett 2010-11-10 19:18:17 Debt Collector |
A man who called himself Mark Williams called my work and told the secretary he was a legal agent for the Department of Law and Trust. He has called me several times and threatened me. I am going to give the number to my lawyer and ask them to call him. He has also called my friend and harassed her. He said we owed payday loans and when she laughed at him; he called her bad names.
This is getting so old. I wish someone would put them out of business.
Thank you.
| Robin smith.... 2010-11-08 16:37:59 Unknown |
F*** offf
Dude........?????this is Robin Smith.....?????
| nesse 2010-11-05 17:19:42 Unknown |
I didn't talk to them they called my job and I hung up on them and they called back when I just hung up again they started calling my cell phone back to back I just ignored the calls. They left a message saying they were some kind of law investigation firm and the guy name was officer Lewis
| Nikki 2010-11-05 00:39:26 Debt Collector |
Just got another call from 303-578-5556 they call off and on for the last 2 years babbling about how they are some law office and a case has been filed against me blah blah blah as we all know it isnt true I have no outstanding payday loans, at one point when they first started calling 2 years ago, the man on the phone actually gave me the name of a payday loan online service that the alleged debt was from and i contacted that company myself and they even sent me a letter that said I had no outstanding debt with them and would never use an outside debt collection facility, in fact they had their own debt collection department for their company and whoever was calling me claiming I owed this debt was NOT a part of their company and my balance was zero and to disregard any more calls. Thats how far these losers will go, telling you that you owe a debt you have actual written proof is paid off and they still call. You can tell they are reading from a script with their broken english because when you try to respond they just repeat the same things over and over. people PLEASE dont worry yourselves over these FAKE phone calls and FAKE debts. It is all a scam. Dont even answer the phone if you can help it. Dont engage them in any conversation because thats what they want to anger you at the very least. Just totally ignore them and then document each time they contact you by filing a report on the FTC website. Its very easy to do. Hope this helps.
| LAMET 2010-10-28 18:36:29 Unknown |
As stated in all the consumer alerts - YOU cannot make them stop - although some people have had luck by calling them back over and over again. That seems to stop the calls
Problem is they call from other numbers - more made up names etc
If you answer - just YELL SCAM at them and hang up
or Whistles and Airhorns blasted into the phone sometimes works as well.
| tanya karg 2010-10-28 18:25:40 Debt Collector |
he called and sais i owes a pay day loan from cash net and that i would be introuble for internet fraud and theft and if i didnt pay it i would have to go to ohio county court.
| dw65 2010-10-21 22:23:52 Debt Collector |
I recorded the whole "SHA-BANG"!!!
| CLC 2010-10-21 22:07:25 Unknown |
"this is officer Paul harris calling from the office of law and investigation" "if you do not return my call today I wish you the best of luck"
| A 2010-10-21 02:54:02 Unknown |
T:
Almost exactly what happened to me today, word for word! Of course the name was another "Americanized" name with a middle eastern accent. Same phone number you provided. I immediately filed a police report- my officer called the number and asked some questions he said, "I'll be sending a unit to question you at 7pm, what is your business address?" The man said we dont have one. The officer said, "Your business doesnt have an address?" and the guy hung up on him.
Later tonite, the same 303 number has called me 3 more times.
I have contacted my bank and my workplace, and will be calling the fbi, bbb, ftc, and cell phone company to have the number blocked tomorrow
The call was so convincing....only way to make it more believable would be using people who actually speak english!
| T 2010-10-15 21:06:26 Debt Collector |
I was a victim today 10/15/2010 someone left a voicemail on my cell phone saying he was a Officer Altman with a arrest warrant and to contact him asap the number he left 303-578-5556. I then called freaked out by the voicemail and routed to a Derek Anderson with the same voice. Told me I owed 500 to Cash Net for a payday loan I asked who was he collecting for he told me they were suing me and if I didnt want to be sued to pay up. He then told me my ssn, my address and my job information and that I was going to lose my job, my home and to pay now or I would owe at least 1000.00 if I didnt. He said some nasty things and when I asked him where is my letter to validate the debt he hung up. I was very shaken by the whole expierence and it wasnt until my mom told me it was a scam after looking up the number but what about my information that they have thats what is really disturbing when will someone stop this fron happening to innocent people.
| scammed 2010-10-14 04:45:29 Unknown |
How do they get you personal they harrass people at their job, home neighbors how do you stop this madness
| LAMET 2010-10-12 15:23:38 Unknown |
there is NO Agency by that name and THEY ARE NOT CALLING FROM TX! It only appears that way.
PROTECT YOURSELF! IMPORTANT INFORMATION YOU MUST READ ? HOW THE SCAM WORKS AND WHAT AGENCIES TO REPORT THEM TO
LONG RUNNING AND KNOWN SCAM ? ALL OVER INTERNET AND NEWS FOR ABOUT 4 YEARS NOW
Fake Debt Collectors ? Terrorizing Consumers
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5621205&page=1
MORE ON FAKE DEBT COLLECTORS
http://www.wvago.gov/internetloanscam.cfm
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
http://consumeraffairs.com/news04/2010/07/video_bill_collector_scam.html WITH VIDEO!
http://consumeraffairs.com/news04/2010/09/fdic_debt_collector_scam.html 9/7/2010 -NEWEST CONSUMER ALERT ?SCAMMERS NOW CLAIMING TO BE WITH FDIC
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/1-888-771-9249 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
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-201-244-7722 Scammer posting as Carole, David Brown and Amanda
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-626-200-4646 Scammer false postings at this new number as silshan kanniue and Tina ? preparing a new number to use.
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-424-354-4270 Scammer false postings as Rose
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-785-4479 Scammer posting as Robert
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-909-327-4870 Scammer false postings as Marry
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-646-274-1143 Scammer false postings as Karen Miller, Chichi and Tom Little
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-561-300-8018 Scammer false postings as Marco Polo and Covenant
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-226-7488 Scammer false postings as SAM, David S
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-706-7463 Scammer false postings as George
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-209-349-7382 Scammer false postings as Towanda Robinson, Shannon Walsh, Jack Dawson and Cynthia
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-760-514-0132 scammer false postings as Suzy01, Johanna Hall, Cindie McMellon, Michael Dublin, Mark Williams, Carol and Rio (800notes removed some of the scammers posts because the all came from the SAME IP ADDRESS)
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-209-797-2212 scammer false posting as Jaison Connar
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-707-401-4056 Scammer false posting as John Carner, KSR
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-650-241-4604 Scammer false postings as jhon and Kevin
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-708-401-0535 Scammer false posting here as JHON
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-518-212-0219 Scammer false posting as Prince Christian, Arpit
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-718-705-8669 Scammer false postings as Alicia
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-707-633-2789 Scammer false postings as Rojer, Minni, Rhone, Smith, Lisa Jack, Julie, Sean, and Carol. ? preparing a new number to use to steal money
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-205-294-6271 Scammer false posting as Thomas Jhonson
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-661-263-4011 Scammer false posting ?ILLEGALLY claiming to be an attorney Charles F Robinson
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-321-684-4117 Scammer false posing as Harry Patt
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-518-565-0306 Scammer false posting as Wellvishers
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-678-791-4673 Scammer false posting as Sherrie Ann and Elvine Buris
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-305-390-0607 Scammer false posting as James and Mark
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-209-349-3112 Scammer false posting as Roger Brown. David Macrow and Andrew
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-646-360-1702 Scammer false posting as STATE LEGAL DEPARTMENT
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-850-254-8883 Scammer false posting as Stella
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-347-875-8165 Scammer false posting as Lisa L Johnson, Mark Taylor
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-310-872-2861 Scammer false posting as Jim, Keith
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-760-582-0311 Scammer false posting as Alex Morrison
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-817-393-0246 Scammer false posting as Mark Smith
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-678-619-1686 Scammer false posting as Beckham, Beckh, BECK and MOCK and MINDY
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-352-653-1302 Scammer false posting as Christy and ANNA 2 times, KAT V DON, SANDRA JR, PAUL WRIGHT ALEX SCOTT DR Kim preparing a new number to use in their unsuccessful scam ?
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-646-770-2937 Scammer false posting as officer
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-623-465-9849 Scammer false posting as Bob Keeshan
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-325-260-0090 Scammer false postings under Jhon, Mishele and Tyrone Johnson
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-213-784-5745 Scammer false posting as United Man and Don't be so sure & immediately judge, ac
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-718-841-9420 Scammer false posting as Marcus, Barbara, Kevin and Dina
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.
| Donna 2010-10-12 15:15:53 Debt Collector |
This was from an Officer of Law and Investigation in TEXAS!