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

Got a call from this  number could barely understand because they were from another country said they were from attorney general office wanted me to confirm last four of social said there was a lawsuit against my social. I would be arrested . These people are calling my work phone spoke to my boss. Can't they be stopped.?is this identy theft. What are they going to do with my social.

My office administrator was out today so I fielded all calls. My comments are similar to other posts. A woman, identifying herself as Stephanie Thomas with a strong accent called for my administrator by name, threatening some vague notion about an emergency law suit, then asked for my name which I gladly gave her before I warned I would make sure SHE is arrested along with members of her company. I have to hand it to her. She persisted, saying I would also be named in the arrest warrant.  I played along, saying we'll all go to jail together.  I suggest notifying the Attorney General's office of the state from where the area code originated, this one from Illinois, to lodge a complaint.  They will investigate, particularly if they receive sufficient numbers of complaints.

I receive a call at work yesterday (7/25/2013) around 2 or 3 pm about a company name American Cash suing me for fraud for being "late" on 3 loan payment. According to them I have a loan amount of $798.42 that I need to pay. The heavy accented person, now I know by the name of Brian Maxwell, said that the police would be coming to my house or work to arrest me for 2 weeks while they have an investigation. He said that I have to show to court and that I was most likely to lose the case and have to pay $8000 of penalty charge on top of the $798.42 loan payment. They have my whole social security number (where did they get this from?) but with wrong birth year and my bank.

After that call I had to call all my loan companies and confirm that all the payments that I made  have been cleared and that my accounts is in good standing. I was really scared after receiving that phone call that I have to call my local police department to see if I have an arrest warrant or not. The officer was really nice and told me to ignore the call and that it was a scam.

I was advised by detective friend that if they call you back just say loud and directly into the phone "Operator, this is the caller, trace this call" and then hang up immediately.

THIS IS A SCAM!! I had similar experiences as previous posts...A guy with an Indian accent called my work and said that it was an urgent matter.  When I called the man had thick Indian accent and whenever he transferred me to a different person they all had accents. One man told me his name was Shawn Andrews and that he was the officer in charge of my account.  Told me a sheriff would show up at my house and I'd be arrested for 2 weeks and that I would be sent to court for not paying a loan. and there was nothing I could do about it.   They said they couldn't give me any information about the creditors or my account and that I would be getting that when I was arrested.  I had no clue what they were talking about and I decided to call them back to get more info. He still insisted that there was nothing I could do about it and that I was for sure going to be arrested and he was just doing his job and telling me. He said the creditors tried to contact me by email and tried to withdraw funds, but was denied by my make a numberous time and that I had lapsed.  They said the creditors name was American Cash.  I then called back after getting disconnected and he was nice and said that if it wasn't intentional not paying back a loan that he would talk to the attornies and make arrangements to pay it and avoid being arrested and all the legal fees.  After holding he said that I had to make it today within the hour. Everything sounded fairly legit, there was a claim and a subpeona and an investgation team, and they had my correct info. It confirmed a scam when they told me to get a moneycard thing from Walmart, or a store that does those cards and to call them back with the number to pay. I also have a friend that is a detective and he typed in the above number and found it on a recent scam list. Finding these posts also confirmed and relieved my stress.  Please Call Consumer Finance to file a complaint.  1-855-411-23723 to help stop this.

This caller should be jailed and be stopped! Shame on youz, to all this it's scam!

I was called at work and told I was going to be arrested.   Hopefully this is just another part of the scam

I received a called from a Tina Brown with Brown Law Firm. She spoke with a very heavy accent. I could barely understand her. She stated I have a case against me and asked me to confirm my last four digits of my SS#. I did not. Before she could go into detail about the call I told her she had the wrong number and/or contact number. She got upset and stated the sheriff will be to my house to arrest me for 30 days. She disconnected the line. This is when I googled the number and located all the other post pertaining to this number.

I received a call from this number they stated that they represented their client...... never said who the client was and that i owed for a payday loan......I have been out of work sick for awhile and was online trying to find a loan to help me until i got back to work.... The loan was never successful because I just kept on getting bounced from one offer to the other.. never signed an e-signature page with any company because I  was never presented with one..  yet in still my account remains in negative for charges that did not clear after sickness.. still they insist that i owed their client something and that they tried to get the money out of the account but it had been closed and the client takes this as me not willing to pay and have filed a lawsuit against me... When I insisted on asking them pay for what seeing that i never received anything... they proceeded on to ask if I had a lawyer because they were filing suit in my state tomorrow.  When I told them they better to be to have documentation that I owed them something because I was not worried and that I would counter-sue for harassment and fraud they hung up.....Not before giving me my email address and stating that they had tried to email me several times but I never responded.... It is scary that u can not even use the internet as a means of helpfulness without people getting your personal information or trying to scam or scare you with it....   I will be filing suit myself if they call back but regardless I Will BE CALLING THE COPS!!!!!!!!!

This happened to me yesterday (7/23/13). I received a call from a Tom Cooper. He said he was reprsenting Dunn Legal Association Law Firm. He stated I owe $400 and if I didn't pay the now balance of $786.35 I would be arrested tomorrow morning (which is today) and I would have to pay $8,000 in bail money if I didn't pay them now.  I called back and asked who the lender was and they atated American Cash. The said they would start legal proceedings if I didn't pay $786.35 for a payday loan  received in February 2013. They had the last 4 digits of my SS#, the last digits of my bank acct#, the name of my bank and my emplyers name and number. I did the research online and found several things on these fools! I call the local authorities, my bank and all three credit reporting agencies. I was told to contact the Feds and having them handle this situation.

RECIEVED REPEATED THREATNING UNWANTED CALLS FROM 309-807-4536. WHEN TOLD MY NUMBER ON DO NOT CALL LIST THEY KEPT CALLING

They did the same to me. They even called my employer. What a scam. Don't give these idiots one penny!

This a scam ........calling from India

THIS IS A SCAM!! I had similar experiences as previous posts...guy had thick accent and told me his name was Justin Murphy, I had to pay $650 or I'd be arrested. Told me a sheriff would show up at my house and I'd be arrested for 30 days if I didn't give them payment within 2 hours. Everything sounded fairly legit, there was a claim and a subpeona and an investgation team, and they had my correct info, still it was clearly a scam when they told me to get a moneycard thing or something from CVS and to call them back with the number to pay. Any time you are asked to make a payment through money gram or any other means other than checks or a bank account it is NOT a reputable business! I am so thankful for these posts or I would've been scammed! Decent people beware!

This number called me said that they have a lawsuit that they want to file against me and to have my lawyer contact them immediately. I believe this to be a scam from all the other comments. how do I get them to stop calling me? and how do I protect myself from these scams in the future.

I've alerted the Feds.

Report fraud at 877-382-4357. They might get to use those big guns

Did they tell you what law firm they were from and did they tell you they were contacting and submitting your case to the attorney general.

These people called me also. I had them explain to me who were the company i owed. I told them i have never done business wirh this company so there could be no charges. They yelled at me telling me thar rhdy were going to have police come and arrest me. I cut them off telling them i don't know what they were talking about and that i owed nothing. The man insisted i was going to be arrested the next day and then he hung up in my ear. This kind of scare tack is unexceptable and these people should pay for emotional disstress and mental damage. Do not buy into these people, i didn't. But my mental health would never be the same.

got this same call tonight and the man said " you must pay or you will be behind bars tomorrow"... luckily i did my research and this is the first thing i saw. Thank you everyone who posted!!! such a scam

Got a call this morning saying if I didn't pay for my payday lone by 1pm then then I was gonna go to jail the next day for 30 days. Please tell me you can't really be arrested for that?

I got a call from that number but my phone is off during work. They left a voicemail the lady had a strong accent so it was hard to unerstand her but she said it was a legal matter that i needed to call as soon as possible that its was a time problem and if she didnt hear from me that she wished me luck with what was going to happen. She called again and I answered her she said I owed over $800.00 from Cash America (this was around 4:30pm) she said if I didnt pay that money i would get arrested the next day for 30 days. I am young and never had that happen so I got scared, she said I had until 6:30 pm which is when they close to pay. I got so stressed I called the police to help me calm down. They said they cant arrest you for something like that and it didnt make sense to owe that much. My father told me to tell them I would call the cops if they didnt stop and she tried to say she would put a cop on the line (This was after 6:30pm when they supposedly close) I researched my dues and the charge was a fake. Thank you guys for posting your experiences with this number I can say I am not as stressed about this..

My father received a call from this number saying that he was being arrested for fraud tomorrow morning but if he sent them $1000 then he wouldn't be arrested. they said it was either that or a 500,000 bail which of course he cannot afford. They also told him when he had the cash to call back...probably wanted a money gram or something. We called the number back asking for legal documentation of the "case" but they claimed to be unable to provide it. We then called a police and they called the number 309-807-4536 and he reassured us that my father cant be arrested. It is a scam.

Called my office for an employee. Stated that it was a legal emergency. Have tried telling them that we do not pass along personal messages. Caller insisted that it wasn't personal it was legal (which by the way is personal). Identified himself as being Brian Maxwell from Dunn Lawfirm. Caller spoke with a very heavy accent so I doublt that is his real name. I am sure all of you know that you cannot be arrested for debt and a true collection agency should not threaten you with things they cannot do. It is against the law per FCRA. You should report these scammers to FTC immediately before they scam too many people. Good luck ;)

Who is the number linked to