Same story here.  I wonder how this person is getting SSNs. Hmmm.

I dont answer numbers I dont recognize. They dont leave a message to call them back either.

I thought you would have changed your name at the same time you had the operation

you have gotten this too wrong... i only like to help.  must go now, being chased from my new Boca location... wood u like a slurppy with that?

Why u gotta dis the Slurpie man?

Hey!  My name is Apu Slurpie, and I don't sound like that!

Mr. Wood (Robert) is now claiming to be an Attorney... with Brown and Travers in "Florida", seeking people who committed "Fraud".  Same story - same guy.  Sounds like "Apu", the Quick Mart Owner on the Simpson's.

someone from this number keeps calling me and telling me there is a civil complaint against me and they are coming to get me that all i understood from the calls he sounded mid-eastern

i have been getting these calls since march 2010 ...have reported to ftc, atty general , police and no one can stop these jerks.......its a scam....i know that.........calling my company also and now threatening with garnishment ......there is no way .......they have to be stopped and quit threatening hard working American citizens.....it is a callcenter   i hear others in the background.......all mid eastern and cant make out half of what they are saying.......

Yes, they are calling my job and leaving nasty messages and saying that I am comitting fraud.

Calling my job harasing me and actually threatened me over the phone with a witness that I had on the other line.

I have messages from this Wood guy. If you want them, let me know.  I have contacted the police and will again. They are calling my job now.  Can anyone provide me the exact name of the company they are calling on behalf of? Midland something, PLEASE ASAP. Thanks.

Rober Woods saying he is from the "Brown & Trevino Law Firm say he is contacting me about the debt outstanding for $489 which need to pay to the Mother Creditor. He been calling fro a week at my job harrasing and also he call to talk to my Supervisor because he need to wages garnisment and it will be the amount of $3473.44. He also send me an e-mail letter with the name of Oscar Trevino and the e-mail is oscar.trevino123@gmail.com.  If you questionong him he will hang on the phone but be ready because he will call you back.

I have "25" harassing recordings on my telephone from Robert Wood.  I have answered a few and told him there was no one here by the name of "Allison Benjamin".  He asked for my social security number and I told him I was not born yesterday and do not give my social security to anyone over the phone.  I have called the police and they were no help.  Just told me it's a scam and to hang up on them.  I received another one today which was very threatening.  I called back and told him that I had contacted the police and the Attorney General's Office and it was "he" who would be in court not me........before I could say anything else, he said "FU lady" and hung up on me.  I have contacted my phone provider and they told me how to block the numbers, but they keep using different numbers.

Just received a call from Robert Wood.  The number came up as withheld.  The number he gave me to call back was 321-418-7996.   It was the same message as others have received saying he was going to sue me and garnish my wages.

Please can someone stop this Robert Wood from calling me. I have had several calls with threats of garnishing my salary, calling my employer and taking further actions. Spoke with Mr. Woods and informed him that I have NO charges against my name.
I have resolved all my loans and was advised to ignore his calls. And not entertain or pay out anything to him.
That wherever and whomever he's representing is fraud.

Please advise.
Thanks SAG

I got a fax number from the "Robert Wood' who called me.   206-350-2288

Dont know if its real but you can turn that in to FBI - that has to be a land line im sure.

they are calling someone I know..and also calling his job..not only the cell phone number.  Anyone else having them call their job?

Robert Wood called today, saying there was a legal matter and needed to call back right away before further actions are made.

I called back from another phone(knowing this was a scam) and asked for their fax number its a seattle washington area code(206-350-2288) but he told me he was from boca raton, fl and his phone number is a melbourne, fl area code (321)  

So I asked him for his address saying that if I needed to do anything I wouldnt do it over the phone would come in person, he asked me who I was, I said I wanted to come in person and again would not give me address.  Any real legal company would give you the address.

When I questioned him about why his phone number is from my area code 321 and his fax number was from seattle, but yet he was in boca, he hung up on me.

I got the same call today...I've been getting calls like this for months.  I've never actually spoken to anyone, they just leave the craziest vm messages.  These people are called Zombie Bill Collectors.  They can't do anything to you except annoy you to death.  They usually will call me for about three or four days and leave messages.  I never call them back and eventually the calls stop for about a month.  Then they call for a couple more days.  They don't have any real claims of course, they buy your information but can't do anything to you.  Most of them operate using cell phones which makes them impossible to track.

Since you called them and told them what you said, have they stopped calling you?  I got the same call and have not called back.  It sounds like a recording leaving me a message.  It's so upsetting.  I wish they would get caught.

Found this on the internet:

This week, three people asked me: "I took out a payday loan and I can't pay it back. Will the cops arrest me? Can I go to jail?"



At first I thought it was just a

coincidence, since people are

always asking me crazy stuff.



Then I found out what was going

on. Acouple of the payday loan

places in the city switched to a

new scummy collectionagency.

These bottom-feeders threaten

people all around the country, it

just hadn't happened here lately.

Maybe you've got the call too.

"If you don't pay by closing time

today, we'll send the police to have you arrested tomorrow."



Nobody wants to get a call like that. But you think, "Wait a minute. They can't arrest people for not paying a loan. Sue them, yes. But nobody goes to jail for being overdue on a credit card or a mortgage."



Here's what they tell you: "This is different. You wrote a bad check" (if you gave a post-dated check). Or, "You committed bank fraud" (if you authorized a transfer





























needs to prove that you intended to write a bad check and that the company accepting the check didn't know there were no funds.



Good luck with that.



At the time the payday loan company accepted your post-dated check or future bank account withdrawal, they knew you didn't have those funds in your account. Duh. That's the whole point.



And how are they going to prove you didn't plan to have the money in your account later? Unless you were planning not to repay from the very start and they can prove it, they wouldn't stand a chance prosecuting you for a bad check. They know it. You haven't committed any crime. The cops wouldn't care.



If you want to eavesdrop on what would probably happen if they tried to get a cop to arrest you, here ya go. A fellow who works in a county office asks, what do you do when these payday loan companies come in, wanting us to prosecute people for bad checks? And most of the other counties tell him, we just ignore them. We don't like 'em anyway.



But it might get even better for you.



Payday loan companies are regulated in most states. Figure out which state laws apply to you. If you got the payday loan at a storefront business in the same state you live in, obviously the laws of your state apply. If you got a loan online, it might be the laws of the state the company is in, or the laws of your state, so check both.



Then look up the state laws written in plain language at this site. Another source of payday loan laws in each state is here. The laws might not be totally up-to-date, and the legal language is hard to wade through, but try looking for words like "criminal" or "prosecuted" and see if there's an actual specific prohibition against criminal charges.



For example, in Arizona, the law actually says: An individual who issues a personal check to a payday loan place is not subject to criminal prosecution. In Kentucky, every payday loan place has to actually post a sign that says nobody will be prosecuted or convicted of writing cold checks or of theft by deception.



If you're really lucky, you might even find out that out-of-state internet loans are illegal in your state, and the company was breaking the law by loaning you the money in the first place.



Don't rely on me or other random strangers on the internet, if you really want to know where you stand. Talk to a lawyer. Sometimes lawyers will give you a free initial consultation, especially if you mention you're thinking about suing a bill collector for unfair collection practices.



But here's the bottom line: Don't let collectors bully you. Find out the law. You're not going to find any cops knocking on your door. You're not going to jail.



That doesn't mean you can just forget about paying back the loan. You do owe the money, and they can probably sue you in civil court, add a bunch of costs and fees and interest, garnish your wages or put a lien on your property. You don't want that. Talk to them before it gets that far. Try this, if it's not to late. Or see if you can get another loan, or borrow money someplace else to pay it back, or do anything you can rather than default.



But don't let them scare you. You're not going to jail.

This is on the FBI website.


Telephone Collection Scam Related to Delinquent Payday Loans

12/01/2010?The IC3 receives a high volume of complaints from victims of payday loan telephone collection scams. In these scams, a caller claims that the victim is delinquent in a payday loan and must repay the loan to avoid legal consequences. The callers purport to be representatives of the FBI, Federal Legislative Department, various law firms, or other legitimate-sounding agencies. They claim to be collecting debts for companies such as United Cash Advance, U.S. Cash Advance, U.S. Cash Net, and other Internet check cashing services.

One of the most insidious aspects of this scam is that the callers have accurate information about the victims, including Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses, employer information, bank account numbers, and names and telephone numbers of relatives and friends. The method by which the fraudsters obtained the personal information is unclear, but victims often relay that they had completed online applications for other loans or credit cards before the calls began.

The fraudsters relentlessly call the victim?s home, cell phone, and place of employment. They refuse to provide to the victims any details of the alleged payday loans and become abusive when questioned. The callers threaten victims with legal actions, arrests, and in some cases physical violence if they refuse to pay. In many cases, the callers even resort to harassment of the victim?s relatives, friends, and employers.

Some fraudsters instruct victims to fax a statement agreeing to pay a certain dollar amount, on a specific date, via prepaid visa card. The statement further declares that the victim would never dispute the debt.

These telephone calls are an attempt to obtain payment by instilling fear in the victims. Do not follow the instructions of the caller.

If you receive telephone calls such as these, you should:
?Contact your banking institutions;
?Contact the three major credit bureaus and request an alert be put on your file;
?Contact your local law enforcement agencies if you feel you are in immediate danger;
?File a complaint at www.IC3.gov.

this was on the FBI website.

Telephone Collection Scam Related to Delinquent Payday Loans

12/01/2010?The IC3 receives a high volume of complaints from victims of payday loan telephone collection scams. In these scams, a caller claims that the victim is delinquent in a payday loan and must repay the loan to avoid legal consequences. The callers purport to be representatives of the FBI, Federal Legislative Department, various law firms, or other legitimate-sounding agencies. They claim to be collecting debts for companies such as United Cash Advance, U.S. Cash Advance, U.S. Cash Net, and other Internet check cashing services.

One of the most insidious aspects of this scam is that the callers have accurate information about the victims, including Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses, employer information, bank account numbers, and names and telephone numbers of relatives and friends. The method by which the fraudsters obtained the personal information is unclear, but victims often relay that they had completed online applications for other loans or credit cards before the calls began.

The fraudsters relentlessly call the victim?s home, cell phone, and place of employment. They refuse to provide to the victims any details of the alleged payday loans and become abusive when questioned. The callers threaten victims with legal actions, arrests, and in some cases physical violence if they refuse to pay. In many cases, the callers even resort to harassment of the victim?s relatives, friends, and employers.

Some fraudsters instruct victims to fax a statement agreeing to pay a certain dollar amount, on a specific date, via prepaid visa card. The statement further declares that the victim would never dispute the debt.

These telephone calls are an attempt to obtain payment by instilling fear in the victims. Do not follow the instructions of the caller.

If you receive telephone calls such as these, you should:
?Contact your banking institutions;
?Contact the three major credit bureaus and request an alert be put on your file;
?Contact your local law enforcement agencies if you feel you are in immediate danger;
?File a complaint at www.IC3.gov.

Telephone Collection Scam Related to Delinquent Payday Loans

12/01/2010?The IC3 receives a high volume of complaints from victims of payday loan telephone collection scams. In these scams, a caller claims that the victim is delinquent in a payday loan and must repay the loan to avoid legal consequences. The callers purport to be representatives of the FBI, Federal Legislative Department, various law firms, or other legitimate-sounding agencies. They claim to be collecting debts for companies such as United Cash Advance, U.S. Cash Advance, U.S. Cash Net, and other Internet check cashing services.

One of the most insidious aspects of this scam is that the callers have accurate information about the victims, including Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses, employer information, bank account numbers, and names and telephone numbers of relatives and friends. The method by which the fraudsters obtained the personal information is unclear, but victims often relay that they had completed online applications for other loans or credit cards before the calls began.

The fraudsters relentlessly call the victim?s home, cell phone, and place of employment. They refuse to provide to the victims any details of the alleged payday loans and become abusive when questioned. The callers threaten victims with legal actions, arrests, and in some cases physical violence if they refuse to pay. In many cases, the callers even resort to harassment of the victim?s relatives, friends, and employers.

Some fraudsters instruct victims to fax a statement agreeing to pay a certain dollar amount, on a specific date, via prepaid visa card. The statement further declares that the victim would never dispute the debt.

These telephone calls are an attempt to obtain payment by instilling fear in the victims. Do not follow the instructions of the caller.

If you receive telephone calls such as these, you should:
?Contact your banking institutions;
?Contact the three major credit bureaus and request an alert be put on your file;
?Contact your local law enforcement agencies if you feel you are in immediate danger;
?File a complaint at www.IC3.gov.

this is a scam and nees to be STOPPED- Robert Wood again calling saying outstanding debt for a cash advance

I started getting these calls as soon as my BK was discharged.  These people are a mess and need to be stopped.  It makes you afraid to pay people you might really owe for fear you are paying a thief.  Wow

This company is con arist dont listen to northing they say they not even a real company . help me track these  people down so ican turn them over to the FBI 2145629675

I have received numerous phone calls & several messages from the above telephone number. In each instance, the caller warned me that a failure to return his phone call would result in serious legal consequence.

I have received several calls from this number from Robert Woods who is clearly from India, he can hardly speak english, telling me i am being sued and that my wages are going to be garnished. I left him a message telling him that I do not owe for any type of payday loan, and incase he does not realize it payday loanes are illegal in West Virginia and that I will be reporting him if he contines to call back.