323-317-9726
CA, US
miramae
miramae
2011-06-06 20:46:16
Unknown
I recieved a call on my cell from a number that came up only as 888. Of course, I was confused, and didn't answer. There was a number left by a man with a thick asian-seeming accent claiming to be Simon McKenzie. He then went on to say that I, or my attorney, need to call him back at 323-317-9726. He said not to disregard the message, and if I did, then he wished me good luck in the events that were about to unfold.
ec
ec
2008-09-11 21:25:32
Unknown
FYI...the Attorney General of West Virginia recently issued a press release warning consumers of this debt collection scam. Here's the weblink:  http://www.wvago.gov/internetloanscam.cfm
pmeema
pmeema
2008-08-26 23:13:50
Unknown
I just got a call from "Martin Jackson" a few hours ago. Said I would be picked up tomorrow and taken to "the court" and that if I paid 1,000 dollars right now it would be okay, but if not I would be charged with theft by deception and that would be 5,000 dollars and jail time. I did default on a paydayloan but have tried to make payments. I almost went for this until I found this website. Thank you.
ss
ss
2008-08-21 15:48:23
Unknown
I received a call and it was exactly the same as your call.He left a message also and at the end said "good luck". The guy had a foreign accent, but said his name was Martin Jackson. He said I would be picked up by legal officials at 12 o'clock the next day if I didn't pay. He couldn't tell me what the original amount of the loan was and after 20 minutes started to get irritated with me b/c I was asking too many questions.He said other customer's were trying to call him. He said I would have to pay 80% of $800 to settle out of court and he wanted me to use my debit card right then and there and fax an apology letter. I told him I didn't have a debit card and he then said he would put the account on hold until the next day. I filed a complaint with FTC. I'm glad I found this posting to confirm this is fraud and they are just trying to get money anyway they can.
ec
ec
2008-08-21 15:33:54
Unknown
ABC News just did an investigative piece on this particular scam operation. Here's the report:  http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5621205&page=1
god
god
2008-08-16 00:00:46
Unknown
same thing happened to me i said i never got a loan from them and said this is a federal charge and some one will take me in to arrest me
p
p
2008-08-13 19:31:15
Unknown
I got a call today too.. I called the secret service in my area.... I hope we can get this guy.. He scared the crap out of me... Thank GOD for this site and everyone who reported this scam,,, So, Thank You

This guy told me good luck and told me that I owed the exact amount listed by DC1_USNAVY... How weired that I owe that exact amount... I bet they tell everyone that same amount so as not to get confused... I only hope they do not call an elderly person and tell them they owe,,, most likely they would fall for such an awful scam.
Me too
Me too
2008-08-12 23:43:08
Unknown
I received the same call and called sonic and they had no record of me.  What I wonder though is how they received my bank info, my work info and my cell phone number.
ec
ec
2008-08-12 21:51:50
Unknown
It's a 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 gobbylgook 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.naag.org

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
KM
KM
2008-08-12 21:22:57
Unknown
They are a complete scam -- see above post and do not contact them. I have filed complaints to the FCC, State Attorney's Office, local police dept and FBI.
Dawn
Dawn
2008-08-12 20:58:18
Unknown
I got the same call they left a message on my answering machine stating to call them back or have my attorney call them back which I am not since I have read these posts anyone have the number for sonic bank in which to contact them thanks
Dawn
Oliver Clothesoffe
Oliver Clothesoffe
2008-08-12 17:42:05
Unknown
Yup Danny (my dear) Watson.

Same "MO" Sonic bank, said he was with the legal dept. Said he was pulling up my account yet I gave him no phone number or name. Too funny.

I asked for the number to Sonic Bank which he refused to give.

Funny I was able to reach him on the number provided so he is alive and well. Wonder how effective anything can be if he is still doing this.

Here are a few others to try
www.ripoffreport.com

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/telemarketing/tel12.shtm
Ann
Ann
2008-08-11 22:15:20
Unknown
I just got the same message from an Edgar Paul. They said if I didn't pay them 2,000 by tomorrow there was going to be two officers at my door by noont to arrest me. They also had my name and bank info. He also said I could pay the account tommorrow as long as I faxed an apology letter and my debit card info. with the promise to pay 500.00 on my next payday, and then another 500.00 the end of the month. What do I do about stopping this?
DC1_USNAVY
DC1_USNAVY
2008-08-11 21:38:19
Debt Collector
today at 1320 I got a call from a Co. called Legal Affavidit Office. the mans name was Edger Pall and had a foriegn accent. he informed me that "Sonic Cash Net Bank" was sueing me for the sum of $5384.87. the Man would not give any other information about the company that was sueing me but was more than happy to try and get me to pay $2000.00 up frunt to have my case put on hold till friday 16OCT2008. I hung up with them and gave a call to "sonic Bank" they had no recored of me being in there sistem. If you are reading this here is some information on the callers. they are based out of Los Angelis, CA. the addres is 1573 pine Av. it is not a legal ferm it is classed as a non-profit organisation in respects to foriegn relif.
Eric
Eric
2008-08-09 00:43:03
Unknown
Exact same thing happened us today, they are obviously hitting the phones today hitting a bunch of people.  I called them back again again and told them I wanted to pay them (a joke obviously) and they could not find my name. Mess with these people.
Shillese
Shillese
2008-08-09 00:01:16
Unknown
I received a msg on my cell phone to cal a Brian Drees (not sure about last name due to a thick foreign accent) & Donna Jackson about an important business matter & if I did not call back good luck. I wanted to know what the issue was and called him back. He told me that he was from a law firm & I that I owed $1500 for a payday loan that I had received from Sonic Bank. He had my address, bank acct #, & the last 4 digits of my SSN. I explained that I have never taken out a payday loan & did not owe anything.  He then told me that he was going to download my case tonigt & a police officer would show up at my house the next day & if I was not there they would come to my job. I asked to speak to a supervisor & he refused. He then said that I could pay on the acct today & send an apology letter to stop the case from going to authories. I hung up on him in frustration & upon calling back no one answered the phone.
KM
KM
2008-08-08 18:24:19
Unknown
I received the same call from a danny Watson and later from a Simon Mackenzie. I called Sonic Bank and they said they have no record that I ever took a payday loan with them. For me to report them to the FBI, Secret Service and all local and state offices.
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.naag.org

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
Chewy
Chewy
2008-08-08 17:49:07
Unknown
A guy ( who had a foriegn voice)calls for my wife saids leaves a message on the answer machine and at the end wished her good luck. She calls back and tries to find out what was going on.. He said she owed $1300 to a payday advance company called sonic. When asked for information...all he said was there from a law firm and wouldn't even give information about the company that she was being sued from. He gave no info but hes number and he's name was Danny Watson. Then he started to tell her about she will be arrested by the next day.. He's a fraud and report him right away. Don't be fooled by this A-Hole...!!
1-302-731-1166 1-313-320-0568 1-615-372-2999
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