I received a call stating I need to pay $2178.00 by a certain time. If I don' t pay I will be picked up at my job or workplace. I have been scammed out of a lot of money. I need assistant to get my life back. I was told I owe this money to Speedy Cash a payday loan company. He stated he was calling from a law firm.

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.

The FTC has indicted one of its ringleaders for criminal fraud:

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/phantom-debt-co ... 16512428&page=1

http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2012/08/bgm.shtm

i just got a voice mail fromt his same number, stating i needed to call back or have my attorney call back. they stated if i didnt they wished me luck as the events of something i did wrong unfolded. i havent called back, but when i do im going to give them a piece of my mind

Got a message from these guys saying I needed attorney.  Heavy Indian accent. Asked why and gave me a list of things including check fraud. Had a hard time understanding him as the accent was too heavy. He then hung up on me. When I called back my number was obviously blocked. Got another message a couple of days later from this number of similiar substance. This time the person was a bit easier to understand but still not very clear. He said I needed an attorney so I asked what I should tell my attorney.said he was retained by American Cash and that I would be arrested at my work place. How would he know that I asked. I told him he was a crackpot and he said I should be more professional. I checked with District attorney to see if any warrents were outstanding just to be safe. None existed so I'm sure this is a scam. The guy just hung up on me after reitrating that I would be arrested at my work location. Don't give them your time - it's a scam operation.

They have been calling saying the samething about a lawsuit saying they are not fools saying I can send 300 dollars to clear everything up if not I'd get arrested from my place of work. When I asked what for, they say a un-paid loan if I didn't pay I would hve to pay 7,000 dollars and I should be scared. I dont believe this because he went so far as to saying they sent an e-mail about the lawsuit. I never received an e-mail or anything. Don't let them fool you.

indian scam artist

hi! they call me and told me i have to pay them $489.00 or they will have me pick up by the police by tomorrow

I just received a call from this number.  They keep calling me and I don't answer.  They even called my work number!!!

This number has been calling and are nasty. Have no idea who they are.

Yea, I just got one from the same person telling me an arrest warrant is issued for me for not paying a payday loan from American Cash for whicj I never borrowed...scam..i hung up on them

They tried to make me be quiet and just listen too. I asked him to repeat what he had said the call was regarding and he refused and only passed me off to someone else. When I told them they were wrong and no one put any funds into my account so there was nothing for me to pay back they said they had proof I said so do I and they were wrong she told me to be quiet and listen. I then hung up and did research on the number.

Got a call from this number was also someone speaking with an Indian accent in broken english saying I was being sued because money was transferred into my account which NEVER happened! I told them they were wrong and they hung up. They need to be taken down. This is a SCAM!!!

Anyone knows who this is?

Got  call saying I was going to be sued for check fraud, spoke broken engl, asked what grounds for suing me, do they have hung up...Lets get these guys!!!!!!!

https://econsumer.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/

I JUST RECIEVED THE EXACT SAME CALL BY THE SAME NUMBER BY A MAN NAMED "JACK LUIS" AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW CAN I REPORT THEM. IF ANY INFO PLEASE HELP ASAP! THANK YOU!

Jordan & Associates Law Firm located in Auburn, AL 334-722-9966
Calling my work number stating a I had to pay for a lawsuit filed against me

I just received a call from this number also...He said he was with the Jordan and Michael Law Firm.  I asked what city and state, he told be Chicago, Il.  That I should not ask questions, but just listen.  I had to laugh, he told me I will think it is funny when my court case finishes downloading, I will have local authorites at my doorstep to take me to jail.  I then asked what was the reason for this call and to cut straight to the point, tell me now how much they are trying to scam me out of.  He then transfered me to Brian the paralegal from Auburn, Alabama. Who then took it one step further, I started to call him out on things, he continued to say my court case was being downloaded and that I should be very scared, would not give me a case number or anything just said I needed to pay and clear my debts.  I told him I had none and had never been in trouble with the law, but i was sure the authorites would be interested in him, I told him if he did not want to go to jail then he should shut up and hang up! Then he cussed me out for being American....What a jerk!  I cannot stand people who think they cannot get caught.

I just received a call from this 334-722-9966. They said that that I owed money and that a law suit was being filed against me. If I didn't pay they would arrest me. I think this is a scam. How can I report it and protect myself?

The calls are not coming from Troy, Alabama. This is a criminal extortion ring operating out of India which are using VOIP to spoof numbers and make it appear that the calls are originating from within the US. ABC News released an investigative report on it in June. The FTC has indicted one of its ringleaders for criminal fraud:

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/phantom-debt-co ... 16512428&page=1

http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2012/08/bgm.shtm

In the meantime, you are going to have to do whatever you can to protect yourself. That includes letting them know you are aware they are running a scam and are reporting them to the authorities.

Got a call pertaining to a law suit. By a person named Chris Walker at ext 920. Threatened that if I call back he could help with a law firm. If I didn't call then good luck. I called back and he would not give me any information. Caller ID said it was from Troy Alabama.

OOPS...wrong scam:

This is a criminal extortion ring operating out of India. ABC News released an investigative report on it in June. The FTC has indicted one of its ringleaders for criminal fraud:

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/phantom-debt-co ... 16512428&page=1

http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2012/08/bgm.shtm

Prescription Drug Scam Uses DEA Agents' Identities To Terrify Victims into Paying Up

The websites seem so simple, so inviting -- buy prescription diet pills or sleep-aids without a prescription. But it could be a trap.

A few clicks on certain websites can lead to phone calls that sound like this: "This is officer James Kashin. If you and your wife don't call me back you are going to jail."

Or this: "This is special agent David Brown. We are going to bring you in, in custody, with criminal charges for medication from overseas."

It's all part of an elaborate scam, including the alleged law enforcement phone calls.

According to DEA officials, criminal scam artists first sell prescription drugs online through websites they sometimes operate. After customers input their personal information and make a purchase, the criminals can use the information to blackmail and extort them.

Scammers pose as federal drug enforcement agents, even use actual agents' names, when they make threatening phone calls to thoroughly scare their marks, but then the fake agents offer their victims a lifeline. The caller tells his victims that they have a choice -- either they pay up by a certain deadline and their names will be cleared, or they will be charged as suspects in a criminal investigation and face jail time.

"Basically he wanted me to pay $1,500," said Kesha Howell, a victim of the scam.

"He's got you in such a panic state that by the time he offers you the money, I mean really, that's a no-brainer. Just tell me how much and if I can afford to do it, I'm in," said Darren Dutil, another victim.

Victims of this scam say the phone calls sound authentic and are genuinely terrifying because the person on the other end has all of their personal information.

"He was very calm, cool, but very intimidating. He knew things about me. He had legit information on me and that's what was so scary," Howell said.

"I was ready to call my wife and kids and say, 'hey look, see you all later. I'm obviously going to be gone for a while,'" Dutil said.

Another victim, who didn't want his name revealed, said he got a call from the scammers and fake DEA agents actually showed up at his house in suburban Fort Worth, Texas.

"They pulled up in a black SUV, right there at the driveway. Two white males got outside, stood beside the truck, and a slender 5-10, 5-11 black male came toward me with black wavy hair," he said.

In the end, he said he didn't fall for the scam, but he admitted he came close.

But Carolyn Sirek, a legal secretary from Joshua, Texas, fell into the trap and accepted the buyout option after receiving the scamming calls. According to her husband Dan Sirek, Carolyn went into a local Wal-Mart and wired the scammers the money through Western Union.

"It depleted our savings account, let's put it that way," Dan Sirek said.

Very often, after one payment, the scammers come back for more. Carolyn Sirek was apparently so upset and scared about what happened that she shot and killed herself in her backyard. Her husband said he found her with a bullet hole in her chest.

Thousands of victims, many of whom have paid the scammers, have called the DEA hotline for help. Officials believe several of these people have shelled out thousands of dollars in the extortion and that the operation is being run out of the Dominican Republic.

The DEA has indicted 11 Dominican men, but as of yet, those men have not been arrested. Agents told ABC News they are working with the Dominican government to have the suspects extradited to the United States, and are investigating other groups operating similar scams.

The DEA advises that anyone who gets a threatening phone call to hang up and report it and also warns Americans to be very, very wary of online pharmacies.

"I think that's one of the takeaways for people to understand, that buying over the Internet for controlled substances is highly suspicious, and they should be very cautious about trying to do that," said DEA agent Gary Boggs.

If the 11 men who have been indicted are charged, they face 20 years in prison. Dan Sirek, who lost his wife, thinks they should get the death penalty.

"Our relationship is probably something that only comes along once in a lifetime, and I hope they move fast and get these people so nobody else gets hurt," he said.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/prescription-drug-sc ... ory?id=16116808

Got a message from this number telling me I had to pay or there was going to be legal action taken. They have called me from other numbers Sewell 786-600-9001 it is a scam! I have bloodied all their numbers and they keep calling. I have reported them and all their numbers.. scam scam scam don't give them anything please just report them.