Yes,I just received a call from some jack a** name Officer Kevin Brown.Wanting me to get in contact with him for a legal matter involveing a payday loan.I never borrowed any money online.This person has called me several times just this week for some b s.

Oh, yes. Officer Kevin Brown has been calling my husband at work and telling personal information that can do lots of damage. He is rude and can not speak good English he is Hindo or Indian type voice. He calls 15 or so times aday about paying money we do not owe and added one thousand dollars to the pot. Said he would have us arrested, I put in the address he agave us 83 Maide Lane New York New York City 14812 and the Office of Financial Investigation he claims to be from does not exist their. Reprot him asap.

I forgot to mention that he has found away to tap into our local phone bank and now when he calls it will show up : 1-804-993-3021 Hayes, Virginia. This is local where we live, and he is using the number to get us to answer the phone. I feel we should find away to sue this guy.

These people are scam artist, they find information about you from a transaction you may have done online. They may have some information about you but not enought to arrest you or anything like that, if he had the authority to arrest you he would not be calling you so many times. He wants money this is one of those situation where their trying to get money from you. Don't give these people your banking, home, or address.  If they want you that bad they will come and get  you.  Tell them you waiting with a police officer and a lawyer.  If you owe a debt tell them to send you a debt Validation letter with explaination of the debt and whom you may owe it to.  Otherwise, tell them to hold on your lawyer is coming to the phone, and I bet they will hang up quickly, They will call again but they will continue to hang up on you, Hopefully, they will stop,  the numbers they leave you are not even real.

I just got a call from these clowns too.  "Officer Andrew Fletcher".  I don't think with the accent the dude I talked to had his name would be Andrew Fletcher.  Anyhow, he said there were '10 lawyers listening" to the conversation and then proceeded to try and get me to confirm a bunch of information for him.  What I think they do is take the basics that you have entered online (before getting to a secure location) and since they have some stuff they try and make you think it is legit enough to give them the rest of what they need to scam you.  Don't buy into it, obviously.  I told him to come get me if he wanted to.

Did they stop calling when you told him to come and get you?  They have been harrassing me at work.  Some foreign guy with many different names.  It is obviously a scam, but they have a system where they are jamming all our reception phone lines at my place of business trying to get me to answer.  I have reported them to the local police with numbers and times of calls, but really nothing can be done.  Hopefully they will get tired of leaving messages.  It was suggested I contact my state's attorney general.  I will try that next.

I just received a call from some a----- hole from nyc calling himself Andrew Fletcher about some payday loan that I never got.  DO NOT PAY HIM. told him to send it to me in writing.  He gives a badge number of 786052 and a case number.  I have had his type call me before and I am sick of these foreigners trying to scam us.  They really need to find jobs.

Does anybody else getting calls from this phone number?

The name we get is Officer Kevin Brown. He is of forgein accent also. I have an address of :
83 Maide Lane
New Your, New York City, 1481

Sorry if this address turns out to be bogus, it was what was given to us after days of calling. Not certain if this place exist at all.

My husband has been getting calls on a daily basis from Officer Kevin Brown from the Department of Finacncial Investigation. He will not send us any information about the debt he says my husband owes. He calls my husbands job and has lots of persoanl information that he is telling his boss, superviorss and anyone that answers the phone at his place of work. It has caused some employment problems. He has a very strong accent and at times we can not understand him. This man changes his name and has now started to call us using a local phone number that shows up in the caller ID but yet he is in New York Financial District. He is rude to the point my husbands boss hung up on him, he has threaten to have us arrested and wanted us to pay money unpon first contact. He sent us some email information afte we asked to see the debt, and all we got was a settlement paper and this page contained information about harrasing some lady and a fake state seal. He calls 10 or more times a day one minute after the other and we have filed compliants with the FTC. This all started about a month ago, but he is rude and very unprofessional. I see from reading the blogs we are not alone, but I have to know if this will stop. Something is not right with the way they have tapped into our local phone bank and have started calling from that number better yet getting that number to show up. This is bad for any individual having to deal with this man.

i got the same call and it almost is exactly like Ange's

I am extremely upset of the fact some forgein person calls me at my place of work (been there over 15yrs)........ calling numerous times.   Very humiliating!  Claiming to be an "Officer John Black"  from some financial department for an online pay day loan.     I NEVER have taken an on line pay day loan.  EVER!   This is so frustrating and embarassing.  He is very rude, forcefull, and persistant.   He does not care to take the time to listen to me.  I now hang up on him immediately.  If there is some fake debt I owe, then they come come an arrest me then take to to the "fake debt jail".......   Jerk!

From Lamet's post:

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 (real original)
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

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Consumer Alert: Attorney General warns Kansans of debt collection scam

January 29, 2010 -- Attorney General Steve Six is cautioning Kansas consumers about telephone calls from apparent fake debt collectors who are impersonating law enforcement officers in an effort to extort money from consumers.   Consumers are warned to not submit payments to these fraudulent debt collectors.

When calling, the scammers most often state they are attempting to collect a debt related to an internet payday loan obtained by the consumer, but which the consumer never repaid.  Consumers state they have never obtained such a loan or paid off the loan years ago.  The scam artists have most recently identified themselves as ACS, National Affidavit Processing Department and United Financial Crime Division, but may use additional phony names.  It appears the phone numbers used by the scammers are ?spoofed? numbers, so that the number appearing on a consumer?s caller ID is not the actual number of where the call originated. It appears the calls in question may be originating from outside the United States.

When questioned, the individual calling refuses to disclose the full name or address of the collection agency they claim to represent.  These scammers have been able to provide consumers with identifying information, such as the consumer?s social security number, home address, e-mail address, names of family members and the consumer?s computer IP address.  Since the callers are able to provide valid personal information, consumers may become confused and believe they are being contacted in regard to a legitimate debt.

If the initial debt collection scam is unsuccessful, consumers have been re-contacted months later with the scammers posing as law enforcement officers or officers of the court.  Typically, the consumer is threatened with arrest for fraud or some other fictitious crime unless the consumer agrees to immediately wire money via Western Union.  The fictitious officers strive to frighten and confuse consumers into compliance by using legal sounding terms such as ?We?re filing an affidavit against you? or by stating a lawsuit has been or is in the process of being filed against the consumer.

A hallmark of each scam has been calling consumers repeatedly at their place of employment.  This scam hit home when an employee of the Kansas Attorney General?s Office was repeatedly called both on her cell phone and at work.  Despite the employee?s repeated verbal disputes, the caller refused to provide any identifying information to allow her to send a written dispute. The scammer also continued to call her numerous times a day regarding a payday loan she denied obtaining. Two months later, she was again contacted by telephone by an individual identifying himself as an ?officer?.

?I denied owing the debt and refused to pay without being provided validation of the debt. I was then told, ?If that?s the case, I will have local law enforcement come to your place of business and drag you out kicking and screaming?,? stated the employee.

?It is important for consumers to know their rights under the law,? Attorney General Six said. ?If a consumer is receiving calls from a debt collection company and believe it is a scam, I encourage them to contact our office immediately.?

Under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), collectors are required to send consumers a written notice within five days of the initial contact.  The notification should contain  information such as the amount of the debt, the name of the creditor to whom the debt is owed and a statement informing the consumer they have thirty days to contact the debtor in writing to dispute the debt or request validation of the debt. In addition, legitimate debt collectors are prohibited by the FDCPA from making false or misleading representations, such as the consumer has committed a crime, implying nonpayment will result in the consumer?s arrest, or using the threat of violence.

More information is available on the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act at http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/credit/cre27.pdf.

To register a complaint with the Kansas Attorney General?s Consumer Protection Division, call 1(800) 432-2310 or visit www.ksag.org.

http://www.ksag.org/page/consumer-alert-attor ... collection-scam

Continually calls my cell phone and work phone with threatening messages - very embarassing when at work.  Claims to be trying to collect money on an old payday loan I had through the internet.  I know I don't owe anyone and I try to tell him that but he just argues with me.  I finally hang up on him.  Very rude.

This is a scam......The kansas attorney general has released a statement saying that these are people for outside US jusisdiction and are "spoofing" numbers to appear as though they are coming from within the US. Do not answer and do not call back as they are using illegal tactics. Even if the debts and claims were legitimate, they are not abiding by US debt collection laws.

This same person with the thick accent CONTINUES to call time and time again after have told him he has the wrong number. He leaves voicemails THREATENING to contact the police if he doesn't speak to whoever he is looking for. I'm THIS close to disrespecting this dumbass! It really irritates me when someone calls my CELL PHONE asking for MY name! WTH is YOUR name?! You called me, dumbass!  He does use various numbers and each time I call block one he changes the number. I even called him back once to tell him to remove my number from whatever system he has it on but he continues to call me. I will gladly continue to cuss this b*****d out! (***sidebar*** please excuse the language. This guy JUST called me and it's really beginning to piss me off!!!)

I have got the same kindda of phone calls lately but in my case they also are using different numbers and even a 9 digit number.  The guy says he works for the government/ATF/Police officer.  The story changes each time and the out come changes each time also.  One time I have court in California another they will arrest me or charges are going to be filed against me. They have even gone as far as now to call my family members.  They also have all my personal information and will say it over the phone.  When I ask for prove of what they are saying they dont give it.  They also call my work and harrass me there. And the foreign accent also is there.

I forgot to mention that this person has a very strong FOREIGN accent.

Received a call at work from Officer Alex of the Department of Financial Investigation. First call was a voice mail telling me to call as it was an important matter that he could not give information at that time but if I call right away he may be able to help me. Of course I did not call as I get these calls at work and home all the time. So he calls back, I answer, he procedes to tell me who he was, told me he had my name and was going to turn it over to my "State County Office" tomorrow if I did not make an attempt to resolve the problem. I asked him which county office would that be, he said he didn't know and wouldn't know until tomorrow 7/16/10, he then asked again if I wanted to resolve the issue. If not, then someone will be contacting me or arresting me. I told him no, come get me. Guess I caught him off guard, he said you don't want to resolve this, I said no, I no that you are bogus, there is no Dept of Financial Investigation, and I would appreciate it if you, your family and/or friends would stop calling me.
I think that upset him, he started to say something about reporting me to the courts...blah, blah, blah, don't really know what exactly he said or was saying due to the fact I hung up on him.