I have received these calls as well, 12 in a matter of 10 minutes or less.... I just contacted my local police department and they came out and took a report and gave me an address to go to .... it's  www.ic3.gov  to file a complaint and get them into the books, we need to band together and fight these evil b*****d idiots. I have also called my phone company and blocked the phone number and now I'm going onto all my online accounts and gonna change my password, and gonna get an identity theft protection program, I wish everyone the best of luck.  I'm glad I found these posts.

I just received 12 phone calls form this number in a matter of 10 minutes or less, I am awaiting an officers arrival to make a harassment report and get an incident #..... The officer just showed up and gave me a website to go to, it's  www.ic3.gov to report and complain about it, so there's another avenue to take to help fight these stupid idiots.

I heard from this "avi" what a crock of crap! I just called my local law enforcement and am filing a harassment report.

I too have received calls from this number before, but just this morning, the number called me 12 times in a 10 minute window after i told him to stop calling, I ended up banging on a pot really loud when they called and told them im calling the authorities, they stopped calling for now, I did, however, call my local police department and am waiting for an officer to come take a harassment report, I'm glad I found all these posts.  They had called me before and I told them, unitl I see paperwork form a court of the U.S. or speak to an American or English speaking person, I won't deal with them, I also told them that I'm not giving them any information and they started telling me that they already had my info and wanted my attorneys name.

I have gotten calls from these people also. They have first called my job and telling my emplees about it and telling them that I really need to call them back. I knew its all be a scam because they tried this same thing last year and when I told them my Aunt was a judge they got really mad and started yelling. When they called again I informed they that i tald to the general attorney they never called back. Now this time they called my personal cell and was using a cell # from my area code, so I called the number back that they called me from and they have some how managed to use some one elses number to get a hold of me. When I was talking to the other person and letting them know what was going on they where still tring to call me using that persons phone number. duh they are really stupid now. So when I hung up from talking to that other person I called the 347 number and was told that I was talking to this Jack Coopers boss who by the way is Indian guy i let in to him. He tried to talk to me and I told him to drop it because I have it all on my phone id he was really quik to say good bye.. They are nothing but scam artist..

I keep getting calls from this guy and I gave him the number of the local police to find the person he was looking for.  Internet reports said this would stop him.  However, he called right back and eventually told me to "go to hell."

Just like the rest of you guys that posted these guys called me too. I told them let's bring this to court then they hung up. I googled the number and found this site. Called them back and had fun calling them names and asked where they were located because 347 area code is located in new York or something. They told me they were  in Pakistan lmao!! Then they asked me if I would like my number taken off there calming list because they hacked some system or something. Told them to have a bad day then said bye.

I have recieved multiple calls from this phone number; 5 were recieved on the afternoon of Friday, March 2, 2012 (3/2/12) and 5 more calls were recieved at 8am on the morning of Saturday, March 3, 2012 (3/3/12.)  Each time this number called me multiple times in a row, in a matter of minutes.  The calls were made to my personal cell phone; I did not answer any of the calls, but recieved the following voicemail information: ?Hi, this is an urgent message for A*** H*****. Please do not disregard this message.  My name is STEVEN JACOB and I am calling from OAK VIEW LAW FIRM.  This call is regarding am urgent business matter.  You must call me back the second you get this message at 347-394-1572.  Again,my number is 347-394-1572.  You must not disregard this call and call back immediately.  Your Social Security Number, with the last four (4) digits being 'XXXX' is currently under investigation by your State.  You must call my number back immediately.  The only thing I can do if you disregard this message is wish you good luck as this situation unfolds upon you.?

Another messsage, almost identical to the first, went so far as to say "May God have mercy upon you as this situation unfolds upon your head."  

Really???  Absolutely no legitimate collector or business-person would conduct themselves this way.  I have personally spoken to an agent at the FBI about this as they have an open case regarding it.  All I can pass along to anyone reading this is DO NOT give these people any information, they obviously have some of your personal information somehow, and unfortunately use that to pressure folks into paying them money on completely bogus debts.  

And, for the record, the man "Steven Jacob" was EXTREMELY Indian-sounding, it was actually difficult to make out much of what he was saying; I had to replay the messages several times to understand it.  Also there was a lot of background noise, like it was some sort of call-center or something.  

Beware!  Don't be afraid to tell them you know they are FRAUDULENT, and a SCAM, usually then they will drop the call....or, do what I did:  Call them back, leave THEM a nasty message, call them out on being liars, fraud, scammers, whatever, and demand that they remove your phone number from whatever "system" they are using to harrass you through.  The gentleman I spoke with at the FBI a short while ago said that what I did was likely the MOST effective response you could possibly give them, aside from simply not speaking to them....but, as I have witnessed, just ignoring them didn't make the calls stop.  The agent with the FBI said usually these types of calls will cease pretty quickly if they can't reach you, or if they do reach you, and you tell them you know its FRAUD!!!

This scamming ring called me and threatened to have me put in jail within 48 hours - the id was blueprint. I am 66 years old and never borrowed money from anyone and my health is not good - Is there anyway to shut these people down?

They called me at work!  This call was from "John Miller" who said he was from Oakview Law Firm.  He said it was about a payday loan, which I've never taken.  I asked when the loan was taken and he wouldn't tell me.  I asked how much it was for...again, he wouldn't tell me.  I told him I knew he wasn't calling from the REAL Oakview Law Firm and I knew he was a scammer and to stop calling.

Even scam artists are outsourcing. On Tuesday in its first crackdown on fraudulent telemarketing in South Asia, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it was shutting down two California-based companies that used a call center in India to defraud Americans out of more than $5 million over the past two years.

Workers in India made threatening calls to Americans getting them to pay money on debts that they didn't owe, the FTC charges. At an FTC press conference in Chicago on Tuesday, fraud victim JanLaree DeJulius explained that she had received a call from someone claiming to be an enforcement officer from the (phony) "Federal Department of Crime and Prevention," who threatened to have her arrested and have her wages garnished if she didn't pay a bill of more than $730. The scam artists had gotten her name and information from a payday loan her ex-husband had taken out in her name.

"It was very embarrassing," Dejulius said. "He knew everything about me so I agreed to set up an installment." She is not alone. According to the FTC, more than 8 million calls were made since 2010 and at least 17,000 transactions processed across the United States related to the global scam.

On Tuesday under request from the FTC, a U.S. District Court in Chicago stopped the international operation, charging Varang K. Thaker and two companies he owned, American Credit Crunchers, LLC, and an affiliate Ebeeze, LLC, with violating the FTC Act and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

"This is a brazen operation based on pure fraud, and the FTC is committed to shutting it down," said David Vladeck, director of the FTC's consumer protection bureau. "Consumers should not be pressured into paying debt they don't remember owing. Legitimate debt collectors must provide consumers with both written information about the debt, and instructions for protecting themselves if they don't think they owe the debt."

According to the FTC's charges, Thaker used Social Security numbers and bank account numbers obtained from payday lenders to identify the victims for his scam. He outsourced the work to an Indian call center, where workers made threatening calls to American consumers to pay fake debt or collect on bills for which they were not authorized.

Thaker was not available when contacted by telephone on Tuesday. A woman who claimed to be Thaker's older sister and asked not to be named for privacy reasons said he is working with the FTC to help the Indian government pursue the fraudster call center operators. She also said he was innocent in the scam. "He was being used by somebody. He didn't even know where they got the information," she told The Huffington Post by phone. She said that her brother got 10 percent of the earnings from the scam operation.

The FTC charges against Thaker are the latest in a series of police actions by the government agency to put an end to rogue debt collection operations that have become more frequent in the aftermath of the Great Recession. In January, the FTC struck a $2.5-million settlement with debt-buying company Asset Acceptance, LLC, charging that the company had falsely represented itself to customers, including making up phantom debts that customers no longer owed. Last October, the FTC filed a complaint against seven other fraudulent debt collectors, alleging that they had engaged in the same techniques -- demanding money from customers who owed nothing at all.

The growing number of Americans who are unable to pay their bills has meant there are more companies looking to profit from their economic difficulties.

Debt collectors have been taking more aggressive tactics as fewer people are able to make ends meet or are in a cycle of debt. More than 30 million Americans are in debt collection, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Since 2010, more than 4,000 complaints have been filed with the FTC and state attorneys general about fraudulent debt collection calls, the FTC said.

Charles Junitkka, a personal bankruptcy attorney who represents clients in the New York City area, said, "In the last few years, the desperation of the collectors and their efforts have intensified because of the economy."

This story has been updated to reflect comment from a woman who says she is the sister of Varang Thaker. Thaker himself was unavailable for comment.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/21/ftc- ... _n_1289751.html

I received a call from 3473941572 the guy on the phone stated his name was James franklin from law investigation dept and there was legal action against my name and SSN so I started asking question i.e. what was the law suit about, the name of the company and the amount, he told me it was a payday loan from cash advance USA amount of 300.00 and due to nonpayment the amount owed was 547.00 so I asked when the loan was taken out and he told me in oct 2011...when I asked the account number he gave me the last for digits of a prepaid card that I got online and never activated it was a card from AccountNow. When I started accusing them of fraud and scam he hung up on me, so I called back and mr. Avi young "attorney" answered and I was accusing him of fraud and scam and told him the information was incorrect and he told me he would delete all my information from their system.  I have received calls like this in the past and have learned that if I challenge them with questions they hang up or put me on hold and I immediately call back and harass them.  Please beware of these scammers!

I received a call from 347-394-1572 and the Indian guy on the other end said his name was David Watson and he was calling from Law Investigation Dept from some law firm, I could understand him he sound like he had rocks in his mouth, and that there was some leagal action against my last name and SSN.  He left this message at my home and my place of employment.  THIS IS A SCAM!!!! DO NOT GIVE THEM ANY INFORMATION OR EVEN CALL THEM BACK!  The caller ID on my Home phone says the caller is "BLUEPRINT".