347-753-8206
NY, US
 | Linda 2013-01-19 18:52:48 Debt Collector |
I also getting calls from jason carter at my workplace saying i owe thousand of dollars and if i dont pay i will be sued and he wont give me any info it driving me crazy had to change my home number now he is calling my work and e-mail with the # 1-347-753-8206 co name says cashadvanceusa and i dont owe any loans
| maryk 2012-10-29 12:19:29 Debt Collector |
I too am getting emails from Jason Carter and two others from this number. All saying I owe the same payday loan company (CashNet USA). I did have a loan with them and settle it. I agree these people have nothing better to do than harass people.
| Barbara Hicks 2012-08-27 02:23:18 Debt Collector |
Caller keeps calling telling me I owe $925.63. Gave me my bank info and said he was from a lawyers office and I was being sued (Shows as Pay Day Loans Made Easy). Don't owe, and now I just hang up. On first call I told caller my lawyer would call him. Keep getting calls, just hang up. See scams on previous callers.
| Ralph 2012-08-23 15:21:10 Unknown |
Report this caller to the
ftc.gov
fcc.gov
fbi.gov
ftc.gov
fcc.gov
fbi.gov
| kj 2012-08-21 15:09:56 Unknown |
This is such a scam and I can't believe anyone would fall for this crap! I looked this company up on SCAMBOOK and they have taken almost $30,000 from innocent people. Do your research!
| Sixxpackluv 2012-08-20 23:58:23 Debt Collector |
Got a call at 2:35pm, California Time, from a so call lawyer firm and they were ready to have me arrested tomorrow for failure to pay back a US cash advance loan of some sort. Before I got myself all worked up. . . I got my on line bank statement to look at the supposed time I got this cash advance. No record of any sort of transaction dating back since I had my bank account - - - - it is a very old account - - - - so, it was no problem for me to hang up on this poo-poo head. Yes he had an Indian accent. Very rude. He should be very thankful that he wasn't in arms way. . . . . would have to pray over him after I totally forgot to pray for him before hand. :-( Lord forgive me.
| mrgan 2012-08-20 22:04:09 Unknown |
i am rude and mean and flat out tell them that if i cant understand every word they say i am not taking out a loan and then they hang up... or i ask to speak to someone who accent isnt as thick ... this time the first question i asked him was how much money he wanted and he replied " did i ask you for money?" thats when i asked for a spanish speaking consult and got hung up on.. lmao... my 5 yr old answers the phone and tells them they sound like they needed kindergarden and told them about a few good schools in our area... good thing i home school.. his name is steve edward
| Alfalfa 2012-08-17 16:57:41 Unknown |
Phantom Debt Collectors From India Harass Americans, Demand Money
By BRIAN ROSS (@brianross) , CINDY GALLI and MATTHEW MOSK (@mattmosk)
June 7, 2012
Hundreds of thousands of cash-strapped Americans have been targeted by abusive debt collectors operating out of overseas call centers suspected of links to organized crime in India, law enforcement officials told ABC News.
The calls are part of a massive scam, one that appears to target struggling Americans -- especially those who have gone online to apply for payday loans. Armed with personal information from those pilfered applications, the threatening callers, who claim to be debt collectors poised to initiate legal action, have managed to pry loose millions of dollars from their victims -- even when the victims never owed money in the first place.
"This is what we call a phantom debt collection scam," said Jon Leibowitz, the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission. "It's a very pernicious and innovative new fraud."
Working through call centers in India, the commission estimates that the criminals have dialed at least 2.5 million calls, persuading already cash-strapped victims to send them more than $5 million. Some have reported receiving dozens of calls per hour. They are victims like Cindy Gervais, of New Orleans, who went online for a quick loan when her husband's car was hit by a driver who didn't have insurance.
Even though she paid the loan off, the so-called "phantom" debt collectors with Indian accents began calling to say she still owed money.
He more or less told me that if I didn't pay, they were going to have someone on my doorstep to arrest me," she told ABC News. "And that they were going to contact my place of business, and tell them what kind of person I am."
At first, she said she resisted. Then the calls became more frequent, and started to ring on her cell phone, and at the grocery distribution company where she had worked for 27 years.
"I was more or less was in panic mode because he told me there would be someone before noon at my place of business to arrest me and take me to jail," she said tearfully. "So I agreed to pay him."
After receiving scores of complaints, investigators with the FTC said they began tracking the calls, and following the payments. They alleged the payments led them to a California company run by an Indian-American named Kirit Patel, and that such scams would not be possible without American front men.
"I would say that all roads of this scam, or many of the roads of this scam, lead back to Mr. Patel," said the FTC's Leibowitz.
ABC News tracked Patel for weeks, from the suburbs of San Francisco to Austin, Texas.
Patel refused to talk. But his lawyer, Mark Ellis, said he believes it is far too early to pass judgment on his client. Ellis, a Sacramento-based attorney, told ABC News that Patel was hired for a nominal fee to set up an American shell company, and had no idea what the call centers in India were doing.
"I can tell you, he was as snookered by the people in India as anybody," Ellis said. "He's a 69-year-old man who is nearing his retirement who thought all he had to do was set up some corporations and everything was on the up and up. He's completely dismayed that he has become the lightning rod of this entire problem."
A close friend of Patel's also defended him in a brief interview at his home, saying Patel was not trying to defraud anyone -- he was just an unwitting, bit player in a larger scheme.
"If Mr. Patel was just a cog in the wheel he seems to have been a pretty big cog," Leibowitz said. "It is clear that Patel was integrally involved with this scam."
Leibowitz points to thousands of pages of financial and phone records gathered by the FTC and filed as part of a civil case brought against him in the U.S. District Court in Sacramento last month. When FTC lawyers sought to freeze his assets and prevent his business from continuing to operate, Patel responded by invoking his rights against self-incrimination. His lawyer told ABC News he has had to be careful in how he responds to the allegations in civil court "because there is a potential criminal action," but that Patel maintains the allegations against him are false.
Federal investigators said the phantom debt collection operation that allegedly benefitted from Patel's assistance was one of several that all trace back to the same small town in Western India called Ahmedabad. Callers use technology to make it appear that the calls originate inside the U.S. Victims provided ABC News with recordings of dozens of the calls, and many of the thickly accented callers appear to be reading off a script.
"Subpoenas have been readied, and Monday morning you're going to be picked up from your home," one caller says on a victim's voicemail. "And you have children. Don't worry about your children. We have a childcare department to take care of the children."
"You will be behind bars for six months," said another caller. "And once you go behind bars, you will lose your job. Once you are behind the bars, you won't get a single drop of water."
William Peerce Howard, a Tampa attorney who represents victims of harassment from debt collectors, said it takes an especially twisted criminal to use threats and coercion to pry money from someone who is already struggling financially
"These guys really are the most visible villains in America today," he said. "They make a living scaring people."
Mark Merola, of Florida, said he just panicked when the caller told him he might be arrested at the deli where he works in a Florida retirement community.
"I was nervous. I didn't want to embarrass myself, my family," he said. He used his debit card to pay the collector $576.
Afterwards, he says he realized "how stupid I was."
"It just happened so fast," he said. "I got scared."
Leibowitz said he hopes with more attention, future potential targets of the scam will recognize red flags before they turn over any money.
If callers say they are from the police, consumers should know that law enforcement officers do not collect debt for private parties. If the caller is speaking with a thick Indian accent, but calls themselves by a names such as Officer Mike Johnson, that should be a tip off. And if they're calling 40 times in two hours, that's another red flag. "Legitimate debt collectors, legitimate pay day lenders don't do those sorts of things," he said.
Merola said he would like to see anyone involved in the scam prosecuted aggressively.
"There's no place in society for these people," he said.
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/phantom-debt-co ... 16512428&page=2
By BRIAN ROSS (@brianross) , CINDY GALLI and MATTHEW MOSK (@mattmosk)
June 7, 2012
Hundreds of thousands of cash-strapped Americans have been targeted by abusive debt collectors operating out of overseas call centers suspected of links to organized crime in India, law enforcement officials told ABC News.
The calls are part of a massive scam, one that appears to target struggling Americans -- especially those who have gone online to apply for payday loans. Armed with personal information from those pilfered applications, the threatening callers, who claim to be debt collectors poised to initiate legal action, have managed to pry loose millions of dollars from their victims -- even when the victims never owed money in the first place.
"This is what we call a phantom debt collection scam," said Jon Leibowitz, the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission. "It's a very pernicious and innovative new fraud."
Working through call centers in India, the commission estimates that the criminals have dialed at least 2.5 million calls, persuading already cash-strapped victims to send them more than $5 million. Some have reported receiving dozens of calls per hour. They are victims like Cindy Gervais, of New Orleans, who went online for a quick loan when her husband's car was hit by a driver who didn't have insurance.
Even though she paid the loan off, the so-called "phantom" debt collectors with Indian accents began calling to say she still owed money.
He more or less told me that if I didn't pay, they were going to have someone on my doorstep to arrest me," she told ABC News. "And that they were going to contact my place of business, and tell them what kind of person I am."
At first, she said she resisted. Then the calls became more frequent, and started to ring on her cell phone, and at the grocery distribution company where she had worked for 27 years.
"I was more or less was in panic mode because he told me there would be someone before noon at my place of business to arrest me and take me to jail," she said tearfully. "So I agreed to pay him."
After receiving scores of complaints, investigators with the FTC said they began tracking the calls, and following the payments. They alleged the payments led them to a California company run by an Indian-American named Kirit Patel, and that such scams would not be possible without American front men.
"I would say that all roads of this scam, or many of the roads of this scam, lead back to Mr. Patel," said the FTC's Leibowitz.
ABC News tracked Patel for weeks, from the suburbs of San Francisco to Austin, Texas.
Patel refused to talk. But his lawyer, Mark Ellis, said he believes it is far too early to pass judgment on his client. Ellis, a Sacramento-based attorney, told ABC News that Patel was hired for a nominal fee to set up an American shell company, and had no idea what the call centers in India were doing.
"I can tell you, he was as snookered by the people in India as anybody," Ellis said. "He's a 69-year-old man who is nearing his retirement who thought all he had to do was set up some corporations and everything was on the up and up. He's completely dismayed that he has become the lightning rod of this entire problem."
A close friend of Patel's also defended him in a brief interview at his home, saying Patel was not trying to defraud anyone -- he was just an unwitting, bit player in a larger scheme.
"If Mr. Patel was just a cog in the wheel he seems to have been a pretty big cog," Leibowitz said. "It is clear that Patel was integrally involved with this scam."
Leibowitz points to thousands of pages of financial and phone records gathered by the FTC and filed as part of a civil case brought against him in the U.S. District Court in Sacramento last month. When FTC lawyers sought to freeze his assets and prevent his business from continuing to operate, Patel responded by invoking his rights against self-incrimination. His lawyer told ABC News he has had to be careful in how he responds to the allegations in civil court "because there is a potential criminal action," but that Patel maintains the allegations against him are false.
Federal investigators said the phantom debt collection operation that allegedly benefitted from Patel's assistance was one of several that all trace back to the same small town in Western India called Ahmedabad. Callers use technology to make it appear that the calls originate inside the U.S. Victims provided ABC News with recordings of dozens of the calls, and many of the thickly accented callers appear to be reading off a script.
"Subpoenas have been readied, and Monday morning you're going to be picked up from your home," one caller says on a victim's voicemail. "And you have children. Don't worry about your children. We have a childcare department to take care of the children."
"You will be behind bars for six months," said another caller. "And once you go behind bars, you will lose your job. Once you are behind the bars, you won't get a single drop of water."
William Peerce Howard, a Tampa attorney who represents victims of harassment from debt collectors, said it takes an especially twisted criminal to use threats and coercion to pry money from someone who is already struggling financially
"These guys really are the most visible villains in America today," he said. "They make a living scaring people."
Mark Merola, of Florida, said he just panicked when the caller told him he might be arrested at the deli where he works in a Florida retirement community.
"I was nervous. I didn't want to embarrass myself, my family," he said. He used his debit card to pay the collector $576.
Afterwards, he says he realized "how stupid I was."
"It just happened so fast," he said. "I got scared."
Leibowitz said he hopes with more attention, future potential targets of the scam will recognize red flags before they turn over any money.
If callers say they are from the police, consumers should know that law enforcement officers do not collect debt for private parties. If the caller is speaking with a thick Indian accent, but calls themselves by a names such as Officer Mike Johnson, that should be a tip off. And if they're calling 40 times in two hours, that's another red flag. "Legitimate debt collectors, legitimate pay day lenders don't do those sorts of things," he said.
Merola said he would like to see anyone involved in the scam prosecuted aggressively.
"There's no place in society for these people," he said.
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/phantom-debt-co ... 16512428&page=2
| LH 2012-08-17 16:41:47 Debt Collector |
Have been receiving calls from Jason Carter, Jerry Smith & Steve Edwards (all with the same thick Indian accent) from Harris LLC in New York. Same sh**; told me I owe $300 to CashAdvance LLC and would be visited by the sheriff (& arrested!!) tomorrow. Didn't attempt to collect the money, which makes me wonder what they are after in a scam like this? Wouldn't give me any details on the debt (when, where, how it was secured) and told me this was just a "courtesy call" (not very courteous, if you ask me). They also tried to contact me at work.
| Gerry C. 2012-08-17 01:29:32 Unknown |
I too have tried to call the number back that I was told to call and all it does is ring, now when I try it nothing happens. This is not funny and the people need to be stopped. Call ID only shows New York, Brooklyn, Bronx etc, but no phone number. I can't wait to see if I am, indeed, arrested tomorrow and taken to jail, and then he even said he would see me in court, what a fake. They never did ask me for money, but they certainly put a scare into me at work when I couldn't really reply. Harrassment, what ever happen to the fair credit law that creditor (or lawyers as they say they are). They are not supposed to call you at work.
| hellotigger 2012-08-16 17:18:32 Unknown |
I got a voice message from a Steve Edwards calling from this number and he said that I should call him back with my attorney present and if I ignore this call then all he could do is wish me luck on what happens next. He spoke a really heavy indian accent. then an hour later they call my work. My line of work has me working out of the office so I am never there. and the seceratry at work called and told me he called and I should call him back. every time I call the number all it does is ring. I know it is a scam but it is pissing me off that they have to now call my work.
| Gerry Curtin 2012-08-16 15:31:43 Debt Collector |
Received threatening call from the above number about a payday advance from Cash Advance that they were going to arrest me because they had tried to take funds out of my checking account and could not get them and that I had stole their money and committed fraud.
| savanah wood 2012-08-15 22:38:54 Unknown |
this man that goes by the name of Atty jason carter stated that if i did not come up with 749.53 dollars in 45 minutes i would go to jail the following day and if i was in a probation program then i needed to let the probation pffocer know so they could come get me asap.
| Sean 2012-08-15 14:58:06 Debt Collector |
Recieved phone calls saying I oue them money. Then they threaten me that they will take it to court.
| Shanna 2012-08-14 19:43:56 Unknown |
Got calls from the same number and even emails from Jason Carter. He has sent me different emails from two different email addresses. A week or so ago, they were from jason.advancecashservices@googlemail.com and today they were from jasoncartercaofusa@gmail.com. He has given me two different case numbers and amounts that he says I owe for. When I told him about consumer protection laws and how I thought he was a scam artist and was committing fraud, he told me to f... off. I called him back several times with my number blocked and he answered. I even pretended to be an attorney and told him I was going to serve him with papers. I asked him for his address and he gave me 9614 63rd Drive, Regal Park, NY 11374. I'm sure that's not legitimate. Then finally, he turned his phone off. Real jerk! Another scam from India!
| jt 2012-08-10 19:06:24 Debt Collector |
Continuously getting annoying E-mails to my job, I am forwarding this information to State Attorney General
FTC, and all other person, I can locate connected with cleaning up Scammers. Copy to AARP also.
These person need to be stopped, when I am not familiar with that they are talking about. Who is
Jason Carter, all are crooks, praying American and taxpayers in General.
FTC, and all other person, I can locate connected with cleaning up Scammers. Copy to AARP also.
These person need to be stopped, when I am not familiar with that they are talking about. Who is
Jason Carter, all are crooks, praying American and taxpayers in General.
| LC 2012-08-08 17:53:36 Unknown |
I got a call today.Didnt answer . Every time I get these calls anymore which is not very often any more I have been letting my attorney deal with them. I did have one call me earlier in the year that kept calling me repeatedly because I wasnt giving him the answer he wanted to hear and neither was my bosses or coworkers. Finally the company attorneys and human resources handled him because I had given my supervisor the google info about them being scams they sent it to hr and our legal department. I have gotten very few since then just as an idea for you to try.
| Unknown 2012-08-07 16:18:53 Debt Collector |
The number calls me. Says he is an attorney. I said really! I told the towel wearing idiot that I was banging his mothers head against the wall. He started cussing me out and saying all sorts of bad language. I personally have fun with these guys. Any time some towel wearing idiot calling from a number you don't recognize tells you he is an attorney. Just down his mother and father and they flip the script from attorney to taliban. Whatever you do do not give out your personal info. just thought I would let yall know that they are 100% FAKE !!!!!!!! I am picking up my phone right now and prank calling them! Just call them back saying all sorts of stuff I would rather not say on here. Have a good day yall!
| verymadwoman 2012-08-01 00:51:20 Unknown |
I am so irritated I keep getting calls from this guey stating he is in attorney and that I am going to jail he has also called my work threatening to have me arrested I have forwarded the number to law enforcement and I will not be bullied by these people they are ridiculous and hello like an american name with heavy Indian accent.
| brandy 2012-07-27 01:03:34 Debt Collector |
I got a call from a Guy stating he was an attorney Rex Howard n I defaulted on a payday loan n da sheriff's office would be arresting me.tomorrow said I owed $300 dollars. N wouldn't give me any information on what loan company. Pissed me n my husband off. I called bank no loans ever got sent to my bank account
| Jame 2012-07-26 20:47:33 Unknown |
I recieved a call today from a Steve Edwards. Said he worked at Law Office of Harris LLP in Regal Park, NY. Said I had defaulted on a loan from US Cash Advance (online). Also said he had forwarded my information to my local Sherrif's Dept and they would be issuing a warrant for my arrest. I have of course no outstanding loan and have contacted law enforcement and have been informed that I also do not have a warrant.
| christine 2012-07-05 17:49:02 Unknown |
I received an email saying that I owed them $749.57 and that if I called them at this number with my debit card, it would be paid off and immediate action would not be taken. I have recieved calls from other numbers similar to this and they want the exact same thing. I don't bother answering any calls that don't look right. If it's a legitimate call, they can leave me a message. These idiots have nothing better to do then try and take our hard earned money from us. They have no idea what it's like to actually work for your money instead of stealing it from people. Do not answer your phone if you get this number. I replied back and told the jerk that I would be forwarding his email to my lawyer and to the BBB and I let him know that I have performed a google on this number and that there are numerous comments about how they are just trying to scam people out of their money. These people have a lot of nerve. It's a shame that they can't be traced.
| mhin 2012-07-04 19:47:13 Unknown |
we got a call from this FAKE Atty. Rick Howard with tel. # 347-753-8206, an Indian accent claiming his an Atty. from payday loan and keep threatening for a lawsuit and saying for a police to pick up my husband the following day..we've searched for this number and i came to know that this is just a SCAM..!
| coleen 2012-06-25 21:44:10 Unknown |
I got emails from jason carter. He gives me an amount that i supposedly owe but does not know when or with what loan company. Did not call the number. Have filed a complaint with the ftc and am filing with my attorney general
| salee 2012-06-23 04:56:38 Unknown |
I am also getting emails from Jason. He has threatened me with a lawsuit, says I owe money to Cash Advance USA, which I don't. In the email he gives me a dollar amount and this phone number, but when I reply asking for written documentation to be mailed to me, I get no response from him except another threatening email.
| Debbie 2012-05-31 21:43:49 Debt Collector |
Also received an email from Jason Carter....I have been emailing him back and forth about this loan. When I asked him the date, how much, and from whom the loan is from he would no longer give me any information and said that this was time sensitive and to have my lawyer call. Sounds suspicious to me.
| yl 2012-05-31 19:24:17 Unknown |
I got a email from jason carter as well and he said the same things. i called him and someone with an indian accent was on the other line stating that this was for a payday advance. when i asked him with whom, he stated he did not have the info in front of him. stated i needed to pay via green dot money pak and i needed to do it by 4 pm est.....
| lexie 2012-05-23 16:57:21 Debt Collector |
I have gotten emails from Jason carter. Asked him about this loan that i owe. He would not send any info so that I can see what this is about. I am not going to call these people
| Ruth 2012-05-16 21:37:25 Prank Call |
My husband just got a call from these scum bags. They said to call them back and said they will see him at the courthouse . and if he did not return their call they wished him good luck. My husband called back the number cause you could not understand what the heck (being nice) are you talking about and the man who had a forgein accent was very rude. Guess they have nothing better to do then call people and say crap like this. We reported it to the local police and hope they find out who the hell they are and how they get the numbers . Some nerve!!!!!!
| Victim 2012-05-15 20:58:57 Unknown |
got a call from this number. on two different lines. they are indian scammers that call you up and say you have engaged in tax fraud. they have personal and otherwise confidential information that baffles you at first in how on earth they got it... that may seem to make sense at first which will create natural concern or pause and wonder what the hell is going on.... then they claim they are a law firm that works for the Attorney General's office and we all know that the government doesn't hire private law firms to prosecute any tax crimes. it's a scam to intimidate you apparently. worse than that they say they are going to have you served with papers the following day and have you arrested. demand to know what their names are, what firm they represent, what their address is, their email, and start questioning them and then call them a fraud and that you are recording the call and going to turn their fraudulent call over to the secret service and the FBI and they will get angry and hang up.
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