I got a call from that same number. It is a compleate scam.. he has an indian accent ... just ignore!!!!!

the other number is 951-200-3254. names are victor brown james wilson, and ryan smith. Just ignore. SCAM

Add this number on also. I got these same calls from these idiots. 347-844-6653
very heavy accents, threated you, barely speak english, you can barely understand them, they threated you are going to court and to prison,and they say " god bless you and good luck to you"
very irate when they call like they are very angry with you.
this is very scary. i had to change my own phone number just so these stupid calls would stop

i keep getting calls from 052-480-189 the guy is not American, and cannot pronouce my name. I have given him several cursing myself and the dummy keeps calling me back. He says there's a lawsuit being filed against me and I need to be in court, I told him to tell me where and me and my Federal Attorney would show up and kick his butt back to his homeland.

Dennis called me and left 2 voicemails that I urgently needed to call him back regarding a financial matter.  I couldn't understand half of what he said but he knew my full name, my mothers' name, who I banked with and my full address.  He claimed I received a $300 payday loan that was never repaid and I owed $5444 in damages but $425 was all that was needed to settle out of court.  I told him I was at the pc looking at my banking statement at the moment.  He said not to bother bringing those to court because they could obviously be doctered.  I was told to report to court Tuesday in California although I live in Kansas.  I cursed him out and hung up.  He called back several times and told me to call 914-595-7417.  He couldn't tell me what payday service was used, when it was used, etc....  The caller ID showed a number from 052-480-189.  He had a very heavy indian accent but was very irrate.  I called my bank and they said not to worry about it.  Obviously my info had been sold and I was being scammed.  I am waiting for Hassanhabbibjabar to call back so I can record it for my records.  He claims they sent several emails requesting the money for 4 months.

I got a call today from 052480189 saying I owe 610.00 to cash advance mutual they wouldn't give me the number and wouldn't set up a pmt plan. the guys name was shaun woods and the girls name was ivey foster. The call back number they gave me was 914-373-7095.

Send your voice mails to ABC News or your Local Radio Stations and have them play it for other consumers who they might be trying to run the scam on.

These guys were featured on 60 Minutes.  They got their information by hacking into Internet sites, and they threaten lawsuits against the last 4 digits of your Social Security Number.  They speak with an Indian accent, and they claim you will face "harsh legal action" unless you send them between $500 and $1,000.  They are total idiots because their name does not even make sense:  United Investigation Bureau Department.  Do not believe a word they say.  You can't go to jail and no one will ever come pick you up.  They lie and try to scare you into sending them money.  Its all a Scam.  They are terrorizing US CITITZENS.  Our FBI and Secret Service need to shut these terrorist down.

They use names like Roger Smith and Jack Jones, but their real names are probably something like Mahamanda Yogananda.  They can barely speak English.  Be sure to change your banking information and put fraud alerts on your credit reports.  

They use various call back numbers including 347-844-6701 and 718-766-7916.

The best idea so far was what Paybackisabeatch suggested.  Turn the tables on them.  Call them back, ask for Habib, waste their time so that they cannot make money with scam calls to extort money from honest people who may get frightened or confused.  Call themm back and run a scam on them.  I get free miniutes on Saturdays and Sundays and after 7:00 so I callthe hell up out of them...Turn about is fair play.

I tried to avoid these calls that these scumbags were making to me everyday leaving voice mails....Then they started calling my job.  I don't deserve this crap, cause I don't owe them. How do we stop then and shut them down.

Oh and they used United States Legal Investigation Department for me.

Better add John Wilson to your list and 917-628-2413 as the next number on their scam spree. Unfortunately I can't block their number because it's not a 7 or 10 digit number. But I can save their voicemails and put in my complaint, and if I have to, hand over the voicemails as evidence if need be.

Here's what you can do. So far it has worked for me. Scam the scammers!!! Give them a good healthy dose of their own medicine. They are obviously NOT a legitimate company. They called me over 18 times in one day sometimes minutes apart. First, I would open my phone and close it and thought they would just get irritated and stop calling. That didn't work.
Then, I remembered a joke MP3 that was sent around through email of this guy who kept getting rediculous calls from telemarketers, so he pretends to be an investigator of the homicide of the person they are trying to call. Anyhow it is hysterical!
So, I thought hmmm....next time they called, I told them I was the local sheriff of my local Sheriff's department and that the person they were trying call had been missing since 2 a.m. and that I needed to know the name, address of their company and nature of their call and if they had any connection with the person in question. The guy stumbled over his words and was like..."its confidential." and so I reiterated that this was so-and-so from the Sheriff's Department and he had better give me some answers and to what the nature of these calls were. Told him we are tracing each and every call and saw they had called numerous times. Finally, he had nothing to day and hung up. Didn't bother me after that.
You just have to play their game. If you KNOW its not legit and they are scamming you...give them a dose of their own medicine.

This is a total scam run by idiots who cannot speak English, have heavy Mideastern or Indian accents, and use organizational names that would never exist in this country.

Their real names are undoubtedly names like paramanansa yogamatash or maktoum bin mohammad, but they have used, among many, the following American sounding names:

Ryan Smith
James Wilson
Roger Smith
Alex Green
David Richards
Jack Jones
Robert Jackson
Paul Murray
Frank Johnson
Chuck Rogers
Danny Jones
Jake Wood
Jimmy Carter
Joe Anderson
Shawn Michaels
Harry Wilson
Louis Martin
Patrick Wilson
Eddie Wilson

They claim to be from:

United Investigation Bureau Department
United Legal Investigations
United Fraud Investigations
United Legal Investigation Department
United Legal Investigation Bureau
United Stated Legal Department

It should be possible for authorities to trace them to this FAX Number:

646-786-4334

They are running scared, and they keep changing their callback number, including:

212-461-1163
937-664-5824
347-844-6701
718-766-7919
607-330-0158
818-688-7216
727-803-9802
713-568-4627
513-754-1987
904-239-3968
718-673-6146
303-968-1170

Also, they were featured on ABC News:



READ THIS:

http://abcnews.go.com/ http://abcnews.go.com/
Fake Debt Collectors Terrify Consumers
Alleged Debt Scam Calls Threaten Consumers: 'Only God Can Help You Now'
By ALICE GOMSTYN
ABC NEWS Business Unit
Aug. 21, 2008 ?

Scammers masquerading as debt collectors and law enforcement officials have terrified consumers with threatening phone calls and bilked them out of thousands of dollars, officials with the West Virginia Attorney General's Office say.

Prosecutors said that the scammers, who speak with heavy foreign accents, are known for repeatedly calling people at home and at work and threatening them with arrest if they don't repay supposed debts -- debts that, according to West Virginia officials, don't actually exist.
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The scammers operate under names such as U.S. National Bank, Federal Investigation Bureau and United Legal Processing, said West Virginia Assistant Attorney General Norman Googel.

The callers also have invoked the names of actors Denzel Washington and Steve Martin, people who've received calls tell ABCNews.com.
Googel said that the scammers have been impossible to track down, but ABCNews.com spoke to one man who claimed to be associated with U.S. National Bank. The man said he works for Financial Crime Division, a company he said provides services for USNB.

The man refused to give his name and gave little information about his company.
'It's not necessary that each and everyone knows about Financial Crime Division, and probably one of them is you,' he said. (To hear an excerpt of this interview, click here. Links to more interview excerpts are included on the second and third pages of this story.)
The man also denied that consumers had been threatened with arrests.

But Mark Feury, a 35-year-old assistant manager at a hotel cafe, said it was the threat of an arrest that drove him to wire nearly $800 to U.S. National Bank in January. The Lewisberg, W.Va., resident said that he took out several payday loans -- short-term loans -- in 2005 to help pay for Christmas presents and medical treatments for his son, who suffers from autism.
Feury said he paid his loans back in 2007, but the scammers' phone calls -- at least 35 in all, he said -- and their threats made him doubt himself.
'I was scared to death,' he said. 'Everything they said literally just stressed me out to the max.'

The group has targeted consumers who took out payday loans through Web sites years ago, Googel said.
The group has secured consumers' Social Security numbers and other personal information, which may have been stolen from Internet payday lending sites, Googel said.
What has made the group especially intimidating, Googel said, is its use of phrases that sound like legal terms -- such as 'downloading affidavits' -- but, in reality, are meaningless.

The alleged scammers have also invoked God, Googel said, telling victims that 'only God can help you now.'
Some of the scammers' tactics are downright puzzling.
One West Virginia woman, who asked that her name not be revealed, told ABCNews.com that a scammer once called her and identified himself as 'Denzel Washington.'
Feury said that one of the scammers who called him said he was calling from 'Steve Martin's office.'
Collection and Money Fraud

Googel said that the scammers' use of celebrity names may indicate a lack of familiarity with American names. Some, he said, suspect that the scammers are based in India.

Since July 2007, Googel said, the West Virginia Attorney General's Office has heard from nearly 20 consumers who have complained about the scam.
West Virginia residents aren't the only ones complaining. The Florida Attorney General's Office said it has heard more than three dozen complaints related to U.S. National Bank.

Thus far, Googel said, the scammers have been impossible to trace, using a multitude of phone numbers and fake addresses.
'The way they've hidden themselves is pretty slick,' he said.

ABCNews.com called a phone number associated with U.S. National Bank -- Feury listed the number in a complaint against the company -- and was transferred to the man who claimed to work for Financial Crime Division.
The man, who spoke to an ABC News reporter for about five minutes, said that U.S. National Bank owns Internet payday lending Web sites and that Financial Crime Division is a 'legal affidavit processor' -- a term that Googel also has dismissed as meaningless -- that works to notify borrowers that they still owe money to USNB. (The man refused to provide ABC News with contact information for U.S. National Bank.)
'They have taken so many loans they have forgotten that one to pay back and we are calling them about this legal matter,' the man on the phone said. 'That's not our problem that they have forgotten.'

The man argued against the complaint that his company had called people about nonexistent or repaid debts. Consumers, he said, have failed to provide the company with proof that their debts have been repaid.
'When we are asking the information, they are not ready to give to us,' he said. 'If they have paid it, they must have something in writing, some kind of receipt, but they are not going to give it to us, so how can we trust them?'

Loan Scams and Fake Address
When asked where Financial Crime Division was based, the man hung up.
Googel said that he has been on the phone with the suspected scammers many times and that each time they refuse to provide identifying information such as valid addresses or a licensing number, which collections agencies operating in West Virginia are required to have.
'I yell and scream at them, but it doesn't do any good. It's sort of high drama in a way,' he said.
Googel said that he has notified the Federal Trade Commission about the scam, but the FTC would not confirm whether it had launched an investigation. An FTC official told ABCNews.com that it does not disclose whether it is investigating a company unless it takes the company to court.

The official said that consumers with complaints about U.S. National Bank are encouraged to contact the FTC, the Better Business Bureau or their state attorney general's office. Read a statement by the West Virginia Attorney General's Office's office on the issue here.
ABC News' Gerard Middleton contributed to this report.
Copyright © 2008 ABC News Internet Ventures

I've received a call from this same #. Guy says he is looking for Debbie Barnette, or Borders, or something (I could not understand him). I have never in my entire life used a loan company or a finance company. And my name is not Debbie. It is Dennis (not even close, and my last name starts with S not B). On top of that, I have never had a "late payment". So, my question is, how did he get my phone # to begin with? Also, for the above reasons, I knew it was a "scam" as soon as I got the call.............

These guys were featured on 60 Minutes.  They got their information by hacking into Internet sites, and they threaten lawsuits against the last 4 digits of your Social Security Number.  They speak with an Indian accent, and they claim you will face "harsh legal action" unless you send them between $500 and $1,000.  They are total idiots because their name does not even make sense:  United Investigation Bureau Department.

They use names like Roger Smith and Jack Jones, but their real names are probably something like Mahamanda Yogananda.  They can barely speak English.

They use various call back numbers including 347-844-6701 and 718-766-7916.

The best idea so far was what Paybackisabeatch suggested.  Turn the tables on them.  Call them back, ask for Habib, waste their time so that they cannot make money with scam calls to extort money from honest people who may get frightened or confused.

NATIONAL FRAUD INFORMATION CENTER-800 876 7060

they keep telling me i owe them 400 and i am going to jail

On today's date these tards called my phone four times stating that I was committing fraudulent and criminal activity. I googled the number and located this blog. I was p-retty sure this was a B.S. scam and this site helped reenforce that. I decided it was my turn to be annoying and harassing.
I called the 347-844-6701 back and a man with a heavy indian, arabic accent answered stating he was from United States Legal Ihnvestigation. I asked for Habib. After repeating myself ten times the guy said maybe he could possibly help me if I provided my telpehone number. I told Habib that it was 4. Habib asked for the remaining numbers and I stated that there were none. Habib stated there had to be more. I advised him that my number was one of the first ever given out and that it had been passed down through the generations. Habib then placed me on hold and I hung up.
I called back. Habib answered and I asked for Habib. He stated that there was no one there my that name but he could assist me. Habib asked for my telephone number and I agian said it was 4. Habib stated that I was bull @#$% and I advised him that his company was bull #$%@. Habib hung up on me.
I called back. I asked for Habib and the man stated that he was Habib and asked what I wanted. I told him that they called me and what do they want. Habib placed me on hold. I hung up.
I called back. I asled for Habib and he stated that there was no one there by that name. Habib then hung up on me.
I called back again. Habib hung up as soon as he answered.
I called back again. Same result.

I guess Ill wait a while and call them again, to harass the crap out of them because it is highly entertaining to listen to Habib get mad. My suggestion to everyone is that if these tards call you. Call them back and harass the crap out of them. Maybe they will get annoyed and stop this crappy scam they have going for them.

I they don't hopefully the government will put a stop to this with enough complaints. Also for those that think contacting your local law enforcement with this information will help stop the phone calls it won't. Most of your local agencies won't be able to assist in this matter and it is best to contact your state attornety general's office or a federal agency. Not that local agencies are incompetent but it is beyond their ability as most of the phone calls originate out of your state or country.

So let this company get a tast of their own medicine, I will. Eventually when they call I'll answere and attempt to put a stop to this but in the meantime I can have fun to. Gotta go , Habib is awaiting my next call.

I get the same person on the phone calling my house he sounds like he is indian with a very bad acent wanted to know that i owed monry to them and they wanted it if not i would go to jail. They said that i could pay with a debit card or ck and i told them that i don't have ither so they said that i can go to walmart and get a debit card they had my social security number my work number my house number telling me that he is gonna take me to court and detached from my payck if i don't pay them back

I've been getting calls from these creeps and I know for a fact that this is a scam so I kept getting under this guy's skin saying to put someone who really spoke english on the line and he lost it.. he said I was going to get arrested in hours.. this is a SCAM! do not pay attention to these idiots

i received and still am receiving calls from these guys. same situation , I got several people to call and even though they never received calls from the number, these people  tried everything to find them on their list. and when they didn't they got really angry. they use names like victor Wilson , Sam, Mr brown , seems from the  heavy accent names like tom, victor, Joe, Sam and  will are just not names used   although not directly talked to them yet they leave messages saying that a lawsuit involving my SS# was going on. the number for call back is 347-844-6701, id caller just shows unknown caller. even got a local area code number which from what ive read they use yahoo account and call . so you think you are getting a call from someone in your area. so many ways now to block numbers use fake numbers and with things like magic jack phone i can register it in new york but sitting in my home state calling you. so who knows for sure where they are really located. I reported them to local police department and plan on reporting to attorney general in new  york.hopefully something sooner or later can be done to stop this.

The New York Attorney General's Office suggested reporting these creeps to

Federal Trade Commission
Identity Theft Clearinghouse
600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC  20580

A guy named Roger Smith called a friend of mine, whom I put as a reference on  student loans. I called the number back and Mr. Roger Smith says I am being charged with fraud and then transfers me to his supervisor, Mr. Wilson, who told me if I provide him with a credit/debit card number and pay him $300, we can settle out of court! I hung up and googled the number and found that it is a scam! I am calling the credit bureaus and having them to do an investigation on my credit report and freeze my information.

I also have recieved a phone call from this number from a guy named Mike with a very thick indian accent, who had all my information including my banking account and that I had taken out a loan back in March of 2008 for 500.00 and now there is a lawsuit against me, I am definately filing this with someone which i never did have money in fact was a negagtive balance.

is anything being done, i called them back and advsd was contacting fbi and they ended up hanging up on me.

I also have recieved a phone call from this number from a guy named Mike with a very thick indian accent, who had all my information including my banking account and that I had taken out a loan back in March of 2008 for 500.00 and now there is a lawsuit against me, I am definately filing this with someone

"David Richards" from the "United States Legal Investigation Department" with a very thick accent called to suggest he was investigating fraud activity on my father, who apparently used me as a reference on some application. Left "direct call back number" of 347-844-6701. I did not call back and discovered all this information about this scam. My sister received the same call.

If Officer Alex Green calls from the US Legal Investigations Bureau saying you or your friends are in fraud transactions, don't believe it!!!!!! It's a scam. They call you then ask you for your phone # or your friends.It's the 3rd call to myself and friends trying to get money. They are using different phone numbers every time. It's all over the internet that they are HACKERS. I told them I had already reported them twice and will again and contact my attorney. Then they start talking very fast and shacky when you read the info off the scam reports to them. They say that you are responsible for your friends if they used you for a reference and that you'll be taken to court. REPORT THEM!!!!!!!!!

You can report these jerks to the New York State Attorney General's Office, the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.  They are probably difficult to prosecute if they are in India or Bangladesh, but maybe with enough complaints their phones would be disconnected.

A Mr. 'Officer Roger Smith", and "Officer James Wilson" called me, my mother, my boyfriend, and ex employer saying I have committed fraud. The first phone call he stated my case # "ACS- 1601524", had ALL my personal information and read it all off to me. His phone disconnected during my " concern plea" that was being recorded and listened to by the top attorneys on my case. They came to the decision that I was an honest person and should be offered to settle out of court. He put me on hold to check with the top attorneys......came back and told me my settlement amount was $736.00.
While on hold I grabbed my computer and googled the number....and found something that disturbed me yet at the same time gave me joy.
Suspicious, I started to ask him many questions regarding my case including what PDL company he was referring to, what date the loan was taken and how much.....he could not give me any of those.
When my boyfriend was contacted he asked for their physical address so he could come and pay (knowing full well it was a scam). He also asked for the officer's license #; neither of which the thick-accented guy could give.
I then (still acting concerned) said that I would have to contact my lawyer who is the senior partner at the second LARGEST law firm in the WORLD and have him speak to the officer assigned to my case. He sounded a little scared. He harassed me for my CC# and said if I didn't give it to him right then ...then I would for sure be on trial. :(
Such a scam....who should I report to??