"Mr Johnson" tried to track me down at work, but had been calling the main line to the VA hospital I work at instead of my direct line.  The VA police got involved and even had called "Mr Johnson" back and tried to talk with him.  His accent made it difficult to understand - but he did state that he was representing a Hopkins Law Firm and that he was trying to locate me.  During the conversation with one of the VA officers "Mr Johnson" got combative and arguementative and then hung up.  He was never clear on what he really wanted and he refused to give any information, (such as his address) to the police when requested.  As far as I know, it is illegal to call a Federal entity in efforts to spam or harass....and as a "lawyer" in the United States, "Mr. Johnson" would already know that...right?

The very same thing happened to me.  I told him it was a law that I be sent the information in writing and he said all the information would come after I paid the money.  Fat chance.  He asked me what law.  I told him, You claim to be the lawyer, you should know the law.  I too, laughed at him and kept saying whatever.  I will be waiting.  I am getting sick of these scammers and really want them to stop calling me at work.

I received the same yesterday, first they left a message saying it wasa Brian Williams and i needed to have my laywer call him, i waited and then about an hour later the same person calle dback, saying he was a Mr. Brian Johnson. He asked me if i knew such and such a person and when i replied i dodn't he then switched the focus to me saying i had taken a pay day loan from this particular company and i was going to be sued. i kept listening and after about 2 minuets i said this is a scam you are busted and then hung up. A few minuets later he called again and said the following "You said i am a scam, you are a scam you b*****d, you a***ole, f*** you and then hung up. I guess he didn't like the fact he got busted.i

I got a message from officer johnson earlier today and when I just called back he said he is not an officer but a lawyer.  The call was for about half an hour as I kept questioning him on things.  He wanted me to have my lawyer contact him and I said I refuse to do that because in America I can represent myself in court he said no I cant.  I questioned him where he went to law school at and he avoided the question by stating this is not about him but its about me.  I also told him these are scam calls and I want them to stop it was at this point that he said he is going to press charges against me.  I asked what charges and he said thats for me to find out.  He said he is going to file the charges where I live but when I questioned him where exactly he is going to file them he couldnt tell me where he just said where I live.  This is supposedly over a 300 dollar loan I got from a company called payday cash and when I asked him for their number he said he cant disclose that info.  I told him I am going to contact my bank and get copies of my records for last yr, when I supposedly got this loan, and he kept saying no dont go to your bank just have your lawyer call me.  I told him I was going to my bank because that would be my proof in court and he once again told me I cant go to court without a lawyer in the country of Barack Obama!  I laughed and he got rather upset at me.  He then told me I better enjoy my weekend because in 48 hours he is going to sue me for 2 months whatever that means.  He asked if I have small children because if I do then he can just sue me for 1 month.  I had a call like this a couple of months ago from a number from colorado and the guy sounded just like this guy so I will see what happens.  I was told the same thing back then that in 48 hours I would be in alot of trouble and going to jail for a very long time.  Kind of weird that they both said the same thing and the 1st time nothing happened.

Again these guys are calling claiming that I am "in serious trouble".

I just got a similar call..he left a voicemail.  Said they had a "serious issue" against me.  Like the comments before mine, I had great difficulty understanding through the accent.  He said if I didn't call back he could only wish me good luck.

Where should I report this phone harrassment?

My favorite part is, he was trying to imply that I would be guilty by association.  Because someone picked a random number (kinda like "Mr. Johnson" is doing) the person with that number could be implicated in fraud.  The least he could have blamed me!  OY!

I just got a call from this number to my google voice number that I never use.  They actually did leave a voice mail which google graciously transcribed for me:

"Hi, This message is for Anne White and if this is Mr. Johnson, I'm alive for the whole thing swale from It's about a legal Metro fraud case home What, Tanya he man and see has been get supplies your name and number as I get into the falsely snobs is just like to another from the situation, and ask for the law and rules and regulation as you are enrolled, as against your list, You're authorized person to prove yourself in the pool, and if something goes wrong with you. Just because of without any man that don't blame on the in future. Just contact me And what time he meant to contact me as well, from outside from your side as well. ON (386) 308-3640 1(386) 308-3640 For the next. Thirty minutes. I'd like to make sure that You'll get to see if you're still vault. Thank you."

Obviously, this made no sense so I listened to the audio...which didn't help much.  The guy had a terribly thick accent but said his name was "Mr. Johnson" (hey!  Tha'ts my name too!) from some indicernable law firm.  He said he was looking for "Annie White" because Tanya someone listed my name and number as a guaranteed reference for her and that there's some sort of fraud issue with "Metro" something or other and that I, as "Anne", will be responsible somehow for Tanya's indiscressions.  And if I do get in trouble, I can't "blame on him."  I'm supposed to call Mr. Johnson back in the next 30 minutes so he can help me otherwise I'll recieve in very much trouble.

Shoot!  It's been almost an hour now...I guess I can't blame on him.  It's my own fault for letting this Tanya person to use my name and number as I get into the falsely snobs...err...I mean it's my own fault for letting Tanya use my name and number as a guaranteed reference in fraud.  Geez, I gotta stop doing that.  My wife would be ticked if she found out!

Needless to say, it's a scam.  Block this number.

Claimed to be an officer. Not likely! How do I get these guys to stop harassing me at work?

Well said.  These scammers are so stupid it boggles the mind.  I guess in India or Pakistan or wherever they are actually calling from, the police arrest you if you owe money.  Guess these losers don't know the US doesn't have debtors prison.  Good for you.

I got the same message this afternoon.  I knew from the beginning when I received the call that it was a bogus ploy...this was obviously a scam.  I argued with the 'lawyer' and demanded that he send me all the legitimate material/documentations.  He refused, of course.  Anyway, I told him that I was going to report him, which I did.  The police got involved and I hope they nail his a** in Daytona Beach, FL (my caller ID traced his number to Daytona Beach, FL).

First, the funny thing about this law office is that the lawyer could barely speak English.  Seriously?   His accent is definitely 'South Asian' or 'Indian.'  If you're going to establish a law office in America, don't you think you would want to hire some competent lawyers who are well versed in English and familiar with legal jargon?  I threw out some legal jargon at him and he had no clue what I was talking about, LOL.  In my opinion, this dude seems like he barely graduated from high school.  

Second, these people need a life and make their money a legitimate ways.  Scamming people by intimidating them with a lawsuit will not work.  This is not India or some third-world country where scamming people through fear is a common practice.  

To the folks who are receiving these calls.....stand your ground!  The best way to put these lawyers' feet back in their mouths is by criticizing them.  For example, "You're a lawyer in America, but you could barely speak English."

With that said, I'm tired of the calls from these self-proclaimed lawyers; however, at the same time, I find them kind of amusing and entertaining.  If these 'lawyers' want fire, you give them fire and that will shut them up quickly.

Oh brother.  Now it's the FBI doing debt collections?  Sometimes you have to wonder how stupid these scammers are.  Cops/sheriff/FBI...the one I'm waiting for is the Secret Service.

I got the same message this afternoon.  I knew from the beginning when I received the call that it was a bogus ploy...this was obviously a scam.  I argued with the 'lawyer' and demanded that he send me all the legitimate material/documentations.  He refused, of course.  Anyway, I told him that I was going to report him, which I did.  The police got involved and I hope they nail his a** in Daytona Beach, FL (my caller ID traced his number to Daytona Beach, FL).

First, the funny thing about this law office is that the lawyer could barely speak English.  Seriously?   His accent is definitely 'South Asian' or 'Indian.'  If you're going to establish a law office in America, don't you think you would want to hire some competent lawyers who are well versed in English and familiar with legal jargon?  I threw out some legal jargon at him and he had no clue what I was talking about, LOL.  In my opinion, this dude seems like he barely graduated from high school.  

Second, these people need a life and make their money a legitimate ways.  Scamming people by intimidating them with a lawsuit will not work.  This is not India or some third-world country where scamming people through fear is a common practice.  

To the folks who are receiving these calls.....stand your ground!  The best way to put these lawyers' feet back in their mouths is by criticizing them.  For example, "You're a lawyer in America, but you could barely speak English."

With that said, I'm tired of the calls from these self-proclaimed lawyers; however, at the same time, I find them kind of amusing and entertaining.  If these 'lawyers' want fire, you give them fire and that will shut them up quickly.

I received a call from Mr. Johnson this afternoon from (386)308-3640 stating the same thing that I had taken out a internet payday loan for the sum of some 2thousand $$ and he was going to sue me, blah,blah,blah after I began to question him, he got flustered and upset and began calling me names, his accent was VERY hard to understand and english was VERY broken he had my address, last 4 of my SS# and the bank I have a checking account at, this is a crime and I reported it to the local police who said I needed to make a complaint with the FBI at this web site www.ic3.gov    so ALL of you out there do the same so these SCUM BAGS can be caught for this s***.......

At 4 pm on Friday 07 October 2011 I received a phone message from a Mr. Johnson who knew my name and identified himself as from the Federal Department of [Law?] Investigation.  It was hard to understand through his thick accent which I could not identify.  He told me to not disregard the call and to call back 386-308-3640 (which is the number he called from) regarding time-sensitive lawsuits and if I didn't, he couldn't help me and wished me good luck as the situation unfolds on me.  Fortunately, I know none of this is true and did not bother returning his call.  I do not know what his motive is.

This person has been harrassing us over the phone saying that we were in big legal trouble and we needed to speak with him because he works for the F.B.I. . I reported that number to the police .

look this number up on white pages on internet said it was possible a land line from Daytona Beach but I would have to pay 1.99 to get the information so i feel if it was a real company and that this guy was a lawyer they would be listed in the white pages by name.  Yea I am headed to try an file criminal charges first thing Monday morning

This person claimed to be from a lawyers office I never heard of in Daytona Beach (he acted like I should know). Told me there was a problem with my social security number. I told him I don't know him, or this lawyer. I told him I was going to have the call traced now and was going to hang up.

He yelled at me to go ahead and have it traced.

I got a similar type call a few months ago on my telephone message machine while I was out from someone who said he was Albert Johnson and to call him at 760-920-6752. He said it was second time he called, my mother received a call a few days earlier, but he didn't leave a message and hung up on her when she asked who it was. The recording sounds like a script, there is noise in the background, and the person speaks with a strange accent. The gist of the message was: I should have Me or my Attorney call him, it is time sensitive. If he doesn't hear from Me or my Attorney he wishes me good luck as the situation unfolds on me, and wish me good luck in the court house.

I tried to call the number he left and I got a recording saying the "number cannot be completed as dialed". I looked it up at a reverse phone number webpage, it said the phone number was a cell phone registered with Verizon Wireless in Bishop, CA. I called Verizon and told them the situation, and was told they could do nothing about it.