I also got this message from first..a Peter Jones attorney and when I called back it was a Kevin Foster with the Florida state attorney office....that I had a pending lawsuit and unless i settled they would come and arrest me..I had not been served with papers or anything....guy with thick indian accent. When I asked for more info...he was very rude and elusive...wanted it paid on a prepaid paypal/ebay card.....I called the FBI after searching for his name on the internet...I had asked him the address of his office....the fbi said they had a few calls on this scam and gave me the FTC number to notify.

I just got this call today. He threatened me with jail time for not paying a 5k loan. I gave him a hard time, called him back a few more times. Asked him how did it feel to be such a low life, he got irate, called me an mf, and hung up. I tried calling back once again, no one picked up. Definitely a scam.

Wow this just happened to me 03/25/13 I got a call from someone claiming to be a law firm collecting for quickpayday.com on a lone I had automatically paid out of my account in 2004 they then tried to tell me that they would be delivering a registered letter to my home the next day between 9 and 4 and would be taking me to court for 817.00 they then said they would settle for 400.00 I told them that this was impossible since the 2004 loan was autopaid out of my account and I was'nt giving them any information or payment and that I would see them in court . I never got served papers and I have my statements from 2004 that I paid the loan in full. The name they gave me was Amber Woods and the number was 1-866-316-3895 ext 101.

*************CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT AGAINST THESE B*****DS*********************
I am putting together a group of people for a class action law suit with my attorny in the next few weeks, I have about 15 people now but from online searches I can see there is way more. I would like to have everyone interested in participating in the class action law suit please contact me with your information and experience with the company. My name is William Alvarado 631-579-2927, my email is Will(@)jeacorporations.com look forward to hearing from all of you!

This is an offshore payday loan debt collection extortion scam that has been going on for at least five years. The FBI is aware of it but is unable to go after those involved due to lack of money and manpower. I looked back and found some old information which may prove to be helpful:

They obtained your information through Teletrack:

http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-631-456-4041/2

I have been receiving phone calls from this group since late April / early May of 2010.  There is a good chance that they also attempted to contact me roughly two years ago before I entered into Chapter 7 Bankruptcy protection, as I faintly remember hearing the same script more or less.

As others have stated, the callers are difficult to understand.  Generally speaking their command of the English language is quite poor and their accents are hard to follow. At times they will get certain words or phrases mixed up.  It would be funny if it wasn't for the fact that they had:

a) Your SSN
b) Your home address
c) Your work address
d) Your banking info
e) Names, numbers and potentially the addresses of "references"
f) A complete and total lack of ethics and a basic understanding of the FDCPA.  

I have personally filed reports with the following agencies, often with limited (if any) success:

Local Police
my state's Attorney General's office
FTC
FBI
Secret Service

Generally the local police won't be able to help much.  The callers are using a combination of prepaid cell phones and VoIP, making them difficult to trace.  Also at their disposal are various spoofing tactics being implemented to catch people off guard - meaning the number that appears on your Caller ID isn't the number that is calling you for starters.  Without gaining a subpoena for the billing information for the numbers in question, the local police won't be able to get very far.  

My state's Attorney General's office couldn't offer much assistance either.  I received a form letter in the mail that my complaint was received and I would be contacted if they needed additional info.  It was more or less the same information I obtained from the FTC.  They each advised me not to give the individuals over the phone any account information or to authorize payment.  That's just common sense, though.

I never got anything from the FBI, either.  There is a good chance that since I haven't suffered a monetary loss that my concerns are low on the totem pole.  I hate to say this, but that is truly the case. Unless you were in the hole for a $1,000 (or more) you aren't going to get much more than "sorry to hear about your situation, change your phone number and move on".  I seemed to get some activity from the Secret Service.  I spoke with agent Doug Zloto. (Google him, referencing threads like these plus his name and you'll find his number also)  He seemed to care a bit more than the average person, but after giving him access to my Google Voice account, there has been no further activity from him that I'm aware of.

In the meantime I changed the wireless number the fraudsters had access to, they have no direct way to get a hold of me.  (Calls at work have ceased for some reason)  That in turn resulted in my "references" getting phone calls from the crooks.  Here is a word of caution for women that have been getting these calls - don't say anything and just hang up.  The callers are quite abusive towards women callers.  Why?  Possibly the culture.  If they are Indian / Pakistani, women are second class citizens there.  You will be treated like garbage.  This happened to a family member when she was trying her best to be extremely nice over the phone.  

The callers currently attempt to reach me through the female family member and an unused Google Voice number that they managed to find of mine.  I keep the Google Voice number open because, well, I can't delete it yet.  So, about every day, 4-5 times a day for the last week, I get voice messages from them.  It's usually just two full messages though - the other calls are broken up with static or they are attempts to read the script until the callers then screw up.  Really, they are that adamant on getting the script 100% that they will hang up mid-sentence and call back 30 seconds later.  

At this point it's a stalemate with these people.  

1) While they have the lion's share of information on us, they can't really do anything with this information.  

Why?  Think about it.

If they were to ever take funds out of your account without authorization, it's fraud and worse (for them) it is traceable.  That's why they won't do anything with your information, contrary to threats they make.  The money from your account has to go somewhere, and either your bank or a law enforcement agency can determine where the money was routed.  As a bank customer you are protected - you'd get the stolen money back in your account after 7-10 business days and the bank would be temporarily out the funds deducted from your account while they conducted their investigation.  The bank, along with law enforcement, would track down the fraudsters and apprehend them.  The fraudsters do not want to incur the wrath of a bank, just extort money out of you.  Remember that.    

Your authorization would absolve the bank from any and all liability, leaving you holding the bag.  Never give them authorization for anything - for all you know the call is recorded.  

2) We have no information on them.

Seriously, this has been going on at least since 2008, possibly longer than that based on some accounts. (6 years??? Holy crap!)  You would think someone would have slipped up by now.  Sadly, they haven't.  We can continue to grow our own intel on them and compile lists of aliases and phone numbers used, along with paraphrases of scripts used in order to educate other victims.  I'm actually putting together a site now in the meantime where I'll host audio files and lists of previous numbers used.  800notes.com is great, but no two calls are exactly the same.  It would be nice to have a site dedicated to the scam and how it works.

So that's where I am with these calls.  I have suffered no monetary loss, though I have been harassed both at home and at work.  They threaten me with arrest and other "fun" things in order to get me convinced I have to pay them.  My friends and family have been targeted and local and federal law enforcement agencies haven't been able to put a stop to things.  So, it is what it is.  I am out a wireless phone number I had for roughly six years, which is terrible since I was using that line when looking for a new job.  

Whenever I'm bored I spoof my number using Google Voice and return the calls.  I've called them the poster children for birth control, etc.  Basically a lot of nasty things that I'm sure the moderators here wouldn't appreciate me repeating - bottom line nothing nice.  I always like to close saying their parents must be real proud knowing their sons weren't man enough to get real jobs.  That usually gets a decent response.  

Way I see it - they can't do anything to me. (Despite a threat yesterday that my life would be f'ed up)  They can threaten all they want but my credit is frozen and my bank information has changed.  I've changed the only number they could really access me directly on and I've instructed my employer and family to not answer the calls.  I just call and harass them now when I find a few extra seconds.  What's the worst they can do to me?  Charge me with harassment?  

Nope, then they would have to identify themselves.

Oh, and don't bother contacting Cashnet USA about the calls.  Their "fraud" department could honestly care less.  Their "investigation" is merely a means of buerocratic CYA.  I would even be surprised at this point if actual law enforcement is involved in any shape, way or form at this time.  

There is a good chance that the information these crooks have on us was obtained from Cashnet USA - either from a database leak or from a collector that was once authorized by Cashnet to call on delinquent customers.  The other chance is they have access to Teletrack, and pulled all of our information off of there.

http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-646-274-1143/3

For at least the last four years, possibly longer, a group has been calling former payday loan applicants advising them that they have defrauded a bank and are now being sued for non-payment of a loan.  The callers will claim to be calling on behalf of an attorney's office (name varies), the Dept. of Law and Investigation, ACS, or other similar combinations below:

United Legal Processing Division
Midline Marketing
Crime Monitoring Services
Monetary Crime Division
U.S. National Bank
Attorney General?s Office (usually in California)
American Legal Services
Affidavit Consolidation Services (ACS)

You will be threatened with arrest, a costly trial and possibly worse.  In no shape, way or form can you be arrested for non-payment on a consumer debt.  Do not believe these threats, as they are without merit and cannot be carried out in the manner they allege.  

Who are they?

In the past when pressed by law enforcement for an address, the callers have provided the following information:

David Morgan and Associates
Morgan & Associates
Morgan Associates
954-727-8481
1155 Northwest 85th Street
Wintergarden, Florida  33150
(Address is likely invalid)

The collector's MO matches a once legit collections agency called Ellis Crosby & Associates.  Here are some links on them:

http://www.budhibbs.com/collectorpages/ellis_crosby_and_associates.htm
http://www.budhibbs.com/collectorpages/EllisCrosbyJudgment.pdf

They have been previously fined over $1.3 million for various violations.  They have been known to use phone banks in India to make their calls, which more or less coincides with the difficult to understand accent many of us detect when we are contacted.  

The last time this group went by any "official" name was back in 2008:

Ellis Crosby & Associates / Douglas & Morgan Associates
4494 Southside Boulevard Suite #200
Jacksonville Florida 32216
Phone:  800-928-3536 / (904) 928-3536
(Address is likely invalid)

There are NUMEROUS consumer alerts out against this group of individuals:

Florida:
http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/061107/met_176207561.shtml

Kansas:  
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2010/01/ks_debt_collection.html

Colorado:  
http://www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov/press/ ... lls_likely_orig

Rhode Island:  
http://www.collectionscreditrisk.com/news/rho ... -3002135-1.html

West Virginia:
http://www.wvago.gov/internetloanscam.cfm

Missouri:
On July 15th, 2010 a Public Awareness Bulletin was sent out by Missouri Information Analysis Center.  

"..received reports from individuals in Ohio and Illinois reference suspicious telephone calls they received. In both instances, the callers are reporting that a voicemail is received from a man, with a Middle Eastern accent, identifying himself as an officer working with the Financial Crimes Unit.  The message indicates that the reason for the call concerns a loan made by the receiver or someone in the receiver's family. The voicemail requests that a return call be made and a telephone number is provided. When a return call is made, the caller is asked to provide personal identifying information such as their date of birth and social security number.

Reports indicate that the calls are frequent and persistent and that they even threaten arrest or legal action if information or money is not provided. It appears that the individuals making these calls may have access to some records connecting individuals and their relatives.  Missouri does not have a Financial Crimes Unit and all indications are that this is a fictitious agency. If you receive a similar phone call, please be advised that it is a scam and please contact your local law enforcement agency or the Missouri Information Analysis Center at 866-362-6422."

Bottom line:

Do not supply the callers with any additional information.  Inform them you have reported them to law enforcement and hang up.  If you haven't already, go ahead and report the calls to local law enforcement, your state's Attorney General and beyond.  Look up the local Secret Service branch's information in your area and get in contact with an agent there.  

If you ever applied for a cash advance online, your information is out there.  
Possible sources for the breach of your privacy are:

* The scammers obtained your information from Teletrack - a reporting agency used by many cash advance lenders to determine their risk lending to you.  The service is able to tell cash advance lenders if you have existing loans with other companies, for example.  Many state laws prohibit borrowers from having more than two cash advances out at the same time.

* The scammers created their own fake payday loan application site.  People looking for a cash advance went to the site and applied, thus freely providing the scammers with their information for malicious use at a later time.  

* The scammers were able to get into the database(s) of cash advance lenders - probable targets being Sonic Payday and Cashnet USA.  


How to protect yourself:

* Inform your employer.  You are likely getting calls at home and/or at work, so make sure your employer is aware the calls are part of a scam and to not take them seriously.  Advise the callers that they are no longer allowed to call you at work.  If they continue to call, document the date and time of the calls you received.  Save voice mails left if at all possible.  

* Change your number(s).  For some this may not be an option, for others a one-time number change can be done free of charge.

Be advised - any references you listed on your payday loan application will be contacted.  Let those people know that this is a scam, and they can disregard.

* Use Google Voice.  Google Voice is a great replacement voice mail system for just about any phone number you use.  Messages can be transcribed and voice mail recordings can be saved as mp3 files.  

Pro Tip - call the scammers with a Google Voice number before turning off your old phone numbers.  Make sure when you call you identify yourself so they can start up their script.  At any point after they have your information pulled up just hang up.  They will then start religiously calling your Google Voice number.  At this point, you are free to change your regular phone number(s) and enjoy not having these people ever call you again.  (And laugh at the fact these people are basically talking to a brick wall several times a day)

The scammers change their numbers frequently.  Law enforcement used to think it was because the callers ran out of minutes on their prepaid wireless accounts or they were shuttered due to fraud, but now they understand it's simply to evade detection by savvy consumers online.  With the proliferation of VoIP, it's even easier for the crooks to stay a couple of steps ahead of law enforcement.  Below is just a sampling of the 30+ numbers that have been used in recent memory.

1-201-244-7722
1-209-349-7382
1-209-797-2212
1-212-500-0839
1-213-256-0408
1-213-995-3039
1-281-763-0433
1-347-289-3902
1-347-844-6817
1-347-844-6831
1-424-354-4270
1-516-232-8905
1-516-232-8935
1-518-212-0219
1-561-300-8018
1-561-210-4185
1-626-200-4646
1-631-456-4041
1-646-274-1143
1-646-810-8635
1-650-241-4604
1-707-401-4056
1-707-633-2789
1-708-401-0535
1-716-442-2824
1-717-862-4080
1-718-705-8669
1-760-514-0132
1-760-563-5384
1-772-318-4938
1-850-201-1111
1-858-777-1977
1-859-908-2281
1-866-860-4509
1-877-226-7488
1-888-706-7463
1-888-771-9249
1-888-785-4479
1-909-327-4870

So can they really do anything to you?

It's not a simple yes or no answer.  Logic dictates that, if they really wanted to take you for a ride and drain your bank accounts, they already would have.  

So, why haven't they?  

Authorization.  

Why do you think you are being called so much?  Perhaps it is because they like the sound of your voice?  No, they have to have your authorization to take any form of payment from you, period.  The callers know their audience, and that audience is typically a bunch of people that have applied for payday loans in the past.  Most of those people they call couldn't afford an attorney if they wanted one, and are so used to receiving collections calls that so long as they sound like a real collector, they will likely be perceived as one.

Furthermore, they don't even really want to talk to your attorney - that just sounds official and scary enough.  A real attorney would take the callers to task and write them off as two-bit con artists.  The callers need you, in writing, to authorize payment against the fictitious debt they claim you owe.  Go ahead, ask them for proof you owe the debt - more commonly known as verification of debt.  See what they say.  A phone authorization carries very little weight, so if they have something signed by you on file, you are done for - and the callers know that.  That authorization is the only thing these callers are doing by the book, and for good reason.  If they just went all willy nilly and made an ACH debit from your checking account, without your written approval, you could in turn report the transaction as fraudulent to your financial institution.  In about 7-10 business days, you would get the funds returned to your account.  Then the scammers would be up against a bank and their team of lawyers and investigators.  

Bottom line:

If you haven't paid the callers a dime, don't.  If you planned on paying them to shut them up, just don't.  Remember - you are not being contacted by a legally licensed, ethically owned and operated collector.  Read up on the FDCPA - http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/credit/cre27.pdf - and know your rights.

PS--The FBI sent out a Press Release on this scam just last week:

Extortion Scam Related to Delinquent Payday Loans

Washington, D.C.
December 07, 2010  FBI National Press Office
(202) 324-3691

? filed under: Press Release

The Internet Crime Complaint Center has received many complaints from victims of payday loan telephone collection scams. Callers claim the victim is delinquent in a payday loan and must repay the loan to avoid legal consequences. The callers purport to be representatives of the FBI, Federal Legislative Department, various law firms, or other legitimate-sounding agencies. They claim to be collecting debts for companies such as United Cash Advance, U.S. Cash Advance, U.S. Cash Net, and other Internet check-cashing services.

According to complaints received from the public, the callers have accurate data about victims, including Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses, employer information, bank account numbers, and the names and telephone numbers of relatives and friends. How the fraudsters obtained the personal information varies, but in some cases victims have reported they completed online applications for other loans or credit cards before the calls started.

The fraudsters relentlessly call the victim?s home, cell phone, and place of employment. They refuse to provide any details about the alleged payday loans and become abusive when questioned. The callers have threatened victims with legal actions, arrests, and, in some cases, physical violence if they do not pay. In many cases, the callers harass victims? relatives, friends, and employers.

Some fraudsters have instructed victims to fax a statement agreeing to pay a certain amount, on a specific date, via a pre-paid Visa card. The statement further declares the victim will never dispute the debt.

If you receive these calls, do not follow the caller?s instructions. Rather, you should:

Notify your banking institutions.
Contact the three major credit bureaus and request an alert be put on your file.
Contact your local law enforcement agencies if you feel you are in immediate danger.
File a complaint at www.IC3.gov.
Tips to avoid becoming a victim of this scam:

Never give your Social Security number?or personal information of any kind?over the telephone or online unless you initiate the contact.
Be suspicious of any e-mail with urgent requests for personal financial information. The e-mail may include upsetting or exciting but false statements to get you to react immediately.
Avoid filling out forms in e-mail messages that request personal information.
Ensure that your browser is up-to-date and security patches have been applied.
Check your bank, credit, and debit card statements regularly to make sure that there are no unauthorized transactions. If anything looks suspicious, contact your bank and all card issuers.
When you contact companies, use numbers provided on the back of cards or statements

http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/paydayloanscam_120710

http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-951-489-0227

This week they started calling my from (909) 999-5246

The number they are using now is (305) 507-8551 and it sounds like Kevin Foster is now David Jones.

Left two threatening and harassing stock language messages on my work phone for a "Rita" about owing money (I am not Rita). Both messages (in one day) said the same thing - they were going to go after her and if she did not call the "law office" back, "well, then, good luck." I have also received a call from a David Jones telling me to call this number. When I called simply to say they had the wrong number and please stop calling my work phone they said I was only receiving the call because I was "in big trouble" and "have been caught." "Daniel Craig" (supposedly the name of the man who answered the phone -- I assume 007 is coming after people's debts now?) became very nervous when I started asking for the address. First he said he was in Campbell City, CA, then he said he was in Miami, FL. He refused to provide any other information and became jumpy when I told him I was reporting it. Supposedly the company is a ?Cyber Crime Unit Law Office.?

I have received SEVERAL calls to my cell and work. Now they are using the number 626-380-0482. LesterOrvis and Erik Johnson...but have VERY STRONG Middle Eastern accents. They are rude andI have demanded to know what they do as a "crime unit" law office...they couldn't answer but only say that the attorney will call me back. I told them to stop calling me or I would report them to police's REAL cyber crime unit.

Rcvd a cl form a man with a heavy indian accent. He advised me that I was going to jail for fraud, misrepresentation and robbery. The company to which i presumably did this to was Quick Cash Net
I did this sometime in Feb 2011. they dont want to sue me they just want me to go to jail tomorrow. I can avoid this if I clear up the matter right away. I asked his name he said Nathan June. He works for Brian Walker an attorney at 242 Hoffman LN Campbell, CA tel number 818 649-6018 He worked for this guy and he is part of the Cyber Crime Unit. I asked when I took this money he didnt know. I told him when he finds out call me back I will have my bank check in the mean time I will have the authoritys check him out. He said he would send me something in writing. So much for getting arrested tomorrow. He hung up I checked the are code it's not for Campbell. I *69 and got an 866 568-2209. I spoke with someone at that number they have no idea what I was talking about and said they were not a law firm or Quick Cash Net.

I received all the same information as the other people reporting here. When I received a call from Rusell C. 818 659 5846 with the Cyber Crime Unit in Los Angeles, CA. I just wanted to update everyone. They are switching numbers and personnel names but same scam. I was read my charges over the phone and told I would be in court tomorrow for not paying back a quick cash loan but I was not allowed to see proof of nor would they tell me when I borrowed money. No date or time of this deposit was given. I ask to have documentation sent to me so I could prepare for the court date and the lady on the phone would not provide me any paperwork until I made payment in full. I asked for the a paperwork for my lawyer to review to prepare for the case and she again said she could not provide me with the paperwork. SCAM.

SAME BU***HIT. CALL CAME FROM A DRESS WILLIAMS OF THE CYBER CRIME UNIT
408-385-6956.  DID A REVERSE SEARCH AND CAME UP WITH A CARRIER OF MPOWER
COMMUNICATIONS CORP CA. SAYS THE NUMBER COMES FROM CAMPBELL CA.  SAME THREATS. CALLED ME IN YUMA AZ.  SAID THAT I WAS ACCUSED OF A CYBER CRIME AND THAT IF I DID NOT CALL THEM BACK THE LOCAL SHERIIFS DEPT WOULD ARREST ME AND I COULD GO TO PRISON. THEY ALSO STATED MY SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER. GO FIGURE. ANYBODY FIND OUT WHO THESE CROOKS ARE.Reply !

SAME B***S***. CALL CAME FROM A DRESS WILLIAMS OF THE CYBER CRIME UNIT
408-385-6956.  DID A REVERSE SEARCH AND CAME UP WITH A CARRIER OF MPOWER
COMMUNICATIONS CORP CA. SAYS THE NUMBER COMES FROM CAMPBELL CA.  SAME THREATS. CALLED ME IN YUMA AZ.  SAID THAT I WAS ACCUSED OF A CYBER CRIME AND THAT IF I DID NOT CALL THEM BACK THE LOCAL SHERIIFS DEPT WOULD ARREST ME AND I COULD GO TO PRISON. THEY ALSO STATED MY SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER. GO FIGURE. ANYBODY FIND OUT WHO THESE CROOKS ARE.

Hi My daughter received a call for me on her cell phone with my old married name saying they were calling from cyber crime unit law. The individual had a thick indian accent with the name of Austin Conner. I could not understand him because it wz loud and you could hear other telemarkers. Do not give these people any info. Tell them you are calling law enforcement and report them to the police. File a compliant and reach out to your friends and family about these scammers. I believe since they had the old name for me it may have been a result from when my old mortgage company lost my records. Place a fraud alert on your credit report.

I too am in the state of Maryland. Fortunately, Maryland takes things just a step or two further than many states when it comes to payday loans and collections. Payday lending in Maryland is illegal, hence so is payday collecting. I contacted the state Commissioner of Financial Regulation with my list of "collectors" calling about payday loans. I was advised not to pay a penny, and not to fear any kind of reprisal. They couldn't even file a civil case in Maryland and win. Everything these people are doing is 100% illegal. I would love to see them all prosecuted, and then sue them all but the problem is most seem to be outside of the US to avoid detection. That is why they are so blatant in their own law-breaking behavior. They don't call enough anymore for me to really consider them much more of a nuisance than a gnat, but when they do it's easy to hit the ignore button every time, or play with them a little. They love that!

I have also received calls from a Maggie Williams from Cyber Crime Unit. When I called the number they left on my voicemail - (559) 471-4079, Kevin Foster answers the telephone. He has a very heavy Indian accent. I never got to speak with a Maggie Williams. He even slipped up the second time I called and claimed to be Maggie Williams. He would not provide any information as to the nature of the call, why they were calling me or anything. He was very rude, yelled at me and kept telling me to SHUT UP when I would try to ask a question. I hung up on teh first call to him and the second call I made today I knew this was a scam so I asked him for the physical address of the company, telephone number and name of the law firm. He never provided any information. I could tell it was a call center because it was very loud and noisy in the background. I could also over hear any man yelling at someone else on teh phone. I have reported this man and this so-called law firm to the FBI. I am hoping they can shut down and lock up these criminals or send them back to the effin country they came from. No one should have to deal with this! If anyone gets a call from Kevin Foster or Maggie Williams or a law firm claiming to be Cyber Crime Unit and they threaten you contact your local authorities or the FBI. Good luck!

Who is this???

I just had something like that happen to me as well.someone called me from 424 781 1207 said he was from the cyber crime divison mr brown he said his name was and he was calling because I had charges against me..who are these people and what do I do about it

About 4 months ago I received a series of voice mail messages on both my cell phone and office line from a guy with a thick Indian accent. The essence of the message was threatening in nature with his closing comments "if we don't hear from you or your attorney, may God have mercy on your soul" or something to that effect. Yesterday I received another voice mail at my work number from the same guy, no name, essentially with the same message and his number is 424-781-1203. I called that number this morning and it was picked up by a women with a heavy Indian accent named "Becky Martin". I work for a company with an Indian call center and software development team and have a good understanding of their dialog &  mannerisms. She said I was being charged with a violation of Federal banking laws, theft by deception, illegal solicitation of funds, wire transfer fraud, Interstate EFT fraud, passing worthless checks and probably not washing my left sock with the right one. The entity she said I owed money to was "QuckCash" and I have no idea who that is. This person said there law firm is called Cyber Crime and their physical address is 1432 Hoffman Lane, Campbell City, CA 95008 which on the map, it's a house. That may be a fake address too. My attorney also happens to be the State Attorney General for Maryland. I authorized a full criminal investigation.

About 4 months ago I received a series of voice mail messages on both my cell phone and office line from a guy with a thick Indian accent. The essence of the message was threatening in nature with his closing comments "if we don't hear from you or your attorney, may God have mercy on your soul" or something to that effect. Yesterday I received another voice mail at my work number from the same guy, no name, essentially with the same message and his number is 424-781-1203. I called that number this morning and it was picked up by a women with a heavy Indian accent named "Becky Martin". I work for a company with an Indian call center and software development team and have a good understanding of their dialog &  mannerisms. She said I was being charged with a violation of Federal banking laws, theft by deception, illegal solicitation of funds, wire transfer fraud, Interstate EFT fraud, passing worthless checks and probably not washing my left sock with the right one. The entity she said I owed money to was "QuckCash" and I have no idea who that is. This person said there law firm is called Cyber Crime and their physical address is 1432 Hoffman Lane, Campbell City, CA 95008 which on the map, it's a house. That may be a fake address too. My attorney also happens to be the State Attorney General for Maryland. I authorized a full criminal investigation.

I was contacted on Sept 27 2010 by a man named Gary Miller but this time it was not from a (408) number this one was from (213) 286 0295 He tried to tell me that he was from the cyber crime division in campbell city Ca, He told me that he was a lawer trying to collect a debt for an internet loan company. And that they were going to be charging me with fraud, defamacion of character, and I told them that there was no way they could be arresting me for something i know nothing about. He proceeded to tell me that if i was prepared to pay $5045.86 he would cease everything. I told him he was full of sh@#. I would not be paying anything without speaking with my attorney first, he then said he would settle for $1698.54. I asked him for account numbers and he would just say that he could not provide me with that so I told him i could not provide him with anything from my part. He than said that he would be sending detectives to my house in an hour to arrest me and I laughed at him and said he was a stupid mother f@#$*& that he would have to see me in court. I have called them back a couple of times now and they give me the same MO.

I received a call from this jerk and harrassed on my job. It scared me so bad that I went to my human resource vp and told him what was going on. Kevin Foster also spoke with my hr vp and got snippy with him. Thank God he googled this guy and told me not to lose any sleep over this guy. I will be filing a complaint with the Fed Trade Commission and Atty General in our state as well as California.  He needs to be put away for life because there is no telling how much he has defrauded people out of their money. Oh, and by the way, some soi called officer left a mssg on my cell, which I am saving, with the same crap. When you call back from the number he called from, the number has been disconnected. WTH?

They are a phone bank in India trying to collect for a payday loan company.

I just got a call from these people!!  The number they are using now is 559-239-2510 and they call themselves Cybercrime Unit Law Firm.  Talking about I have a lawsuit against me and I need to call the supervisor, Kevin Foster!!!  He also said that if I didn't call back the would arrest me today!!  When I came across this site, I thought it's a damn scam!!  So I called them back and asked them what this was about, he stumbled over his words.  Then he asked me what number I was calling from, I told the guy (this Kevin Foster) that some guy called me and I would like to know how he got my cell number.  I then went on to tell him that I looked them up on the net and they are a scam, then he got really bligerent and I started laughing and hung up the phone.  Don't think they will be calling back, but I am going to contact the Attorney's General's Office and report them!!

My fight-or-flight roll of the dice always comes up fight side up, so I told "Kevin" not an hour ago, paraphrased, that I'll be burying him on my property tomorrow next to the bodies of the idiots he was sending to my office.  

He hung up.

Then I found this site.  Darn!  

I really didn't know it was a scam but knew things were seriously amiss pretty quickly when the 2nd person on the phone, who was supposedly an attorney, didn't know that yelling 3 counts at me over the phone does not proper service make, and the inscrutable accent of the 3rd person, the supposed "Kevin Foster" (names don't get much more US of A than that) really had me thinking I was dealing with a more brazen form of the cyberthugs who are just part of the cost of doing business running a stock message board.

This man is ruthless...he continually called my home and cell phones...He knew my social security number, address and place of employment..He threatened me and said "I would be taken into custody" tomorrow at my place of employment, he has a STRONG INDIAN accent, and I called and blocked my number I kept asking what company are you with he never would respond asking for my phone number, there was alot of noise in the Background..It was scary at first, but then I realized if I were being sued I would have gotten something in the mail or served papers to attend court NOT get arrested at my job.. Some people have TOO Much time on their hands!

I received a call from this company and I had my attorney call they wouldn't talk to him. They threatened to put me in jail and counldn't even spell my name right so my attorney told me it was a scam! Don't listen to them just hang up

I recieved the same kind of phone call, I had this man on the phone threaten to put me in jail over a loan that I did not get or even applied for. He had all of my info, which by the way I never admited or said that it was my info. But when I questioned the man he got very defensive and told me ether pay $500 right now or go to jail tomorrow and will have to face the judge he will explain it to you, and hung up on me once again, I called back and asked for a manager supervisor anyone but him cause it seem to me that he was the only one answering the phone and when he put me on hold the said supervisor and when on to tell me the same thing he told me before and the reason I said he told me the same thing again is because it was the same person that answered the phone prior to hanging up on me several times. I have decided to contact my attorney as early as tomorrow to see what can be done about  this.

Thank you so much for the information. I have filed a report with the Kansas State Atty. General. I received my first phone call from the 408-740-7205 number this morning at work on both cell and work phone, same threats he made to your client. I have had to file bankruptcy because of all the scams against my account because of one internat loan and two payday loan store fronts. I'm wondering if this person from the 408 number is victimizing people who have filed bankruptcy but has not gone to their Trustee hearing yet.

Oh, and Jennifer, my client got the call yesterday, April 7th at around 1:00pm CT.  I started calling them to try to figure out who they were about an hour later.

I received a call from Cyber Crime Unit telling me they will be sending someone to my house to arrest me if I don't confirm my SSN and give them a payment today. They would not tell me anything about the money I owed, and after I repeatedly asked for further information I began to get yelled at by Gary Miller. They did give me the supposed creditor's company name, which I contacted. They advised me that they do not use Cyber Crim Unit and it is a scam. The number for Cyber Crime Unit is 407-740-7205.