Here is another number that they use. 410-505-7905.... SCAM...SCAM ...SCAM

Oddly enough, my name IS Leo Walters, and I lived in the 410 area code, until recently. I find it more than a little ooky that this is going on. I don't have an Indian accent, nor am I a lawyer.

Got a call from this person at work and was told have 3 warrents out for me... I have never even been arrested, how am I to have warrents out...  this is a scam and they wanted me to pay my "fines" or I was going to jail....

Have been harrased by a man name Mark Stanley, not his legal name Im sure. Calling my job saying I owe money and that I am in legal trouble.Also questioning co workers about me. This is over an old payday loan. Him and many others have done the same thing to many people. Watch out for them. They will threaten to throw you in jail, which they cannot do.Report them.

Yeah, "Funky Tut" demands money you don't owe!

I once defaulted on an internet payday loan; here's what happened: the business day after funds were returned unpaid they called me. Not months, not years later; the next business day. I repaid it the day after by western union. No one threatened to have me arrested and they certainly didn't refuse to give me any info about who they were.
These guys are scamming you!! There are no debtor's prisons in the US, you get served via certified mail or in person if you're being sued, and the most that will happen is you'll have your wages garnished if it's determined in court that you're able to pay. So don't worry!! Laugh at them, start singing "Jai Ho" from slumdog millionaire if you want.

"Steve Martin" gets a mention in this ABC News report regarding this particular scam: http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5621205&page=1

ABC News just did an investigative piece on this particular scam operation. Here's the report:  http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5621205&page=1

HA! "Steve Martin" Wild and crazy scammer....

Update:

A consumer posting a complaint about these same scammers at http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-718-831-7157 notes that 718-831-7157 is associated with an India-based "outsourcing" telephone bank.  Though a reverse search on WhitePages.com shows that 718-831-7157 is an unlisted land line in New York City, information on Debtbuyers.Com shows that that number is used by India-based Intellisourze. (Source: http://www.debtbuyers.com/debtbuyers.asp ) My guess is that it's a VoIP phone number.

This is another piece of the puzzle that fits in perfectly with other information about this scam. There are some reports on 800Notes that have suggested that the crooks behind this offshore scam are also the crooks behind the notorious Bass/Ellis Crosby & Assoc./States Predisposition scams in Florida and Georgia. The interesting thing is that the number of complaints on here about the US National Bank/US Legal Investigation/Federal Investigation scam skyrocketed *after* April 7, 2008 when Florida obtained a $1.3 million judgment against Ted Ellis Crosby, shutdown his operations and barred him from ever conducting debt collections in Florida (Read http://myfloridalegal.com/newsrel.nsf/newsrel ... 5257424005858A6 ) There's certainly a good chance that the crooks placing these calls from India are doing so on behalf of the American crooks behind the Crosby/Bass/States Predisposition scams.

Here's the contact information for the phone bank in India:

IntellisOurzE BPO
701, Sapphier, Nr. Cargo Motors,
C.G. Road Navrangpura,
Ahmedabad - 9. (Guj.) INDIA.
E-Mail: info@intellisourze.com
Website: www.intellisourze.com

A check on the domain name "intellisourze.com" shows that the website and name registration was created on May 8, just one month *after* the Crosby scams were shut down in Florida:

Domain Name: INTELLISOURZE.COM
Registrant:  Pragra Infratech Pvt. Limited.
Email:  ankur.ranpariya@pragra.com    
908, Aksaht Tower, Nr. ICICI Bank
Opp. Rajpath Club, S.G. Highway
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India 380054
Tel. +91.7926871353
Creation Date: 08-May-2008
Expiration Date: 08-May-2009
Domain servers in listed order: ns5.znetindia.com ns4.znetindia.com
(Source: http://whois.domaintools.com/intellisourze.com )

Though scam calls from these crooks have been going on long before May 8, the frequency of complaints about these calls increased considerably after Crosby was shut down in early April.

This is conjecture, but appearances suggest that Crosby and company were originally running a two-pronged payday loan scam operation -- with some calls being made from Jacksonville, Florida and other calls being made from a phone bank in India (and possibly other countries); then, after the Florida Attorney General shut down the Crosby scams in Florida, the Crosby crooks transferred most of their scam efforts to the India phone bank.

If you are targeted by these criminals, be sure to report them to all the following federal and state law enforcement agencies (most of which you can do online or over the phone):

1) The U.S. Secret Service is responsible for protecting the country's financial infrastructure and payment systems from international and domestic threats. Call or write your local Secret Service field office to alert them to the details of this attempted extortion. The addresses and phone numbers for the local Secret Service field offices are listed at http://www.secretservice.gov/field_offices.shtml or in your phone book.

2) Alert the FBI at https://tips.fbi.gov  Be sure to tell the FBI that you are being targeted by extortionists over the phone who are posing as federal law enforcement. Be sure to give as many details as you can.

3) File a complaint with your local police. Most police departments will take a report over the phone.  Be sure to tell them that you're being targeted by an extortionist and give them all the details.

4) File a complaint your state's attorney general, the contact information for whom is at www.naag.org

5) File a complaint online with The Federal Trade Commission at https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01

If these crooks call back, promise them nothing, pay them nothing and tell them nothing other than that you know they're a scam and that you've reported them to law enforcement. (And be sure to report them to all the agencies above each time they call you.)

By the way, here's just a small sample of numbers used by this particular group of scammers. Read the reports and you'll see the same pattern time and again -- phony organization names, thick foreign accents, and oddly worded threats that are so melodramatic and ridiculous that it's laughable:

http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-925-262-1327
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-678-954-6346
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-341-4004
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-856-831-0640
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-949-743-1140
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-410-505-8128
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-917-464-2534
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-210-858-6602
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-775-2121
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-949-743-1156
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-214-245-1402
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-214-245-0922
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-214-723-5572
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-904-425-2863
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-718-831-7157
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-904-425-2857

Also report this to the U.S. Secret Service; the Secret Service is responsible for protecting the country's financial infrastructure and payment systems. You can call your local Secret Service field office and alert them to this scam. Here's the link listing the Secret Service's field offices: http://www.secretservice.gov/field_offices.shtml

Just remember this: no debt collectors (let alone criminals pretending to be debt collectors) have the authority to have anyone arrested for anything. Also, it is ALWAYS a scam whenever someone calls you and demands that you pay them money to prevent your arrest.

Here's what you should do as soon as possible:

1) File a complaint with your local police. (Many police departments can take a complaint such as this over the phone.) Be sure to tell them that you're being harassed by an extortionist who is calling you at work and threatening you with arrest if you don't pay him money.  File a complaint each time they call you.  Filing a police report about this is important so your employer knows that you're being harassed by criminals at your workplace; you may want to ask your employer to help out by filing a police report if and when these crooks call you again at work. (By the way, if this were a real debt collector you can tell him to stop calling you at work and, by law, he must comply; but since these are criminals calling you, I seriously doubt that they would feel compelled to abide by the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.)

2) File a complaint online with the FBI at https://tips.fbi.gov  Include in your report the same information about how these crooks are calling you at work and home and trying to extort money from you under threat of arrest.

3) File a complaint with the consumer protection division of your state's attorney general. The contact for each state's attorney general is at www.naag.org

4) File a complaint online with the Federal Trade Commission at https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01

5) If these crooks call you again, just ignore their threats and tell that you know they're a criminal operation and that you've reported them to the FBI and your local police.  Once they know that you're aware that they aren't legitimate, I'll bet they cool it for awhile or stop altogether.

I had one called my job and ask for me and that a warrant was out for my arrest on bank fraud. Now that is one place i don't mess with the BANK. I was called in by the HR manager and was given this information and to call back a 908 area code. She said he has an indian accent and she questioned him and was asking her if he is a liar and hang up. I called the number got a voice mail and the person just said I am the Manager....but manager of what? was my question. I never heard from them again

Caller with eastern accent---has a different name everytime they call.  Tells me I'm trouble.  Will not give me any information, says it's illegal for them to give me any information.  I told them that if they can't help me i can help them.  They don't give up.  They day the have personal information on me, but unable to tell me. Something about down loading my file, from that point i just hung up and have been doing it ever since. When i do ask them if they are ready to fax me the information they have, they refuse.

They use different numbers and names.
410-505-8128 or 856-831-0640 or try to call you with an unknown id

LOL. They are listed under the BBB.org. Of course, they are not Accredited by the BBB. They opened up for buinesses in March of 2008
And their 'Address' on the BBB website is:
123 Don't Know
Ellicott, MD
Phone: 410-505-8128

Hi,

I just wanted to know if anyone else is still getting calls from these con artist? I reported them to the FBI with the link that was given. They have several different numbers they are using so I looked up each and everyone that people have complained about and it seems they are the same people using different numbers. You can tell because they have the same script same heavy indian accent and the noise in the background is the exact same sounds. I know I called from my house and cell two different numbers and got the same background effect. These guys are really con artist. Please be careful and report them. The more people that report them the more likely they will be shut down. Thanks.

Hi, I had several messages from these con artist. Stating that I should call right away and if not he can't prevent what will happen to me. Well I finally called they hung up on me several times. I finally spoke with someone and they hung up on me. Then I called back finally spoke to someone and he told me the same thing it was illegal for him to send me any information. I told him that was not true by law I have the right to request that info. He stood quiet then went on to say I'm in big trouble. I told him I reported him. Seems like they have several different numbers. I will continue to report them until they are shut down. We all should take a stand to this.

I was at work today and received a call transferred back to me from our receptionist.  It was a man with a very heavy Middle Eastern accent that I could barely understand.  He knew me by name and said he needed my bank account information.  I asked who he was and who was he with.  He told me that there was a very serious legal matter and that he needed my account information.  When I asked him what it was concerning, he couldn't answer me but instead continued insisting I give him my account information.  It seemed odd to me, so I didn't give him my information.  I told him I wouldn't give it to him and that he needed to send me something in black and white in the mail -- whatever documentation he was referring to.  I ended up hanging the phone up on him after telling him if he couldn't send me that info, that he shouldn't call me back.  What does he do?  He calls back several more times and kept pressing 0 to get back out to our receptionist.  When he mentioned to her it was about a legal matter and began giving her what seemed to be my social security number, she immediately transferred the call to my HR manager.  I overheard her talking on the phone (I sit outside of her office).  So I went in to talk to her about it.  She didn't take the call.  I explained to her what had happened, so she googled the number he was calling us from (a 856 area code) and this site is what she found!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

I can't BELIEVE the audacity of people!  I've never had anything happen to me even slightly like this and was very upset after it.

I have done the same thing I finally contacted an attorney friend and asked them to call and threaten them so far I haven't received any calls. if they keep calling me I will file harrassement.

Ok, i have reported these jerks to every agency I can find and they are still calling me.  Now they are telling me that I will lose my job if i don't call back.  Any other ideas??

i saw another report about these bums where the friend of someone they were harassing called the scam's number and pretended to be returning their call. the sleazebag con-man who answered the phone was some indian-pakistani sounding dude. he asked for the friend's name and the friend gave them a fake name. the con-man on the phone acted like he was shuffling papers and said, "Oh yes I just found your file. you need to pay us $600 by the end of the day or you will be arrested." the friend asked for their address so he could "mail a check" and the con-man said they could only take payment by way of western union.  the friend laughed at them and told him to go take a bath for once in his life, and hung up. lololol

Called them back saying I was an attorney, made up a name, they ended up giving me someones social, bank account, ect...  The only payment they will take is money gram, credit or debit card.  When I gave him a fake cc number as the made up clients attorney, he told me if it was a bad card he would be charged double.  I then told him what he could go do to his mother and thanks for the info.  I hope someone catches these careless b*****ds.

Yeah,

after calling them so many times he started talking about my mom and what he was going to do to her.  I think the best thing to do is call them, tell them you want to make a payment, then ask where to send a check and that you will only pay by check.

Yeah, I did the same thing, they gave me a bogus address.  Eventually I started calling them with an Arnold Schwarzenegger sound board, or a Jack Nicholson soundboard, good fun.

yeah - he appears to have just grabbed a random address.  that address isn't even in the 410 area code. you can bet that his 410 area code phone number is a caller-id spoof, too.

This guy called me and left a message for my girlfriend first saying his name was Jack Brown, then saying his name was John Smith when I called back.  Gave me a bunch of BS that sounded real official.  He easily gave me her social security number without verifying who I was, heavy indian accent, really fishy.

I told him I would need information to perform some due dilligence, he gave me this address:

2608 Holly Drive Fort WA MD 20744

it appears to be a neighborhood

scam.

It's a scam. Ignore their phony threats and see my message above from March 22 for information on filing complaints with law enforcement.

Called the school where I work and asked for me.  Let a message on their voicemail the receptionist let me hear it. It was the same garbage as above asking me to return the call and if I didn't respond soon be careful driving.  Sounds like a personal threat.  Called again the next day I returned the call and was talking to a Daniel Page.  His english was very broken and I could hardly understand him...he stated US Bank was filing charges against me in the courts and I should be receiving documents soon..it had to do with a debt in October of 2005.  I informed him that i had filed bankrupcy in Nov. of 2005 and my debts were discharged...he said that was not possible with this debt and I needed my attorney to call him.
He hung up...and that was the end.

I am sure everyone on this site realizes that this is a scam.  Like me you were told that you owed money on a payday loan, which we all probably do, however, the payday company that we borrowed from is not legit, and does not want us to contact them to pay off our loan, they hoped that by not being contacted that they could just keep taking fds from our accts, which is illegal. When they realized that we closed our accounts due to there behavior, they sold the accts off to these morons who call and pretend they are a law firm. They are scum, DO NOT PAY THESE MORONS, I actually had one of them ask me for a legit job when I asked him how he could do this for a living. The guy actually told me that they call 25 people in hopes of just getting one sucker, it makes me sick. I called them about 20 x in a row and harrassed them like they do to other people, this made the guy realize that I was disrupting his business by calling so much, I made up names just like they do and had them beg me not to call no more, I advise everyone to do the same, guarantee they will stop calling, they cannot take it !

I received an email message from a former coworker, from where I have not worked for years.  The message said that I had a strange voicemail that said either I or my attorney should contact this office.  My former coworker said he gave a number of 410-505-8128, but the number on the caller ID was 856-831-0640. A man with a heavy foreign accent,  identifying, himself as John Smith, told me I was in heavy legal trouble and needed to send a total of 785.00 to stop the legal action that had been taken against me.  While on the phone, I Googled "legal affidavit processors", and this blog came up.  I let him know I knew he was a fraud and to never contact me again.  Thank you so much for taking a stand.  If it were not for all of you, I would have been scammed as well.