Yes,The same thing is happening to me, almost word for word!

Same thing to me!! But called me many verbal abusive words that I will not write on here! and kept calling my work# about 15 times, said his name was Mark Red

I have been receiving these calls at work and on my cell also. Yes, a little less than a year ago, I did receive a pay day loan, made one payment, and had to close my account. Was never able to pay it off. I regret it, but as a single mom, my kids needed school clothes and I did. I had no intentions of not paying it back... was only 300.00 dollars. But the economy is killing us all, and even for the one's that are honest and try to do right, it doesn't always work that way. I have called back and tried to talk to this man, he says his name is Michael, I think. And honestly he had me so scared. He told me I would lose my job and everything. He even went as far as to say that he wished me and my children the best of luck because he doesn't know what will happen to them when I go to jail. This was very serious for me because I am all that my kids have, and I tried to explain to him the situation and why I was unable to pay this loan back. I am so glad I looked this number up and read these comments. I feel better now, knowing that these are just idle threats. Thank you to the people that left these messages on here for others like myself to read. You have taken some of the pressure off. God Bless You.

The a-holes called me top after i got off the phone i called the police station and they said i had no warrents out for my arrest and to not be worried. so when i called him back and asked for his name and badge number and place of employment he told me to get lost il like to knock his teeth out for being so rude to me!!!

I have received 10 messages in two days from Michale as well with the heavy accent.  Rude, the wish me good luck speech.  I told him to come arrest me then.  I filed a complaint with the local police, and state attorney.  I even called an attorney I know and he said what they are doing is illegal.

I received 4 calls since Thursday I have called back from several different numbers in my place of business even had our ITT department contact them they refuse to give who they are what company all they wanted was to get my social and when Irefused to give it to them they said I was being arrested I told them if they could do that then they have all my info already and laughed and told them Im not stupid stop calling

I've been receiving a call from this same number.  The guy said his name was Johnny Blaze and that if I didn't call him back this instant then he would have me arrested for 3 severe cases that was filed against me and that it would also hurt my mother (he said her name) and my sister (and said her name).  He told me that I would be arrested at work and fired from my job.  I called the number just to find out what it was cause I have perfect credit and no outstanding debt.  First time I called I got a weird number out of service message.  Next three times it was busy, finally got someone to answer the phone and he said hello this is Mark.  His voice was heavy accent identical to the Johnny Blaze that left the messages.  I asked for Johnny and he put me on hold and never come back.  I've been calling back after reading these post and it's either busy or get the error message on the humber.

I received a call from this number first thing in the morning July 9th by a guy named Mark. He also had a very heavy accent & asked to give him the info to my attorney. I had no clue what he was talking about & told him I was not giving any info. He then continued to tell me that they would have me arrested at 11am on Friday if I did not pay $700.00. I was scrared & did not know what to do & started to send him all the info he wanted such as credit card info, social, bank info etc. before I sent all the info I contacted Cashnetusa to see if I could pay them directly & they informed me that it was a scam!!!! They CAN NOT arrest you & the company that was calling me was FRAUD & NOT TO PAY! Be aware & watch out for the creeps!!!

Yes, I have received two of these calls in the last couple of days.  I got the "good luck" speach and was told that I had 3 cases working against me and that I would be going to jail if I did not call him back.  I'm SO GLAD to see the other posts because I was worried that someone had used my ID to open these accounts.  He didn't even say what type of accounts.  This is so frustrating!  The guy (with a thick accent) said his name was Eddie Jones. I hope he and this company get caught soon.

My coworker received a call from this number yesterday. They told her she owed them money and if she didn't pay it she would be arrested. She told them she did not owe them anything and she hung up. They called back, and I answered the phone. I told them she was unavailable. The man asked for her supervisor. I told him his issue with my coworker had nothing to do with her supervisor and I would not transfer the call. He identified himself as a police officer. He told me to tell my coworker that there was a warrant out for her arrest and she was going to be arrested that day. I hung up on him. He called back six more times right in a row. I answered and disconnected 5 of those times. Another employee answered the 6th time and the man identified himself as Officer Johnnie. He called back an 8th time when we were unavailable. He left a message that stated my coworker and I would BOTH be arrested 2 hours after receiving the message. He left this number in the message, but when she called she reached a busy signal.

We received another call from the same man today. My coworker wanted the man's information, so I told him she was in an appointment and I asked to take a message. He said his name was Mark Red and he gave this number again. When I asked what it was regarding he told me he was looking for [sexual favors].

I was very offended by this man and I felt that he was really misrepresenting himself. As angry as he made me, I can only imagine how frustrating it is for someone directly involved.

this guy has been contacting me from the number 646-918-5364 but it is the same guy  he says he is either eddie jones or mark red and that i am going to be arrested etc.  when i ask what for he tries to imply that i am stupid  he has left several messages on my home number which i have saved and he actually leaves messages with my co workers telling them that i am going to be arrested on charges that involve my place of employment  i have them writing every detail down and when i speak with him it is on speaker phone i did a phone trace and the phone comes back to a T. Eric in New york, ny.  i am going to call my states att. the ftc  because i am going to find this guy and sue him and the company he works for and i will share any information that i find

I received three phone calls from them today, 2 on my cell phone & one at work.  I have saved all three, but when I called them back they were so rude & mean stating that if I did not pay them 50% of a loan that I had with one of their companys I would be going to jail in 2 days, they would send a sheriff to my workplace & have me arrested for check fraud & illegal use of money.  I kept asking for their company name & who the loan was with but they would not tell me all I could get out of them was it was a payday loan company that works with 300-500 payday loan companies.  I kept asking proof that I owed money but they would just yell this is you, don't deny it & tell me that I have gotten all this information already to bad I lost it.  I called my states attorney's office & they informed of what I already knew, but you can not be arrested for an unpayed loan & they have no rights at least in my state of Wisconsin to threaten a person like that, that is considered illegal collection acts.  She advised me to call them back & call their bluff, atleast that way if they try to press charges we have who they are & who they are working for & may file charges against them.  When I called them back for the second time & told them to take me to jail & the man actually screamed at me that I would be going to jail on Wednesday & hung up the phone.  Anyone that gets these phone calls, please please call your states attorneys office & file a complaint, do NOT believe them you can not go to jail for an unpaid loan!!!!  The most they can do is take you to small claims court.

Harrassing, threatening, disregard for US citizen's rights (due process)-
Compnay name:  AFFADAVIT CONSOLIDAION SERVICES

2 more phone number:  646-443-2091
                     212-372-7274
Same Indian accent and voice (I'm a linguist!!)
Common with others:  PAYDAY LOAN-  I am going to give this address as to current location of phone number 646-443-2091
                    111 8th St
                    NY, NY 10011

Numerous businesses (many telecomunication)
These criminals do need to be turned in for violating US civil rights,
Using tax ID numbers, and threats.  I've had it- there are very specific laws on phone usage.  

THESE CRIMINAL NEED TO BE TURNED IN:

Same experience as everyone else - said I was going to be picked up today at 2 PM if I did not pay - they had all my information.  I have contacted my bank adn am now on high alert checking my credit report often etc.  Don't let them scare you!  You can't be arrested for not paying back a loan.

http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-714-333-2981

This is just another one of hundreds (and perhaps even thousands) of numbers these overseas payday loan debt collection scammers are calling from:

http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-904-425-9141:

It's a scam, and all their threats are false and illegal.  The bottom line is, these are criminals trying to steal consumers' money.

Here are a few news reports and government advisories warning consumers about this scam:

ABC News:  http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5621205&page=1
West Virginia Attorney General:  http://www.wvago.gov/internetloanscam.cfm
WTAE TV4, Pittsburgh:  http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/call4action/17285785/detail.html
Florida Commissioner of Consumer Services:  http://www.800helpfla.com/newsletter/2008/092008.html

This is a very active group of scammers, many of whom are calling from India (and probably other countries) and are in cahoots with a group of American pay day loan scammers. They attempt to extort money from consumers with a myriad of false and illegal threats, and alternately pose as debt collectors, federal and state law enforcement officers, lawyers and bankers. Their trademark is to use meaningless legalese gobbylgook phrases like "We are downloading warrants against you" or "We are filing an affidavit against you." Another trademark phrase is to threaten the consumer with something like this ridiculous phrase: "If you don't pay then only God can help you."

Typical of many financial scams of this variety, they usually demand payment via Western Union or MoneyGram or credit card. They use any number of phony names such as US National Bank, Federal Investigation Bureau, US Legal Investigation Bureau, Christian Nicholas & Associates, US Federal Bank, Sonic Bank, Hopkins Law Office, CashNet, United Legal Processing, Morgan Associates, United Pay Services, National Processing, White Collar Crime Unit and many more.  These criminals also use many phone numbers from many area codes; they're probably using caller-id spoofing software and/or VoIP to disguise their real location.

The main thing to remember is that anytime someone calls you demanding money to prevent your arrest, or demanding your lawyer's name so they can sue you, it is ALWAYS a scam. No debt collector (let alone criminals posing as debt collectors) has the authority to have anyone arrested for anything. (And it's illegal to them to threaten such a thing.) And since these foreign dirtbags routinely impersonate law enforcement, it's also important to remember that American law enforcement officers aren't in the business of debt collection.  (Debt is a civil, not a criminal, matter.)

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 (
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. And if the crooks claim to be law enforcement or lawyers, officers of the court or bankers, be sure to include that information in your report.

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://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/FTC_Wizard.aspx?Lang=en

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/1-336-553-3965
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-909-6789
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/1-310-909-8245
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
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-858-244-0444

...and, many, MANY MORE.

I feel a little better seeing and hearing all of this now. My fiancee received 10-15 calls/day from this number.  When she finally answered, "Eddie Jones" gave the same crap about being arrested on 3 counts by a sheriff the next day if we didn't send $774 immediately.  We were to type out the letter, w/ CC info and fax it in.  He had her former address and SS # which was the only thing that bothered me.  He continued to call and threaten her, so of course she was getting concerned. When I got home I researched the number and it's registered to an Eric in Manhattan, NY.  I called the number back and he told me I would be arrested as well, so I told him I'd be at home waiting and that I was working on his address as we speak so I'd see him real soon. He hung up. Now when I call back it claims to be a non-working number.  I have a buddy in the FBI who is doing some research for me as well.  They have called from about 5 different numbers.  What is really funny, is an hour after the initial calls, we get a call from a 305 number (which is also one that "Eddie" used) and it's FIRE Intenational Debt Consolidation asking if we need assistnace!  It's all one big scam, but they're not stopping and I've had about enough.  If my buddy who's FBI comes up with an address I will post it so all will know....and he and I will be paying a visit!

I also recieved these calls on July 9th & 10th. The SAME guy Mark called asking for my attorneys info. He said that I would be arrested first thing tomorrow if I did not pay them $700.00 for a loan from cashnetUSA! I contacted CashnetUSA & they also told me it was a scam & DO NOT PAY THEM. I was getting ready to send all my info to them cause I was really scred to be arrested & come to find out they are scam artist!!!! WHAT A JOKE. These are a bunch of losers who are taking peoples money & then running off. They sound like a bunch of terrorist! The have our add., ss#, full names, bank info & everything!!!

I received a 2 phone calls today at work. From these same clowns! the first call they wanted the name and tel # for my attorney when I told them I wouldnt give them that information they said that they would then send someone to arrest me and I hung up because I knew this was a scam.  Half an hour later the same person called and said I would be arreseted tomorrow...I said "Ok" fine with me.  Boy, did he hate to hear that.  HE went off and starting calling me a "Fu%$#@ Bi$#@ and hung up. These are people that think they can get away with everything,but sooner or later they will ALL come down.  So, disregard any phone calls from the jerks and contact the Federal Trade Commission and local police department.

I received three phone calls from them yesterday at work from a person named Mark Red from LLC Law Firm. And when I called them back they were so rude and said that if I did not pay them 1025.65 of a loan that I had with one of their company's I would be going to jail in 2 days, they would send a sheriff to my workplace & have me arrested for check fraud & illegal use of money. They told me that in order to stop the sheriff's dept from coming to get me,I had to pay and out of court cost of 700.65 to stop the order from being sent. I kept asking for their company name & who the loan was with but they would not tell me all I could get out of them was it was a payday loan through Cashnet that works with 300-500 payday loan online companies.  I kept asking proof that I owed money but they could not tell me who the company was that I owe money to. They instructed me to type out a letter stating that I, (my name and last 4 of my SSN) authorize Edgewallet to deduct $400.00 from my debit card towards an outstanding loan amount. To indicate my card #, name on the card, exp. date, the three digit authorization # on the back of the card and a copy of my driver's license. I, (my name and last 4 of my SSN)authorize a second payment to be deducted from my card when I call Attorney Thomas Wayne to state that the money is available on my card.

Payment Plan: 7/08/09 400.00
             7/09/09 300.65
and then to indicate when the last payment of 325.00 will be made in the letter. I was to fax it to 631-610-1982. So I researched all of this. I called Cashnet @ 1-888-801-9075 and they had no record of my name or SSN and advised me to contact my Attorney General's office. I have never had a payday loan through this company and apparently they are calling people and threatening them out of thousands of dollars. I also did an internet search on the LLC Law Firm and they are based in Kazakhstan and Edgewallet is a money courier service based out of the Isle of Man.

Received same calls today and yesterday.  Please advise what is proper way of dealing with this situation. Tried calling back and busy.

A man keeps calling my cell phone and my work number and leaving messages that if i don't call him back and deal with this manner that i have three criminal charges pending against me and best of luck with that.  This man is so rude!  I refuse to call back and even give them the time of day. They say to call them back at 646-918-5357!  This is so rediculous!  I am not even sure where they got my numbers from in the first place!

If you have not paid off a payday loan, your debt was sold to these clowns! CALM DOWN these idiots are criminals! Ignore them! Report them to your state's Attorney General!

called my job numerous times in the past week, threatening me, also called my cell phone, sheriff is going to pick me up at my house etc. very abusive language, this guy needs to be stopped

This guy named "Mark Red" called my work threatng me calling me an many many verbal abusive words, that I will not write on here! and he kept calling and I kept hanging up on him and he kept calling a business line doing this. Who dod I report this to?

The same thing happened to me this morning.  They said they were from cashnet.com.  So I looked up cashnet.com on the internet & called them.  They asid it was a scam & that I should call the local police dept. I called the number back & asked for a business address & they said I had to be on hold for 15 minutes to talk to their manager. I called my local police dept & they said there are lots of these scams going on.

I received a phone call from this number that I owed money to a payday loan company.  They threatned that a sheriff was going to come to my place of work & arrest me.  When asked who the company was they would only say a payday loan company which runs more than 300-500 companies online.  When I asked for documentation they stated they have sent it to me many times & were not going to do it again, they would see me in court.  They are claiming that I will be going to jail for check fraud & illegal use of money.  When I asked to try & settle, they would not unless I could give half of what I owed which would have to be $500 today.  They eventually hung up on me because I keep pressing for information on them & the owed amount.

This nuber was calling my job and my home. Today I was threatened that a sheriff will be coming to my job/home to pick me up in ref to a law suit that I know nothing about. I was called a liar and spoken very rudely to. After the verbal abuse he went to verify the person he was speaking to with my ss# It was the wrong numbers.