I just rec'd a voicemail from a Jessica Jones the number 941-961-8518 and she was very hard to understand. Told me not to ignore this message and either have myself or my attorney is to call her back as soon as possible.  She left a different return phone to call 941-961-8518.  I just pulled up that number and its also a scam number.  I did not try and call her back.

I know it's a total scam but watch them.  They will call your job

This is hardly a company, this is a Scam. Every call is different but the same. The name of the company changes and the names of the employees change; but the same scare tactics remain. They state that there are companies that are going to sue you and put you in jail. Then they try and squeeze you for information and get your banking information and take your money. I have done a little research and it seems that the group was operating out of California, but now they are in Tampa, Florida area. They have several cell phones with all different area codes and numbers. Every time you call one of them it is the same guy it seems. If you catch them unaware them you will get a woman who's name also changes frequently. Here are a list of "employees" and phone numbers that these scamers are using:

Alex Barker
Sarah Jones
Nash Brown
Mike Wilson - "Attorney"
May Johnson
Miguel Zerra
John Johnson
Curtis Jackson
Arnold Watson- "Attorney"
John Smith
Frank Jackson
Joseph Williams
"Nancy"
Jonathan Smith
Michael Stevens

Of course these aren't the only names they are using, and they can make up new ones very easy. Here Are their Phone Numbers.
813-489-2927
813-283-0610
813-283-0611
315-770-0405
772-228-4008
813-388-4935
813-283-0641
954-639-9313
not working any more:
496-656-7520
916-233-0467
991-279-9100

These numbers can be searched throughout the internet and it's all bad news. whocallsme.com is a good one, but there is many. I have tried to obtain a mailing address and they will not give. They are violating many rights of many people: old and young, rich and poor; but mostly the poor. I have been calling these numbers using *67 to protect myself and I have found it very enjoyable! If these guys have harassed you then try calling them (protecting your number), and if it is a girl ask for a guy and if it is a guy then ask for a girl. Try and get a mailing address - that's the golden ticket. Never give your real name or information, these guys are somewhat serious. Please help stop these guys.

John Doe

Received a call from 661-210-4688 and a lady with a foreign accent. This was on my voice mail. She stated that I was going to be sued if I didn't call her back right away, to do with a Pay Day Loan that I owed. She kept repeating I will sue you so this is time sensitive information.  I did not call back and I don't plan to.  Is this phone number listed above out of USA? Does anyone know?

Same this happened to me today Bob Johnson left me a voicemail about suing me for a payday loan. When I called back the same voice from my answering machine answered and said his name was Justin timberland! Wtf?!

This Jessica Jones has been calling and harrassing my 19 yr old daughter over a payday loan she never got, and she left a message stating it was for $1000 she finally caught my daughter when she wasn't busy told her what her last 4 digits of ssn was, her last 4 digits of her bank account number was and she had not paid it back and she would be arrested in the morning if she didn't show up in court. Scared the heck out of my daughter. So I call the 941 number and it says the verizon number is no longer available, this is the # that comes up on the caller id and Verizon checks it out and says it looks like it was changed over 7 days ago but still they are calling my daughter from it. Jessica Jones leaves the messages telling her to call the 661# so I call it and while verizon is on the phone with J Jones I'm on the phone with another of their employees and I told her my I had all of my daughter's bank statements she never got a loan from them deposited in her account and that I filed a report with the FBI, Verizon and would be going to my local police in the morning and that they better not call my daughter again and she says let me talk to Amy and I said you aren't talking to Amy you are talking to her Mother and I am taking care of this from now on. I will be sending all of your information over to my lawyer in the morning along with everything else I have done to protect my daughter. Read below it looks like they may have ported out the 941# to ATT and I am calling them now to find out.
(661) 210-4688 is a LandlineName:Unlisted (Available in Tracer Report™) City:Santa Clarita State:CA Zip Code:91321 County:Los Angeles
(941) 961-8518 is a LandlineName:Unlisted (Available in Tracer Report™) City:Sarasota State:FL Zip Code:34237 County:Sarasota Carrier Details:
At&t - Local - Fl

I received a call from my sister saying that someone had called her looking for me.  So she gave me the name of "Allan McDonald" and to call him back at this number "661-210-4688".  The first time that I tried to call it, it was busy.  I tried several times after and it was still busy.  So i waited an hour and called again and some woman answered the phone.  I asked for Mr. Mcdonald, and then it got quiet for like 3 min, then he got on the phone.  He asked for my phone number and i asked him if he wanted the number that he called me on. He says he wants "MY" phone number, and i said the number u called me on right?  so he is getting mad and repeats himself, so i give him my home # and tells me to hold on while he pulls up "my account".  5 minutes later i say hello and he was like im still trying to pull up ur account, so i wait another 5 min, then he finally says that he cant pull it up with that number could i give him my "Social Security #" and i tell him no that i will not because i do not know what this company is or what the "legal matter" is about.  He asks again for my number so i give him the number that he called me on the first time and he was able to find "my account".  He then precedes to tell me that i had gotten a payday loan out of "$300" and that the company couldnt get ahold of me to pay it back so they were "suing" me for it.  That i was going to have to go to "court" at 11am "tomorrow".  He continues to speak about it and telling me all about the court situation and i ask him what this was about.  He then says "Oh my God, no one has briefed you about this?" and i tell him no.  He then tells me that i had gotten a payday loan of $300 and deposited into my bank account...I asked when, he says Nov. of 2008 into my B of A account.  The only reason he said that account was because i kept repeating it since i could not understand what account he was saying.  He says oh yea it says here it is B of A.  I start arguing with him and he tells me that i just have to go to court when i have to and prove to the courts that i never did that payday advance and that i should bring with me my employer and my two best friends along too.  He knew the last four of my social, my email address, the names of both my best friends and some bank account.  I started asking more questions and he said go to court, wouldnt answer my questions and then it went from 300 to 5000 and he hung up on me.
My sister and i looked the number up online and couldnt find anything, except for all these comments on here and another site.  I kind of already knew something wasnt right when my sister called and told me about this because nothing added up and it just sounded fishy as hell to me.

This Jessica Jones has been calling and harrassing my 19 yr old daughter over a payday loan she never got, and she left a message stating it was for $1000 she finally caught my daughter when she wasn't busy told her what her last 4 digits of ssn was, her last 4 digits of her bank account number was and she had not paid it back and she would be arrested in the morning if she didn't show up in court. Scared the heck out of my daughter. So I call the 941 number and it says the verizon number is no longer available, this is the # that comes up on the caller id and Verizon checks it out and says it looks like it was changed over 7 days ago but still they are calling my daughter from it. Jessica Jones leaves the messages telling her to call the 661# so I call it and while verizon is on the phone with J Jones I'm on the phone with another of their employees and I told her my I had all of my daughter's bank statements she never got a loan from them deposited in her account and that I filed a report with the FBI, Verizon and would be going to my local police in the morning and that they better not call my daughter again and she says let me talk to Amy and I said you aren't talking to Amy you are talking to her Mother and I am taking care of this from now on. I will be sending all of your information over to my lawyer in the morning along with everything else I have done to protect my daughter. Read below it looks like they may have ported out the 941# to ATT and I am calling them now to find out.
(661) 210-4688 is a LandlineName:Unlisted (Available in Tracer Report?) City:Santa Clarita State:CA Zip Code:91321 County:Los Angeles
(941) 961-8518 is a LandlineName:Unlisted (Available in Tracer Report?) City:Sarasota State:FL Zip Code:34237 County:Sarasota Carrier Details:
At&t - Local - FlCaller ID: (941) 961-8518
Caller: (661) 210-4688

This Jessica Jones has been calling and harrassing my 19 yr old daughter over a payday loan she never got, and she left a message stating it was for $1000 she finally caught my daughter when she wasn't busy told her what her last 4 digits of ssn was, her last 4 digits of her bank account number was and she had not paid it back and she would be arrested in the morning if she didn't show up in court. Scared the heck out of my daughter. So I call the 941 number and it says the verizon number is no longer available, this is the # that comes up on the caller id and Verizon checks it out and says it looks like it was changed over 7 days ago but still they are calling my daughter from it. Jessica Jones leaves the messages telling her to call the 661# so I call it and while verizon is on the phone with J Jones I'm on the phone with another of their employees and I told her my I had all of my daughter's bank statements she never got a loan from them deposited in her account and that I filed a report with the FBI, Verizon and would be going to my local police in the morning and that they better not call my daughter again and she says let me talk to Amy and I said you aren't talking to Amy you are talking to her Mother and I am taking care of this from now on. I will be sending all of your information over to my lawyer in the morning along with everything else I have done to protect my daughter. Read below it looks like they may have ported out the 941# to ATT and I am calling them now to find out.
(661) 210-4688 is a LandlineName:Unlisted (Available in Tracer Report?) City:Santa Clarita State:CA Zip Code:91321 County:Los Angeles
(941) 961-8518 is a LandlineName:Unlisted (Available in Tracer Report?) City:Sarasota State:FL Zip Code:34237 County:Sarasota Carrier Details:
At&t - Local - Fl

Watch out! now they're calling themselves National Payday Loan and Lanfair Associates (that's the name of the supposed law firm)

Fake Debt Collectors ? Terrorizing Consumers

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5621205&page=1


MORE ON FAKE DEBT COLLECTORS
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-904-425-9141
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/call4action/17285785/detail.html
http://www.800helpfla.com/newsletter/2008/092008.html


http://www.wvago.gov/internetloanscam.cfm
Attorney General Darrell McGraw took the extraordinary step today of warning the public about a band of scam artists making threats to consumers who allegedly obtained Internet payday loans in West Virginia and across the nation. The consumers they threaten never obtained a loan at all or paid it off years ago.

Internet payday loans are short-term loans or cash advances, usually for 14 days, made over the Internet via interactive web sites and secured by an agreement authorizing debits of the loan and all fees owed from the consumer?s checking account. These loans typically charge interest rates ranging from 600-800 APR and are unlawful in West Virginia.

The scam artists, who speak English with a foreign accent, call themselves ?U.S. National Bank,? ?Federal Investigation Bureau,? ?United Legal Processing? and numerous other phony names. They refuse to disclose real names and addresses and are believed to be operating ?off the grid? from homes, automobiles, or from off shore locations or foreign countries, including India. Since the scammers have kept themselves purposely well hidden, thus far no law enforcement agencies have succeeded in locating or shutting them down.

The scammers typically pose as law enforcement officers, investigators, lawyers, and bankers and threaten consumers that they will be arrested for ?bank fraud? or other fictitious crimes unless money is wired immediately. They simultaneously scare and confuse consumers by using meaningless legalese gobbledygook phrases such as, ?We are downloading warrants against you? or ?We are filing an affidavit against you.? Consumers who don?t immediately fall for the scam are warned, ?Only God can help you now.?

The scammers almost always call consumers at work several times a day, and tell their supervisors, ?Your employee has committed fraud and is about to be arrested.? Such threats have proven unsettling even to the most savvy consumers and employers who suspect the calls are fraudulent.

Attorney General McGraw stated, ?Ordinarily my office protects consumers from fraudulent activities by seeking injunctions in court. But legal action cannot be taken until the scam artists can be located. Even then, it is unlikely that the persons behind the fraudulent calls and extortionist threats would obey a court order. In this case, the consumer?s best defense is to be armed with the knowledge of the scam so that all demands for money can be resisted, despite the false but scarey threats of arrest.?

McGraw added, ?Because the fraudsters make a special point of calling consumers repeatedly at work, employers must understand that the consumers are innocent victims of a criminal enterprise and cannot stop the calls from coming. I also wish to assure the citizens of West Virginia that my office will continue to do everything possible to locate and shut down the outlaw debt collectors.?

More information about this fraudulent debt collection scheme is available at the Attorney General?s website, www.wvago.gov/internetloanscam. Any consumers who have been threatened by these persons or wish to file a complaint about another consumer matter may do so by calling the Consumer Protection Hot Line, 1-800-368-8808, or by obtaining a complaint form from the Attorney General?s web site.

It's a debt collection scam. And all their threats are false and illegal.
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 gobblygook 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, Hopkins Law Office, 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.)
The bottom line is, these are criminals trying to steal your money.
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. 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.wvago.gov
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/1-925-262-1327
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
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-858-244-0444
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-954-678-9724
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-610-571-3252
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-310-909-8245
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-310-499-9983


Scam alert: Bogus debt collectors
By Leslie McFadden ? Bankrate.com
Monday, Aug. 3
Posted 2 p.m.
Bankrate reporter Leslie McFadden contributed this entry.
This scam isn't technically about credit cards, but it is scary enough to post a warning. The Better Business Bureau issued an alert today saying consumers across the country are getting phone calls from bogus debt collectors claiming default on a payday loan. Of course, the consumer needs to pay a large fee to avoid arrest -- as much as $1,000.
The caller poses as a lawyer, and may threaten extradition to face trial if the consumer doesn't pay up immediately.
What makes these calls alarming -- and perhaps convincing -- is that the perpetrators reference the consumer's personal information, such as the person's Social Security number, driver's license number, previous bank account numbers, home address -- even personal references.
"The amount of information they have is really troubling," says BBB spokeswoman Alison Southwick. She adds that the amount of data points to a possible security breach.
Spread the word to your friends and family: Don't give out personal or financial information to an unknown caller. Scammers can spoof Caller ID to display different numbers, so trust your instincts over technology.
The BBB offers these tips:
?    Ask the debt collector to provide official documentation which substantiates the debt.
?    Do not provide or confirm any bank account, credit card or other personal information over the phone until you have confirmed the legitimacy of the call.
?    File a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission online if the caller is abusive, uses threats or otherwise violates federal telemarketing laws or the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
?    File a complaint with the Better Business Bureau online if you believe a debt collector is trying to scam you. (waste of time, they cannot do anything about these crooks, if a real debt collector and they pay BBB dues they WILLNOT DO ANYTHING AT ALL)

BECAUSE THEY ARE A SCAM and they are trying to scare you all into paying a debt YOU DO NOT OWE  - Accents were mentioned.   - there is an extensive list of government agencies to file reports with including your local police - (file extortion charges)  

You have to report them everytime they call - and when they call back you have to tell them you have filed the complaints with the Secret Service, FBI, Local PD and YOUR STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL and you KNOW ITS A SCAM.


Fake Debt Collectors ? Terrorizing Consumers

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5621205&page=1


MORE ON FAKE DEBT COLLECTORS
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-904-425-9141
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/call4action/17285785/detail.html
http://www.800helpfla.com/newsletter/2008/092008.html


http://www.wvago.gov/internetloanscam.cfm
Attorney General Darrell McGraw took the extraordinary step today of warning the public about a band of scam artists making threats to consumers who allegedly obtained Internet payday loans in West Virginia and across the nation. The consumers they threaten never obtained a loan at all or paid it off years ago.

Internet payday loans are short-term loans or cash advances, usually for 14 days, made over the Internet via interactive web sites and secured by an agreement authorizing debits of the loan and all fees owed from the consumer?s checking account. These loans typically charge interest rates ranging from 600-800 APR and are unlawful in West Virginia.

The scam artists, who speak English with a foreign accent, call themselves ?U.S. National Bank,? ?Federal Investigation Bureau,? ?United Legal Processing? and numerous other phony names. They refuse to disclose real names and addresses and are believed to be operating ?off the grid? from homes, automobiles, or from off shore locations or foreign countries, including India. Since the scammers have kept themselves purposely well hidden, thus far no law enforcement agencies have succeeded in locating or shutting them down.

The scammers typically pose as law enforcement officers, investigators, lawyers, and bankers and threaten consumers that they will be arrested for ?bank fraud? or other fictitious crimes unless money is wired immediately. They simultaneously scare and confuse consumers by using meaningless legalese gobbledygook phrases such as, ?We are downloading warrants against you? or ?We are filing an affidavit against you.? Consumers who don?t immediately fall for the scam are warned, ?Only God can help you now.?

The scammers almost always call consumers at work several times a day, and tell their supervisors, ?Your employee has committed fraud and is about to be arrested.? Such threats have proven unsettling even to the most savvy consumers and employers who suspect the calls are fraudulent.

Attorney General McGraw stated, ?Ordinarily my office protects consumers from fraudulent activities by seeking injunctions in court. But legal action cannot be taken until the scam artists can be located. Even then, it is unlikely that the persons behind the fraudulent calls and extortionist threats would obey a court order. In this case, the consumer?s best defense is to be armed with the knowledge of the scam so that all demands for money can be resisted, despite the false but scarey threats of arrest.?

McGraw added, ?Because the fraudsters make a special point of calling consumers repeatedly at work, employers must understand that the consumers are innocent victims of a criminal enterprise and cannot stop the calls from coming. I also wish to assure the citizens of West Virginia that my office will continue to do everything possible to locate and shut down the outlaw debt collectors.?

More information about this fraudulent debt collection scheme is available at the Attorney General?s website, www.wvago.gov/internetloanscam. Any consumers who have been threatened by these persons or wish to file a complaint about another consumer matter may do so by calling the Consumer Protection Hot Line, 1-800-368-8808, or by obtaining a complaint form from the Attorney General?s web site.

It's a debt collection scam. And all their threats are false and illegal.
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 gobblygook 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, Hopkins Law Office, 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.)
The bottom line is, these are criminals trying to steal your money.
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. 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.wvago.gov
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/1-925-262-1327
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
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-858-244-0444
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-954-678-9724
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-610-571-3252
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-310-909-8245
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-310-499-9983


Scam alert: Bogus debt collectors
By Leslie McFadden ? Bankrate.com
Monday, Aug. 3
Posted 2 p.m.
Bankrate reporter Leslie McFadden contributed this entry.
This scam isn't technically about credit cards, but it is scary enough to post a warning. The Better Business Bureau issued an alert today saying consumers across the country are getting phone calls from bogus debt collectors claiming default on a payday loan. Of course, the consumer needs to pay a large fee to avoid arrest -- as much as $1,000.
The caller poses as a lawyer, and may threaten extradition to face trial if the consumer doesn't pay up immediately.
What makes these calls alarming -- and perhaps convincing -- is that the perpetrators reference the consumer's personal information, such as the person's Social Security number, driver's license number, previous bank account numbers, home address -- even personal references.
"The amount of information they have is really troubling," says BBB spokeswoman Alison Southwick. She adds that the amount of data points to a possible security breach.
Spread the word to your friends and family: Don't give out personal or financial information to an unknown caller. Scammers can spoof Caller ID to display different numbers, so trust your instincts over technology.
The BBB offers these tips:
?    Ask the debt collector to provide official documentation which substantiates the debt.
?    Do not provide or confirm any bank account, credit card or other personal information over the phone until you have confirmed the legitimacy of the call.
?    File a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission online if the caller is abusive, uses threats or otherwise violates federal telemarketing laws or the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
?    File a complaint with the Better Business Bureau online if you believe a debt collector is trying to scam you. (waste of time, they cannot and willnot do anything)

"Johnny Walker"?! For real?  They are really running out of names lol.  Mine was "Mark Wilson" (which is ironically the name of a professional golfer and also a football player)

I know, what attorney talks to people like this?  My father is an attorney so I literally grew up around them.  No real attorney would ever be that rude.  They would keep the dialog cordial if only for legal reasons (to keep from charges for talking like that).  This is b***s*** (I am not an attorney so I can talk like that lol).

I got a call from this guy, he said his name was Eric Samuels, he was the Sr. Attorney for Lanthier Associates and I was owing a payday loan of $500, and if I didn't pay it I had to go to court and pay $5,556....I asked him for the paper work and he declined, and after 30 min of arguing with him about them depositing money into an account that NEVER existed, I told him this was B.S and he called me a Mother F'r and hung up on me, what "Sr. Attorney" talks to someone like that...DON'T BUY INTO THIS SCAM....they wanted me to pay $500 to resolve it AFTER they told me that the company wrote it off as "STOLEN"....they are supposed to drop off my "court papers" tomorrow....10 am....I will update tomorrow after 2pm....LOL

I got the same call today.  They said I owed 300 for National Pay Day.  If I dont pay this then they were going to be on my doorstep at 11am tommorow money to take me to court.  And I will also have a fine of 5200 for court fees.  Yes that is right $5,200.00.  WTF...  The guy told me his name was Johnny Walker and he definately had a foreign accent.

I Got the same call telling me to have my attorney call them.  Stated they had a legal matter pending against me, but if I paid $300 right then, they would drop the charges pending against me.  When I asked for specifics, company they represent, account number, etc. I kept getting the run around.  They have a foreign accent and they were male.

I received a message on my phone also.  I have had similar calls saying I had defaulted on a payday loan and they were going to send the police to get me if I did not pay them.  This is a scam.  They have a foreign accent and when they have called before, it was a male.  This time it was a female.

Got the same call. Called home and work telling me I had to call them back or have my attorney call them. Stated they had a legal matter pending against me. Only thing I can think of is I owe the IRS a few dollars.

Wanted me to call them on my break or they would have law enforcement to pick me up