I HAVE JUST RECEIVED A CALL FROM SOMEONE BY THE NAME OF JEREMY HALL STATING THAT SOME ONE WILL BE COMING TO MY WORK PLACE TO SERVE ME SOME LEGAL PAPERS, SO PEOPLE BE CAREFUL AND DONT GIVE THEM ANY OF YOUR INFORMATION.(IT SUPPOSE TO HAVE SMT TO DO WITH SPEED CASH??).

These people are useing serval different numbers now because they are calling me. I told them I have reported them to the Fed Trait Commission amd they gave me a number for my state to report them. The numbers they are using are: 419-393-1444; 541-245-6987; 496-541-2332; 446-621-5494; 916-395-0000; 408-344-1982. Also, they are still using 760-429-2889

i got a call fromthem today 4/5/2011. the number they call me from was 661-240-9237. they are a scam, ijust listen then call them a jack***. they hung up.

Thanks.  Unfortunately they stoled $1,200 from me.  $400 from my checking account and the rest from a prepaid card.  Like I said I wasn't thinking right that time. I was going through a lot, my child's health, etc.  I am going to go to the police and provide them with all the documents that I signed and take the police report to the bank to see what they can do for me.  Its pretty scary and I wont fall for it anymore.

I also have received numerous calls from these people. I did apply for a loan online and these people have gotten a hold of all my information. Employer, SS#, bank Account # , its pretty to scary. i call ed them on their scam and told them i had reported them to the FBI. The calls have stopped.

they staretd harrassing me last friday.

i received a phone call from these people last friday saying i owe a payday loan could not give me any info had me scared to death about being arrested on my job. i call a civil lawyer and he advised me not too send any info to anyone. and to keep track of all calls and time. then they started calling my job and my job advise me to talk w/o getting angry and tell them i want to settle this but u need to send me a certied letter of who i owe how much i owe and etc. then tell them once i receive this doucements me and my lawyer would go over them when i said that he said u will be going to jail on tueday and hung up. these people need to be stopped and jailed for getting peoiple bllod pressure all up in a roar

how di i report this scam i just went through this for a week

I received a phone call from these people at this number telling me that I took out a payday loan when no such thing has occurred on my part. The first time a guy name Roger Jones tried telling me that some people would be at my home on 3/11/11 to pick me up and take me to court and that once I got there to make sure I had $5000.00 dollars to pay them back. I went on to tell him that I did not take out a payday loan, then I asked him how much was the loan for and he said $300.00 from Speed Cash. Never heard of them. The next day he called my home and my oldest child was cracking jokes with the guy on the phone which highly pissed him off. So my daughter calls me and tell me what happen so I called them and once I got through I ask for Roger Jones they did not know who that was so I spoke to a guy name Kevin Fernandez he stated he was a supervisor once I told him about my lawyer being involve the phone calls have stopped for 2 days now. I wish these people stop calling me because I owe no company any money and the calls are annoying

A guy called me lastnight by the name of Adam woods from the legal associates of CA. Said I took out a payday loan and never paid them back and that he had avadavit with my name on it and if I dint pay the 800 dollars in full the athorities would come and arrest me at work. And I would have to pat 8000 dollars in court cost.. He also was trying to get me to fax a notarized letter with my drivers license. This is a complete scam.Adam woods ext.110 hang up if this man calls you

My daughter got this call, man with heavy indian accent told her she owed money for a payday advance on line loan. We double checked her bank - no such thing - put a fraud notice on her account. They called her again today, threatened her with arrest, a subpeona to court and jail time if she did not pay them $8000 to cover court and lawyer fees. When called back by me, refused to give any details of lender or amount. Again threatened a subpeona if not paid. found info on them at this site - thank you all for posting! These people need to be stopped!
You can contact a local FBI office to report the fraud - I am.

yes I got the same call from the same number (+661-213-9218)saying I will need 8,000 dollars for bond and court cost. I am turning them in immediately.

I got a call from them yesterday. I demanded to see the legal supporting documents to support their "accusations". The idiot told me that he could not furnish me with that because it represented a conflict of interest and the only way I will see them is when I am served at my house. Then he said I would be arrested, etc. So, after I stopped laughing really hard at him (which really annoyed him), I let him know that I was well versed in the credit laws of my state and LEGALLY, if anyone is accusing me that they would have to furnish me with documentation supporting any kind of case against me. Moreover, if he called me again that I would call the authorities and press charges for harrassment and then countersue their company.

They havent called me back yet. I hope they do. They were fun to annoy.. :)

just called me at work. and my cell. they change their names and say they are different companies and want my attorney's names etc. total scam have been calling off and on for 2 yrs. i hope they are caught and penilized big time i filed a complaint with the  ftc at this website you can to

https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/

Just got a call from a "Jason brown" with an Indian accent at that...stating he was from the legal associates of California. I acted like I didn't know what he was talking about and he was just getting frustrated with me. He wouldn't tell me what it was for he was calling about just that it was of legal matter. So I hung up on him.  Make these calls stop!!!

I also got a call today from these people.  Number is 661-213-9218 and the man told me his name is Mark Andrews.  He sounded Indian and was very hard to understand.  First he left me a nasty voicemail, which I saved to my phone, telling me I need to call him back with my attorney's name and if I ignore his call, I would need good luck regarding what was going to happen to me.  He was very threatening in the message.  Then he called back and I answered.. he transferred me to another man who said they were from Legal Assoc of California and there is a criminal complaint against me, and that within 24 hours someone is coming to my home to get me.  Then he abruptly hung up.

I got this call too, today they say they are for SppedCash and the last time they called they said they are for CashNet, I have never had a loan with either of these compaines and they say the SAME thing to everyone they call apparently. I wish i knew how to make this stop!

I too, just received a phone call from these scammers. I did have 2 payday loans out and they were taken out in Dec 2010. But have been paid in full. So I was sceptical when they said that my husband owed money to a payday loan that they couldnt provide the name for.I asked them what company it was for and they said that they represent over 400 loan companies.I was like first of all the loans are paid in full and they were in my name. So this is a scam and im not being scammed and he proceeded to tell me that ma'am youll find out when the cops come and arrest your husband for non payment of a loan and he said that i better have an attorney ready and lined up... I was like well thats fine if it comes down to that then so be it....but im not getting scammed...After I got off the phone with him my blood was boiling in anger, making sure that i didnt really have any loans out i got onto my bank website and sure enough there wasnt any other money or loans deposited into my acct. So i knew that this was a scam and to calm my nerves i called the one pay day loan company and they said that there is a scam artist out there doing this to people but they have been unable to track him.....so just be aware that this is a hoax........dont give out any of your information to these people.

has anybody been to jail or court cause of this problem.. i got the same phone call but they can't give me any documents or info as to who i didn't pay...i'm not sure what to do..  thanks for having this up

i'm getting these calls too.. i have 2 pay day loans i took out and now they are saying USCASH went to them cause of return payments.   i went to my bank statement and nothing was ever givin to me from uscash or taken out from uscash.. they won't give me the  to uscash and said i can fight it after i give them the money or i will be put in jail lose my job.  the guys name i talked to is brian nelson but he sounds like he is foreign...  i'm not sure what to do... as anything else happen on your end that i need to do resolve this issue?   thanks

I got the same phone call and will also make the sme phone call as well.

Hi This happend to me about a month ago and then started again last week.  I did however take two payday loans that I am now paying off and thought it was them.  Then I called the payday loan people and they said no its not them and my payment plan is working.  Calls came from Alex Turner at Morgan and Associates las week from 760-429-2889 and then today from California Attorneys at 661-213-9218.  All Calls were from Indians with hard to understand voices.  Threatend me with Jail and hoped that I had good luck because I am going to need it.  I would love to get my hands on these guys but I am sure they are calling from India.  By the way the call today was from a women and then a man called after and I hung up on him and he kept calling back.

Report them and let them know if they continue to harrass you and they will continue that you will turn their name over to the local authorities. That's what I've done. Though there is not much that the police can do, I've given them plenty of information. I just received call number 4 from these people, same caller as before. I will be calling him this evening and telling him to contact the office that has my case. Don't give them any more than you already have.

The BEST advice that I can give any of you who are being scammed by these SCAMel jockeys is to change your number.  I had two or three different SCAMel jockeys calling me at one time  (may have been from the same company, Im not sure, but they were using 3 different names and numbers, though the "script" was the same) and the only way I was able to get it stopped was to change my number.  I know with some of you that might not be a feasible possibility due to issues with needing your number to stay the same, or work numbers and what not, and I wish there was something better we could do, but from personal experience thats been the only way Ive been able to get it stopped.  I have cellular service thru Verizon and I told them I was being harrassed and they changed my number for free.  I really think we need to form some kind of political action commitee to lobby the government to reign this issue in as, with the scammers being overseas, the US government is the only group that can exert any kind of real pressure on India as a country to get this issue resolved.  There's enough of us here to get something like that started.  Just wanted to let you guys know  that changing your number is the best and easiest way Ive found to end it and wish you all luck in dealing with this!

So far the FBI has not been able to do anything, because these extortionists have been impossible to trace, using a combination of prepaid cell phones and VoIP. But, you still need to file a report with them and take precautions as outlined by this previous poster and the FBI:

Kudos to "Sam" for giving the most intelligent and informative posts on this scam. READ, Bookmark and use as needed:

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

Do you think if I really call the FBI they will take care of this. I'm scared. They threatened me to be picked up and go to trial and i will be locked up for 30 days?

This happened to me lastnight, I was totally freaked out!!!!! he had the laast 4 of my soc. number and my e-mail address. they asked me for my attorney number and then didnt want it. then i had a attitude and he got one back at me and told me the police will be coming to my work and i will be locked up for 30 days. WTH...... they claimed i took a loan and now with all the late fee's etc. i owe $8, 640 dollars. All of this is ridiculous and not true!!  how the heck did they get this info and why are they threatening me?

i received a call from them on February 18 on my cell phone.  I am going through so much right now that at that time I wasn't thinking right.  They told me if I had an attorney because I owed money to a payday loan.  And that a law suit will be filed on Monday evening.  me being scared and not able to think right, I fell in the scam.  I told them that i wasn't able to pay them the whole amont but that my father will help me out.  Unfortunately, I faxed over a notarized letter with both of our driver license.  My dad's card which is Discover.  They called me right away and said that they don't accept discover just visa and mastercard.  I went got a prepaid card and paid them.  Until Sunday, I am realizing that I feel in this game.  What hurts me is that they have my father's information.  I dont; know what to do.

Here we go again with these stupid calls. A man by the of Mark Andrews and Jeremy Hall called my place of employment and are stating that I will have a lawsuit filed against me on Monday morning if I do not resolve my case. I owe the company Speed Cash a sum of $8,434.80. Well I know I did not take out a payday loan online so I knew it was a scam. I argued with Mr. Hall and told him that I will turn this phone number into the FTC, FBI, and the Attorney General?s office. I did make fun of him and told him it is so funny how you speak in a strong Middle Eastern Accent but have a Caucasian name. He answered back that I am being offense and he does not appreciate that comment. The only thing that worries me is he did verify the last four digits on my back account. I told him that it was incorrect even though it was right, so I am having that changed today. They also did have my email addresss and cell phone number.

Don?t fall for this scam. They need to be stopped. Anytime you receive a call from a scammer take note of their name and phone number. Immediately call your local FBI office, Federal Trade Commission, Attorney General?s office, or any other local law enforcement.

Has anyone gotten an email address from these ^*%&'s?  If so, can you share?  Thanks