Last Saturday, I received a cold call (SCAM) from someone identified himself as a Microsoft Engineer working for PCcure.
He speaks with heavy Indian or Middles Eastern accent and he claimed that my computer is being infected
by serious virus or hacker?.that it needs to be repair by him immediately to stop the hacking/virus.
He also said that he has my PC ID from a message sent from PC to Microsoft windows.

So, he asked me to Click on START button and type on RUN:  www.onlinePCcure.com, but,
I?ve hesitated and asked him why and what is  he planning to do?..  he couldn?t provide me with straight answer.  Then I asked his phone # for call back in 10 minutes.  He hanged up immediately and he gave me a phone # with (201) area code.  when I called that # back, it has a background noise sounded like a support center.  But, when I asked the guys who answered my call?.?What company is this??  He hanged up right-a-way.

The Following day, another guy called my home # again and told Danny the similar thing, but, when Danny asked him which software or if the internet that is infected.  He immediately hanged up??again it was 201- are code.

Please be alerted that these are cold calls scam with caller pretending to be a PC Engineer working for PCcure.
Per my research, PCcure is a UK IT firm that only services Manchester, UK areas?..they do not service or support  anywhere outside UK.  If you get calls like these, please ask them for their phone #?s and tell them that you will call back. Then, report it to the responsible agency.

I just received the same call. Except she is saying she calling from Harris County but the call came in from 512-646-1246

i've been getting a call from "Erica Nelson" from "National Legal Processing" (the messages that she leaves are transcribed below, the older messages are at the bottom). As you can see, she calls within minutes of each other. Today is the day she is threatening me with taking action, so we shall see how much trouble I am going to get into. NOTE: she has NO accent, but she did say things like "gonna" and "cos" which to me, sounded unprofessional. The number she is calling from is showing up as UNKNOWN. She is trying to sound very threatening on the phone.

1/16/14 3:25 PM
Kimberly, This is Erica Nelson calling again to inform you I did give you ample opportunity to contact the firm handling your claim at (281) 661-7690. At this time you have not contacted them, so I'm going to give you until I reach you personally to contact them. Again, that number is (281) 661-7690. If you choose not to contact them by the end of the day tomorrow, I will be sending your documentation back to the county as ?undeliverable?. You will accumulate extra charges and possibly a pick up order. So you know what, Kimberly? Good luck to you.

1/16/14 3:22 PM
Kimberly, This is Erica Nelson calling again to inform you, I gave you ample opportunity to contact the firm handling your claim at (281) 661-7690.  At this time, you've chosen not to call that number, so you now have until I reach you personally to address the matter with the firm. If you choose not to call them by the end of the day tomorrow. I will be sending your documentation back over to the county as undeliverable. You'll accumulate more charges and possibly a pick up order against you. (281) 661-7690. Good luck to you, Kimberly.

1/15/14 11:59 AM
Kimberly, this is Erica Nelson with National Legal Processing. I'm trying to get in contact with you cos I have them documents that I need to serve you by the end of the day tomorrow. Again, the firm, they can be reached at (281) 661-7690. You need to contact them cos I'm gonna have to send them back to the county and I hate to have to do that and for some reason I can't get you on the phone. Please call them to set up arrangements to get the documents. Again, the number is (281) 661-7690. Good luck.

1/15/14 11:55 AM
Kimberly. My name is Erica Nelson and I'm calling from National Legal Processing. I'm calling you today because I have documents addressing charges that are being filed against you from your county. At this point, I?m going to give you ONE opportunity to contact the firm handling your claim to set up arrangements to receive the documents from that filing party, they can be reached at (281) 661-7690. You do need to contact them immediately, due to the fact that this is a time sensitive case and if you don't set up a time to receive the documents I do need to send them back to the county as undeliverable. Again, I am going to give you this one opportunity to call that number to rectify the situation. Again (281) 661-7690 and if you don?t contact them, Good luck to you.

money gram sent me a message said if i dnt pay with in 24 hrs the fbi will arreste me is that true.

Hello all i know  some  cheater   in india  i am give deatil  ,    call me  --+919996764620,+919466225605, and my Mail id----yadavrajesh2009@gmail.com,, skyp---id-- rajesh.kumar3381, contacat me i am give full deaital  with photo and address, at time run a whole scam  all cheater live in  Ahmedabad , gujrat ( india)    call me soon,  I am Rajesh kumar  From  Haryana ( india)

just chill a**

I got some calls from  202 809 1808  claiming to be an officer  and i owed for a pay day  loan ,and i am being sued,,,,,I know its a scam,,,,also a number 253 236 2034  I think these two are working together

Ron Williams 10/18/2011 called from 69965664 but left contact number in message as (484)548-1800. He identified himself as being from a law firm (I have the saved voicemail)--called again on 11/3/2011 by "Marcus Howard" from "UNKNOWN" number but gave the same contact number: (484)548-1800.

Robert Wood---left me a voicemail threatening to contact my employer and garnish my wages over an outstanding unpaid payday loan (of which I had no knowledge) on 11/21/2011 (I have the saved voicemail). The caller ID said 321-392-2391 but the callback number given is 561-910-0042.

Received a call from a female ?Jenny Williams? who said she was representing the Cohen Law firm from CASHNET USA and was going so sue me (the same story as all others) over an unpaid payday loan (again of which I had no knowledge) and requested I send $432 Western Union to "PeckDavid Williams" in Macon, GA to satisfy this debt. Phone number is (570)709-3846.

Neil Stevens--first contacted me in September, 2011 from the National Crime Bureau (707)520-4751, telling me each time that there are numerous charges against my name (he has all my personal info including social security number) and says that all my charges of "check fraud" for unpaid payday loans (that I had no idea about) will cost me $16000 in the courthouse OR I can settle for some smaller amount outside of court.
He contacted me AGAIN on Friday 3/3/12 from phone (707) 520-7536 and gave me the SAME STORY, with practically the same charges and same amounts to settle.

Andrew McDonald (206-567-2955) who claims to be the REAL representative of USA Fastcash and Cashnet USA and many others. First call received Jan. 31, 2012 and I was told if I sent $552 via Western Union (to Jack Yates in Bountsville, AL) this matter would be settled against my name. He continues to call and said that I owe $1200 more to his companies and anyone else contacting me is a fraud. He keeps calling me every day at my job and on my cell phone.

Each caller has a thick Indian accent and always knows my social security number and other personal information!

indian accented male saying his name is peter and he is going to have me arrested if I dont pay back a loan-that i never took out

i came across this site, please read, it's about these kind of calls and how to protect yourself.
http://getoutofdebt.org/14950/frightening-cal ... oans-its-a-scam

Even scam artists are outsourcing. On Tuesday in its first crackdown on fraudulent telemarketing in South Asia, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it was shutting down two California-based companies that used a call center in India to defraud Americans out of more than $5 million over the past two years.

Workers in India made threatening calls to Americans getting them to pay money on debts that they didn't owe, the FTC charges. At an FTC press conference in Chicago on Tuesday, fraud victim JanLaree DeJulius explained that she had received a call from someone claiming to be an enforcement officer from the (phony) "Federal Department of Crime and Prevention," who threatened to have her arrested and have her wages garnished if she didn't pay a bill of more than $730. The scam artists had gotten her name and information from a payday loan her ex-husband had taken out in her name.

"It was very embarrassing," Dejulius said. "He knew everything about me so I agreed to set up an installment." She is not alone. According to the FTC, more than 8 million calls were made since 2010 and at least 17,000 transactions processed across the United States related to the global scam.

On Tuesday under request from the FTC, a U.S. District Court in Chicago stopped the international operation, charging Varang K. Thaker and two companies he owned, American Credit Crunchers, LLC, and an affiliate Ebeeze, LLC, with violating the FTC Act and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

"This is a brazen operation based on pure fraud, and the FTC is committed to shutting it down," said David Vladeck, director of the FTC's consumer protection bureau. "Consumers should not be pressured into paying debt they don't remember owing. Legitimate debt collectors must provide consumers with both written information about the debt, and instructions for protecting themselves if they don't think they owe the debt."

According to the FTC's charges, Thaker used Social Security numbers and bank account numbers obtained from payday lenders to identify the victims for his scam. He outsourced the work to an Indian call center, where workers made threatening calls to American consumers to pay fake debt or collect on bills for which they were not authorized.

Thaker was not available when contacted by telephone on Tuesday. A woman who claimed to be Thaker's older sister and asked not to be named for privacy reasons said he is working with the FTC to help the Indian government pursue the fraudster call center operators. She also said he was innocent in the scam. "He was being used by somebody. He didn't even know where they got the information," she told The Huffington Post by phone. She said that her brother got 10 percent of the earnings from the scam operation.

The FTC charges against Thaker are the latest in a series of police actions by the government agency to put an end to rogue debt collection operations that have become more frequent in the aftermath of the Great Recession. In January, the FTC struck a $2.5-million settlement with debt-buying company Asset Acceptance, LLC, charging that the company had falsely represented itself to customers, including making up phantom debts that customers no longer owed. Last October, the FTC filed a complaint against seven other fraudulent debt collectors, alleging that they had engaged in the same techniques -- demanding money from customers who owed nothing at all.

The growing number of Americans who are unable to pay their bills has meant there are more companies looking to profit from their economic difficulties.

Debt collectors have been taking more aggressive tactics as fewer people are able to make ends meet or are in a cycle of debt. More than 30 million Americans are in debt collection, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Since 2010, more than 4,000 complaints have been filed with the FTC and state attorneys general about fraudulent debt collection calls, the FTC said.

Charles Junitkka, a personal bankruptcy attorney who represents clients in the New York City area, said, "In the last few years, the desperation of the collectors and their efforts have intensified because of the economy."

This story has been updated to reflect comment from a woman who says she is the sister of Varang Thaker. Thaker himself was unavailable for comment.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/21/ftc- ... _n_1289751.html

Consumers across the country report that they're getting telephone calls from people trying to collect on loans the consumers never received or on loans they did receive but for amounts they do not owe. Others are receiving calls from people seeking to recover on loans consumers received but where the creditors never authorized the callers to collect for them. So what's the story?

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the nation's consumer protection agency, is warning consumers to be on the alert for scam artists posing as debt collectors. It may be hard to tell the difference between a legitimate debt collector and a fake one. Sometimes a fake collector may even have some of your personal information, like a bank account number. A caller may be a fake debt collector if he:

is seeking payment on a debt for a loan you do not recognize;
refuses to give you a mailing address or phone number;
asks you for personal financial or sensitive information; or
exerts high pressure to try to scare you into paying, such as threatening to have you arrested or to report you to a law enforcement agency.

If you think that a caller may be a fake debt collector:
Ask the caller for his name, company, street address, and telephone number. Tell the caller that you refuse to discuss any debt until you get a written "validation notice." The notice must include the amount of the debt, the name of the creditor you owe, and your rights under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
If a caller refuses to give you all of this information, do not pay! Paying a fake debt collector will not always make them go away. They may make up another debt to try to get more money from you.

Stop speaking with the caller. If you have the caller's address, send a letter demanding that the caller stop contacting you, and keep a copy for your files. By law, real debt collectors must stop calling you if you ask them to in writing.

Do not give the caller personal financial or other sensitive information. Never give out or confirm personal financial or other sensitive information like your bank account, credit card, or Social Security number unless you know whom you're dealing with. Scam artists, like fake debt collectors, can use your information to commit identity theft ? charging your existing credit cards, opening new credit card, checking, or savings accounts, writing fraudulent checks, or taking out loans in your name.

Contact your creditor. If the debt is legitimate ? but you think the collector may not be ? contact your creditor about the calls. Share the information you have about the suspicious calls and find out who, if anyone, the creditor has authorized to collect the debt.

Report the call. Contact the FTC and your state Attorney General's office with information about suspicious callers. Many states have their own debt collection laws in addition to the federal FDCPA. Your Attorney General's office can help you determine your rights under your state's law.>

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/alerts/alt076.shtm

I received a call from what I was told was an investigator officer telling me I had been charged with purgery and bank to bank wire fraud with intent to commit fraud. That this was resolvable and they didn't want to have to put me in jail and called me back and left contact info message on my voice mail, he said if it was resolved out of court, I would need a fax sent to given number. I immediately called the contact, which was National Legal Services and spoke to Lou Casead, who told me of the charges and if I didn't pay $1195 that night I would be arrested immediately. When I told him I didn't recall doing such, he told me they weren't out to get any more money than what was due and if I would send $480, charges would be dropped and a confirmation fax would be sent. I believed all of this because it sounded so real, and my sister to send the money immediately. I was still so puzzled as to how I could have committed a crime that I wasn't aware of and why no one was giving me a chance to prove I didn't do this. After the money was sent, Lou then calls me the next day and tells me that I have committed this crime so many times and asks when am  I going to start telling them the truth and demands more money or I am going to lose all the money I have paid to get this voluntarily settled out of court.  At that time I tell him I am going to my local sheriff's office and get the evidence that I am being charged because it is not fair to me know. I receive a call later that evening from another officer telling me that I have to pay $500 for arbortration fees that were illegal; he stated he was on my side and if I came there to talk to them about it in person, I may not be able to talk directly to him and then I would automatically go to jail because I had committed a serious crime. I tried calling the number back and would always get a fax signal. I called Lou and told him I wanted his physical address and he said ____you, go to hell. He then calls me back and leaves me a message of my criminal charge again and to never call his office again. It was then that I came home and googled this type of scam and was so disappointed in myself and for not being smart enough to recognize this scam. So many thanks to all of you that have posted here to help make consumers aware of this. Here are the names and numbers associated with my experience. These numbers showed on my caller id but since they show as withheld. Be aware

National Legal Services
1-855-772-8880
Lou Caseado

Investigator Bradley Davis
336-727-8446
334-832-2533

I received a called today about the same thin they know all of my information and im trying to figure out how? Somebody help me plese

Thank you my thoughts exactly!

received numerous voicemail calls this past week from 718-831-7157. ALL where from men who seemed to be far east indian (or something like that). Whenever i tried to call back the phone would constantly ring and then a busy signal. But anyway, when i was actually able to reach the caller(s) the first gentleman identified himself as Roy Brown and said he was with the "united ??? Division" and that there was a class action suit being filed against my s.s.#. He said my name and wanted me to verify my s.s.#! when i asked what company he represented he said that i had to answer his questions first. Since I had a hard time with his accent, another caller was placed on the phone "Officer Roy Campbell". when I asked the company name one more time he said that it was the "united legal investigation bureau"! Well... he became upset/irate because i kept interrupting him. He told me to "shut my big fat mouth" so that he could finish the list of questions he had to follow! and when that didn't work he proceeded to tell me that the police would be at my home/job within 24 hours and come monday i would be arrested! :) I asked where this company was located and who were they representing.He told me it was located on 537 N. West Street and why did i want this information. (then he said "what? are you going to come visit my office or something?"!) He must have forgotten that he told me the "call was being recorded" :) then he slammed down the phone.

I, of course, called back because the whole thing seemed strange. This caller identified himself as "Travis" and asked if i could hold the line while he got a glass of water! (yes, this company REALLY has nerve)! I hung up. Unfortunately, i received TWO more calls/voicemails after i hung up!

NOW i have to contact the credit agencies. Unfortunately, I do not know if this company has my correct s.s.# because I wouldn't let them finish the sentence before I started asking questions!

EVERYONE PLEASE DO NOT verify ANY information (not even your name!) contact your local police immediately as i have.

GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL.

Called and stated that that I am being investigated...

I got the call from 1-973-482-3624 and after a long, threatening blah, blah, blah, he said to call back to this 718-831-7157 number.  Sounded like a real prick and total scam.  Wished me luck if I didn't have an attorney.  Wasn't that nice?

I'll do what I can to turn in these numbers.

these people r damn fool.they might be from INDIA.they doesn't know the terms of SSN# as well as how to speak !! the guy called from this number 718-831-7157 Peter Jhones was damn f***er.bloody dont know how to speak and what to speak.he was constantly speaking something and i could not understood a single word what he was saying,he was saying something about the law.i think he was reading a script.ELSE ONE MORE IMP THING,WHOEVER THESE GUYS ARE ! THEY BLOODY DONT KNOW SATURDAYS N SUNDAYS R OFF IN USA. IF THEY ARE FROM ANY LEGAL FIRM,HOW THEY R THERE ON SATURDAYS.THEY ALL R MAKING FOOL OUT OF US.I WILL COMPLAIN THIS TO FBI AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND I WILL NEVER LET THEM GO,THEY ALL WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS.I WILL SHOW THEM NOW WHAT IS HARRASING.

go check out the info at: 800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-718-831-7157

The same people called me and left me a voicemail last night on my work phone stating that I was being investigated also. These people called me before many times. What the funny part is that I had my boyfriend give them a call when they first started calling and find out their information, what company they were with, etc...They wouldn't give him any info. So a little later he called back on his cell and acted like he was returning their phone call...He gave them a totally fake name...Once he started talking to the "investigator" they actually said he owned money from some payday loans about $5,000..And wanted him to send them a moneygram...After they hung up, the "investigator" called back on my b/f's cell phone and the number was from Italy (I looked up the number) ...It was a really weird number...So basically the people are scams, con-artists....Yeah DO NOT GIVE THEM ANY INFO!!!

They are liars.  Just crooks, probably calling from overseas.  If they have Indian accents, they are probably calling from India or Pakistan, using cheap VoIP, and probably changing their phone numbers periodically to cover their trail.  

"Officer Kevin Johnson" is a common name used in this scam, as they want to appear "American", and "official", even though they are neither.

They may have your SSN, DOB, and address, but that means nothing.  They get that information from phony payday loan sites when people apply for payday loans, or from illegally pulling credit reports.

You don't owe them anything.
They can't "arrest" you, "prosecute" you, "sue" you, or do anything else to you.
They can't get money out of you unless you fall for their threats and lies.

They are criminals.  Report this to the FBI.

I  got  a  phone  call  everyday  for  the  last  two  weeks.  From  an  officier name  kevin  johnson.  Who  said  that  I  owed  a  loan  for  the  amount  of  10,000.  He  also  said  that  if  I  did  not  pay  it  back  I  would  be  facing  time  in  prison.  And  that  he  would  have  to  send  an  court  sherrif  to  my  job  to  arrest  me.  He  also  stated  that  he  has  my  address,  my  social  security  number,  my  birthdate.  And  that  he  would  file  papers  to  have  my  pay  check  garneshed.  Please  help  me  to  help  myself.

If they defrauded you, file a police complaint, then immediately contact your bank to dispute it as fraud, while blocking the cardnumber to prevent addional fraud.

In addition, contact the Riverside office of the FBI.

Don't you losers have anything better to do....like blowing up airplanes or killing innocent people?

Idiot!!!! Oh and that your prophet is a petophile!!

they scammed me out of $609 taken from my debit card

I had a call just like this today. They told me if I don't' give them my bank account information to get this resolved today they will send my file to the county and i will be served for court.  They wanted $2350 but when I told them I don't have that kind of money they would accept $1007.29...too weird for me. So I asked them to fax me the information I have on file so I can review that they had, they refused. I asked for a license # allowing them to collect, they refused. I asked for an address, they gave me a PO box and when I asked for the physical address, they refused. Then transferred me to a John Mayer who would help me get this resolved, when I started questioning him HE HUNG UP.

So I have received 2 calls to our office from a this number trying to get sensitive information on one of my employees. I found out yesterday that she has been tortured by these scam artist presenting as the FBI, threading her with legal action or worse for over two months. This has caused he so much pain, fear and anxiety, as she is a single mom from the Philippines. The perfect victim. After having her change all her bank accounts, and phone number, theses dumb a***s, i mean highly educated FBI agents from India had to deal with me.

Great story, I accepted a call from them knowing it was the scam artist, and for 10 minutes we played f*** f*** games on the phone.

When the "officer" introduced himself, he was officer Steven jones from the federal investigation. Of course I said, what your name again, having him repeat it over and over to confirm his accent. Angrily he tried to change the subject, but I refused until he reconfirmed his name. Then I made him spell it...TWICE. Jones....G.O.N.E.S. I told him, in America, we spell jones with a J, but i believe they spell jones with a G In India...how can I help u officer Gomes?..I mean jones...that took 10 minutes literally.

He put me on hold and spoke with officer Steven Williams next. He was an a**, which made me a bigger a**. The more angry he became, the more difficult my questions became..where is your office location...his response, New York. Really...what time is it in New York now...is was 1130 in Arizona. He couldn't tell me. Check your watch...or the clock on your wall...in India. You do has a watch correct?  FBI agent with no watch..Is this a scam.? 'this is not a scam..I need so and so's SS#...you will go to jail. I will go to jail? Really?

It got pretty funny after that..he demanded my name which I happily gave to him..."my name is Steven Williams...just like yours. Can u believe it? We must be twins! When he as for my SS#' I gave it to him 987651234. Finally I asked him where in ny he was. He said Colorado, New York. I told him "I love Colorado Ny..that's where the statue of America..

I toted with this guy for twenty minutes..and felt like a jerky boy. Listen all, these guys call from prepaid calling cards from India. Keep them on the phone. If you are a pain in the a**, they will never call you again. If you are weak, you will be a victim.

Contol the conversation, asked specific questions that they should know, and quit being so damn gullible. There's a sucker born every day..don't become one.

Received call I believe identified as from *800 service*. Person calling identified
himself as Christopher Martinez from the Federal Trade Commission investigating
complaint about phone harassment. He mentioned one complaint relating to
Publishers Clearing House and another concerning calls made from Jamaica.

I refused to respond to any questions till I could confirm his identity and asked
for a number that I could use to call him back. He first gave me 800-495-1552,
a number which does not ring through I found. He also provided 202-580-8144.
When I rang the 202 number, a young woman answered the phone *FTC*. I asked
her what those initials stand for and she of course replied--Federal Trade Commission.
I asked for Christopher Martinez and she asked for my name. Provided only my first
name but then she insisted on last name. I provided both, since they already knew it.
But then I hung up before Martinez got on the phone as I wanted to call the general
number for the Federal Trade Commission from its public website. But 2 minutes
later Christopher Martinez rang our number and spoke to my husband saying he
wanted to send information about the complaint to the IRS. At that point, my husband
told him not to ring this number again.

This does not seem legit. Afterwards, it occurred to me that today is MLK day and all
public offices are closed. Of course if this is subcontractor could be open. Anyone?

This "company" has been calling me for several days now. I cannot understand much of what he is saying, he has a strong indian accent. He has been very rude and threatening. I did make the mistake of verifying my info before realizing it was a scam. I reported this to the credit agencies and now plan on contacting the other agencies listed. These comments have been very helpful, thanks.