, this is a scam.  Do not send them any money. My sister fell prey to this scam they claimed she would be arrested so she hurriedly sent them $500 and then a month later they called and wanted $800 more and she sent it, they called again wanting $1000 and that's when she broke down and told me what was happening, I immediately called the police and they told me it was extortion and they had been getting a lot of reports about these guys with Indian Accents and many different phone numbers threatening them and calling numerous time.  Now my sister is out of $1300 and after going over her financial records thoroughly I Found she didn't and doesn't owe any one a dime.  

If she had told me sooner or googled their numbers, she might be a little richer.  I hope others are smarter and do not let these thieves trick them.  She told me also that these guys called themselves Officer John Smith, and gave some badge numbers which evidently are fake, they also used the names Officer Steven Smith, Kevin Johnson, Officer Victor Smith, Officer Ben Johnson. She also had other numbers and different call back numbers.  I don't know why she didn't smell the rat early on. But I am posting this in hope that no one else becomes a victim to these lowlife scum bag ....

receive voicemails from nigerian guy threatening me and says he is John conner then 3 days later he calls threatening me again and says he is Robert Smith and fromthe fBI three days later he called my work floor and my boss called the cops

Received threatening voicemail from John Conner about 2 weeks ago, he didn't scare me--hey guys this cat is a FAKE a SCAMMER, the lowest con ARTIST, so don't get scared just ignore them and do not send them any money this is a scam trace their nunber and get their address and send the FBI to arrest them for impersonating Crime Prevention and police--this cat is gonna use every tactic he can to SCARE you into sending him money--send him the police instead--once they see they can't scare you they will go on to the next target.

This guy SCAMMER John Conner called my office and began to threaten me, told me he was from US BANK and I would be arrested in 24 hours if I didn't wire his company $1000 and also said, an affadavit for my arrest was being downloaded,WHAT A BUNCH OF CRAP...The call rattled me at first but I got to using my education.  First of all, I didn't owe anyone and Second, there is no debtors prison in theUS.  Also, this TERRORIST SCAMMER had a thick Indian accent with an American name, and later he called me back and it was the same guy but changed his name to Steven Smith.  I later found out from an attorney that this is A BIG SCAM, they are terroist trying to use SCARE tactics to  get Americans to send them money, when they get enough they will BOMB US AGAIN. BEWARE, JOHN CONNER IS A SCAMMER, A TERRORIST, DO NOT SEND HIM ANY MONEY, TELL HIS TO GO TO HELL AND HANG UP IF HE CALLS OR ANYONE ELSE WITH A CON GAME AS THIS.

I was frightened to death for 3 days, could not eat or sleep.  I kept my kids from school because John Conner the same guy as the above post called me and told me I had 48 hours to wire him $500 or I would be arrested and my kids taken from me.  I said no at first that I didn't have or owe any money to him. HE said he was from US Bank and was a police officer and that I had better comply or all he could do was wish me good luck.  He called me all day long, and hounded me, he yelled at me, was very vulgar and then he said, he would give me a 2 more days and he would lower it from $500 to 300 but he could not gurantee the safety of my kids.  He pratically raped me everytime he called.  At first I was so scared and thought he was really a police officer until one afternoon, my brother came by and I begged him for $300 and he convinced me to tell him why, so I let my brother listen to some of John Conner's voice mails and told him all the threats he was making.  My brother pulled out his laptop and googled the numbers and etc. He found out about this scheme from ripoff reports and an ABC news report......I was so relieved  but the point is HOW CAN OUR US GOVERNMENT let these Scammers scare and terrorize US Citizens.

US BANK, LEGAL AFFADAVIT OFFICE, JOHN CONNER, STEVEN SMITH ALL ARE TERRORIST SCAMMERS.  CALL THE US SECRET SERVICE AND REPORT THESE THIEVES. DO NOT SEND THEM MONEY. THEY ARE TERRORIZING AMERICAN CITIZENS

Hey Folks, been reading these post, it all adds up to this...DON'T SEND THEM ANY MONEY, then they fail are waste their time.  bottom line, don't send them a dime.

Someone Please tell me how I can make this guy JOHN CONNER aka Bill Hardy, aka Steven Smith aka Michael Stevens STOP CALLING ME.  I have told them or him to stop but he is vulgar and yells and keeps threatening me and my family.

This IDIOT, John Conner told me he was a Police Officer that works for Sonic Cash and he was calling on their behalf.  He said he was ordered to come pick me up and take me to jail on Monday Morning but he could convince Sonic Cash to let me go if I wired him $700.00.

These guys were featured on 60 Minutes.  They got their information by hacking into Internet sites, and they threaten lawsuits against the last 4 digits of your Social Security Number.  They speak with an Indian accent, and they claim you will face "harsh legal action" unless you send them between $500 and $1,000.  They are total idiots because their name does not even make sense:  United Investigation Bureau Department.

They use names like Steven Smith and John Conner, Mike Jones but their real names are probably something like Mahamanda Yogananda.  They can barely speak English. They are EXTOtionist.

They use various call back numbers including 347-844-6701 and 718-766-7916.

The best idea so far was what Paybackisabeatch suggested.  Turn the tables on them.  Call them back, ask for Habib, waste their time so that they cannot make money with scam calls to extort money from honest people who may get frightened or confused.Call them back if you notice, they don't use 1-800 numbers so call them when you have free long distance. Bug the hell out of them like they do you.

I have been living in fear because these same people have been calling me and threatening that I was going to be in a lot of trouble and only God could help me if I don't send them money.  I told them I've paid all the money I ever owed to anyone. They want leave me alone, they call every other day and frighten me, I'm on the verge of a breakdown.  I don't have any money to send them and honestly I don't owe them. I wish they would leave me alone.  How do I make them go away and stop torturing me. I am an American, please help someone. They are evil and they yell and scream at me and use vulgar langauage.

IF you get such a call, what do you do? BBB recommends requesting formal documentation of the bill as well as the collection invoice.  Many of the scammers will try to get around this as they don’t have any such information.  If they can’t provide it to you then don’t worry and tell them you will threaten legal action if they don’t provide such documentation and don’t stop making harassing phone calls. The bottom line is that you can’t go to jail for oweing money and they are only using it as a tactic to scare you. Don’t send any money, don’t provide any additional personal information, no matter what they already have.  In addition, try to collect as much data as you can from the caller, such as business name, address, phone, contact person, and other data that can be used to report them to the BBB or local authorities.

Glad I googled this number! Got a call from a Patrick Jones, luckily I had received one of these calls a few months back, so I knew it was a SCAM! So instead of him yelling at me saying I was going to be arrested I yelled at him and told him to take my name off of whatever list he got it from! These people are absolutely ridiculous! If anyone knows of a way to report them or help prevent them from further craziness please let me know!

JOHN CONNER IS PONDSCUM.....He hides behind technology.  What a lowdown coward. He preys on people from behind a telephone and leaving his no good English Speaking threatening voicemails. ...Come to my front door John Conner and threaten me...you coward...........

He told my daughter that she was gonna see her father arrested and she would not get any help from God. What a ignorant statement to make to a 11 year old child....Come on Conner, bring it on.  You think all Americans are stupid.
Stop calling and come on over...you coward.  

Hey everyone this phone number and these guys with Indian Accents are scammers, terrorist, stupid a**es...don't believe a word they say and don't send them any money...Call the police, Report them every time they call.

I apologize for my language here but these people, John Conner specifically are terrorizing my family.  I'm not afraid but my children and wife are. John Conner is a coward, lowlife, lazy shiftless pig that will not get a real job but hide somewhere overseas in a rat infested cubby hole trying to extort money from hardworking American Citizens by threatening their families. Do not send these bums a nickel....Conner get up off your backside and find a real job, grow some food for your country, you piece of crap.

I got several voice mails from the same guy John Conner, saying I needed to have my attorney call him that it was urgent. Then he would go on to say, If I don't call him only God can help me. I sort of figured it was a scam and didn't return his call, and I'm glad I read these post and now I know its a scam.

i just received several calls from the "Department of Crime Prevention and Investigation" at (732) 606-4373. An "Officer" Alex Ferguson, with a supposed New Jersey badge number of 223405, called and told me that they had a legal affidavit listing my name for Federal Banking Violations among other things and that my local courthouse would be filing it at 1 p.m. today. He  threatened me, telling me that i'd lose my job, family and would be going to prison as well. I asked who was charging me with these crimes and
"Alex"'s response was that a company called Payday Cash (which had about 700 sub-companies under it) named me in this "legal affidavit". i had him speak to a couple of bosses. after he spoke to one of the attorneys here, he hasn't called back. THIS IS A SCAM...DO NOT GIVE YOUR CREDIT CARD INFO OVER THE TELEPHONE EVER!!!! I'm going to call the New Jersey PD and let them know that someone is impersonating an officer.

This guy says his name is Matt Watson and calls me several times a week.  I got angry once and he said he's calling the police because I am harrassing HIM.  Once he even got this disgusting perverted voice and asked if he could come over and that he knew where I lived.  I don't have the number they're calling from because they block the number and it shows up as a "Private" call.

Once I said, "Ok, I'll mail you the $400 that I owe.  Where should I send it and to whose attention?  He said the address was 5 Street Avenue, New Jersey.  What an idiot.  The only thing that keeps me sane when they call is that I know they're f*ing idiots.

I wish they would call without blocking the number so that I can block the number.

Also, I had a missed call from a private number and when I checked my voicemail it was a playback of a recorded conversation we had had once when I made the mistake of answering the phone.  It was sooo creepy.

They threaten that I'll be picked up at work and arrested if I don't pay what I owe and I just say ok, have the police come and pick me up whenever is convenient for you.  What a group of a-holes.

These fake bill collectors called me a million and one times.  Finally I answered and told them to kiss my a**. They still call maybe once a month. Same stupid Indian accent, reading same stupid script.

They use American names and can barely speak English, told me to have my ahturney of record call them asap.  I said kiss my a** asap. They try to use scare tactics to convince you to send them money.  Don't fall prey to these thieves and liers.

These people have been profiled on ABC News
Don't worry - they cannot have you arrested or prosecuted.
The are liers, terrorist and thieves trying to use scare tactics
to make you send them money.  They use several different numbers and different American names but they have thick accents of Indian or Nigerian nature.

I seriously think they are buying information from online payday loan lenders.
I will be glad when payday loans are illegal everywhere.

I received a phone call from this number, so did my sister and my friend. The caller stated that I owed them money and asked my friend and my sister to pay for it, but also asked them for their personal information.  

I called them back, and when I asked them questions like their name and the agency they work for, they got angry with me and the guy wanted to get off the phone.

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

my sister justgot a cal from theis ppl and we dont know anyone from NJ!

I just got a call, number withheld, from a man with a thick accent and a very american sounding name who stated he was calling from the New Jersey Department of Crime Prevention and that I was being charged with bank fraud, etc regarding a payday loan not paid back.  I told him that any loans I have ever had have been paid in person. He offered to read me the "affidavit," telling me that this conversation was being recorded and that I should not interrupt, use any profanity, or make untrue claims.  He said that charges were going to be filed in my local county courthouse today. When I asked him, "what county is that?" he said "your local county courthouse."  When I asked him just what exactly the "department of crime prevention," is affiliated with, he said "the state."  I then asked him which state, to which he replied, "New Jersey."  I told him to hold the line as I was already on the computer and was looking this department up.  I told him I could find no such department in New Jersey, and asked him if he had a website address for me. He said he did not, and when I asked, "you don't have a website address for the department you're claiming to represent?" he muttered something and hung up.  I emailed the New Jersey Attorney General's Office regarding this, but I didn't have a phone number to give them, since my Caller ID said "withheld," as I previously mentioned. These people are slime, and I hope they're caught.  Good luck to them getting anything from my checking account, as we're broke. and neither of our pay checks are direct deposit. We'll just get a new account number if needed, and we won't deposit any money if there's reason for us to believe that someone is accessing our account. What a headache!!

had four messages, including two at work, from a "jack newton" (with a very heavy indian accent) calling from 732-860-4288. he said he was w/ the dept of crime prevention of new jersey and that they were going to charge me w/ check fraud and theft by deception if i didn't send him 410.00 from a pay day cash loan i had in july or august of 2009 (he couldn't even give me a specific date). i hung up, called my bank and they, of course, have no record of a deposit during that time. i also called the nj consumer affairs dept and she said they don't even have a dept of crime prevention there. i'm glad i ran across this site to ensure that this is a very bad scam. a$$holes.

I am getting the same kind of calls. They are saying I owe money from a payday loan, I had one loan and it was paid in full. Told me I would be sue and the sheriff was going to come to my house to take me to court. Who should I call about this?

John Conner.......Thats funny next time tell them they watch too much T.V.  John Conner is a Character from Terminator.  I have been getting calls from 707-895-4738 all Indians.  However they all have american names from T.V. Shows.  I pointed it out to them once I finally answered the call.  I said "you barely speak english but your name is Andy Griffith".  I told him give me a break I watched that T.V. show when I was a kid and I didnt see any Middle Eastern guys in it.  He hung up.
This is just a huge scam.  Make sure you never give your information to anyone Claiming to be from the Departmetn of Crime Prevention.  The number that is calling froma 707 area code is registered in California.  California Does have a Department of Crime Prevention but they do not collect credit card numbers of bank account info.  These people that are caling and climing that you may have defaulted on a loan.  You would know if you have  defaulted on any loans so just be cautious .   Always remember you cannot be arrested for bad debt and the police cannot come question you unless you are writing bad checks and the case is turned over to the State Attorney for your area.

John Conner.......That’s funny next time tell them they watch too much T.V.  John Conner is a Character from Terminator.  I have been getting calls from 707-895-4738 all Indians.  However they all have American names from T.V. Shows.  I pointed it out to them once I finally answered the call.  I said "you barely speak English but your name is Andy Griffith".  I told him give me a break I watched that T.V. show when I was a kid and I didn’t see any Middle Eastern guys in it.  He hung up.
This is just a huge scam.  Make sure you never give your information to anyone claiming to be from the Department of Crime Prevention.  The number that is calling is from a 707 area code and is registered in California.  California Does have a Department of Crime Prevention but they do not collect credit card numbers of bank account info.  These people are calling and claiming that you may have defaulted on a loan.  You would know if you have defaulted on any loans so just be cautious.   Always remember you cannot be arrested for bad debt and the police cannot come question you unless you are writing bad checks and the case is turned over to the State Attorney for your area.

easiest way to stop this guy?  LOOK AT YOUR CALLER ID.  If you don't recognize the number - do NOT answer your phone.  If these people don't get an answer or reaction, they move on.  I NEVER answer my phone unless I recognize the number on my caller id.  My phone is restricted and unlisted, but it doesn't stop some from dialing at random and still ending up calling me.  

I don't know the call - I refuse to pick up the phone.  If it is a doctor's office or other important call, then they should change themselves to show their identity, because they are not going to reach me by blocking their info.

Since we don't answer unidentified numbers, and all my caller id has ever listed them is as "WITHHELD 606" - too bad... move on JERK!!

I just got a call on my cell phone regarding "payday loans" which is illegal because my number is on the Do Not Call List.  Very thick accent.