I placed my Harley Davidson for sale on cycletrader.com and received a text wanting to buy it via paypal.  Also this email from a "Cheryl Reagan" that stated: I hope the Bike is in good condition? and there wont be any cause of disappointment if i purchase the Bike from you? I want to buy the Bike for my daddy as a birthday gift and I am ready to pay the asking price. I'm a Molecular biologist and am currently on sea right now which is strictly no calls. My Mode of payment is PayPal because i don't have access to my bank account online, but i have it attached to my PayPal account. Since I'm requesting this transaction to be done via PayPal, I will be responsible for all the Paypal fees/charges on this transaction, if you don't have an account with paypal, it's pretty easy, safe and secure to open one. Just log on to www.paypal.com. I hope we can make this transaction as fast as possible. Less I forgot, I have a Mover that will come for Bike once payment is cleared in your paypal account and they will be handling the title for me, as I look forward to hearing from you with your paypal information as requested below.
Your PayPal e-Mail Address :
Full name:
Firm Price:
Many Thanks

Never replied since it appears sorta 'scammish'

Yeah. I keep calling them back as well as I got the lovely Kevin Peterson. He started cursing violently. I have called him back numerous times now and the calls have stopped. Harass them like they harass us. F***in people in this world are messed up. Give them a taste of their own medicine. Good work!

Jake Hobbs phone number 772-882-7560.  This man is a fraud.  He scammed $280 from me and disappeared.  Do not give this man any money.  He is being investigated by the FTC, the FBI, and the Attorney General's office for running various scams.

I received a very similar call from a guy named Marvin Watson as well early Saturday morning.  He left a message with my answering service stating this is about a important legal matter and that he is from the California State Attorney's office.  After returning his call,  no Marvin Watson came to the phone and the guy who answered the phone was trying to get my number from me.  He placed me on hold then disconnected.  This is such a scam.  Do not give any numbers to this person.  I hope this guy dies a very painful death.  We need to get him into jail to get raped and f'd up.

Thanks for all your updates.  I got the same call, will respond accordingly

I got the same call yesterday stating i have committed fraud on a payday loan which ive never had.. some how this indian guys has all my info .. make a long story short said i was gonna be arrested blah bpah blah so  i called him out cause i know a bit about ca state law pertaining to payday loans or high risk loand and i told him that in ca legal actions such as prosicution or lawsuits can not be executed as a form of collection for an unpaid payday loan ... he began to stutter and hung up i called back and it said call can not be completed i tried several times same message.. later recieved a call from him again and him not realizing he talked to me early he started going into his speech again and i said u dont remember me and he clicked i called back and he said dont call me ur harrasing me i laughed and said excuse me u called me lol and he hung up .. word of advice record ur conversations with him i did... i also reprted it to cpa (consumer protection angency) and the f.b.i.. google ur local office and give them a call and report it the more reports they collect the futher they can investigate and stop this idiot from incoveniecing us .. also put a watch on ur social security number

this man is a a** hole and if i could get my damn hands on him lord only knows what i would do.

The freaks are working out of some crappy boiler room in Mumbai. Useless filth of nature.

These people need stopped. They are using several different numbers.  You can hear all kinds of other calls in the background.  They have thick accents.  And they are making all kinds of threats.  They DID have information about me, which if frightening.

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Date: 2012-11-16, 10:23AM EST
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This is the same number selling a car? Call and see if they like being played with! Same scam as the others. They are preying on people filling out loan apps online. Thats how they get your last four and all of your information.

I get calls all day long they wont stop no matter what i do sommeone tell me what to do

they said that I'm being sued and that it is the states attorney'ds office told me to ask for Kevin Peterson.  And his name is jake hobbs.

They Called me and demanded info of my life this Guy Cussed me out called me numorouse names and threated me and my family His name is KEVIN PETERSON He says hes from California State Office .. HE IS A SCAM I will report him GET A REAL JOB DAM SCAMMERS .

I was abused and told i would be sued and my family would be in debt for years once i was in prison if i did not pay them for a cash pay day loan from cash advance.com. I knew this was fraudulant and was told they will be watching when i asked for a name and company i was being called from. I called back and someone answered without speaking i could here the call center employees in the background hustling people the same way the tried with me. Definately needs to be investigated.

Yeah i got scared this morning when he said i had three charges against me from cali. I don't even live in cali, then he said my p.o. Would be kevin peterson who will handle my case...wtf?? Lol this is just dumb and I'm glad i logged this # up and saw you alls posts.!

Stole my personal information and convinced me to send money to pay off payday loan. Is there anything to be done, I'm thinking of going to find them and then watch out!!!!!!!!!!!

i got the same message, and they yelled in my ear to, i couldnt believe it. what have you done about them?

i got a call from that number today, and all they do is harrass me about some charges that i have against me that make no kind of sense. but i just wanna make sure that this is a scam, because they kept talking about sending someone to my place of employment. please write me back and let me know what you did in this case?

Print off this thread and give it to your employer. If they still do not believe you, open the links contained within this post and show it to them. Bottom line is---these are hard-core criminals who will stop at nothing to get innocent victims' money and/or jeopardize their jobs:

This is a criminal extortion scam operating out of India. They are making the calls utilizing VOIP and the names of legitimate firms to make it appear the calls are originating from within the US. There is NO "company" or "debt" and you will NOT be arrested. They are harvesting and/or buying consumers' personal identifying information from unscrupulous websites like the one you may have filled out an application with, and you need to do whatever you can to protect yourself. This includes: Notifying the FTC: https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/, placing fraud alerts with all three credit bureaus, notifying your bank and employer and letting these criminals know you are aware they are attempting to extort money for a non-existent debt and have alerted the authorities.

ABC News released an investigative report on this scam in June. The FTC has indicted one of its ringleaders for criminal fraud:

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/phantom-debt-co ... 16512428&page=1

http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2012/08/bgm.shtm

I threatened to report them to my lawyer after the upteenth time they called me and hung up.  I'm tired of being nice.  he called back to tell me that I am a lawyer and can't do anything to him and hung up on me.  tried calling back but got no answer.

Just tell your job it is scammers and they can see for themselves by googling the phone number.
You should put a fraud alert on your credit and change any bank or card numbers the scammers might have.  Tighten security on Facebook, etc. warn your friends and relatives about the calls and change your phone numbers.

I got a call from my job saying these people called. I wish they could be hunted down, they are messing with my lively hood. Jobs these days are particular about their employees and calls like this making accusations can be very bad.

these guys have been bothering me for three years now, they keep using the last name of watson, and peterson and have given me many bogus addresses throughout the contact, what  do they think that people do not talk to one another?????? google any address they give you as well. the new thing though now is a female added to their repetore of performances.

no they can not legal do this, they have to go to court first (small claims court) as they can not do this within themselves. Second of all payday loan companies are illegal in certain states. third of all you have to be notified that their is a case pending in the first place for the sheriffs office to issue an arrest warrant (and it will be for misdeamenor charges if they file at all. They can not freeze your account (only the us federal govt can do this) talk to your bank quickly and make sure the bank knows what is going on with this. Also launch a complaint with your local pd or the pd of the area code.

these people called twice yesterday and left two voice messages that "I or my attorney of record get back with them immediately as to time sensitive matters and id'd herself as cheryl fesus??? And then proceeded to say that if I do not return the call or my attorney that the mattter was out of her hands and she wished me good luck as the situation unfolded on me then stated goodby and take care." If it were legitamate they would have stated their business name for starters, the woman would not have sounded middle eastern/indian and they probably would not have left two messges.

I just received a call today at my workplace.  When I tried to call back I was hung up on and the second time I called back a foreigner answered and wanted my case number.  I told him I didn't have one and he then asked for my phone number.  I told him he was the one that called me, but I am sure he has call waiting and I will receive a call on my cell phone from them.  We need to stop this from happening to us......

There has to be a way to get one of those illegal autodialer machines and just have it flood "Michael's" number so he can't do any business.  I suggest everyone just ohone bomb this guy always.  Anyone that is tying up his line stops "him" from "working" and scamming people out of money.

i received the same call at work! I did not borrow from this company. So what happens does a sheriff really come to your work place? This terrified me because I know i did not borrow money from this company. what will happen next? Should I report this scam to local police or better business bureau?

I got a call from this number too.  Threatening jail and when I asked when a bill collector could threaten jail he hung up.  Only people who can threaten jail is law enforcement!

Received several messages from a Michael telling me not to disregard this message and call back right away. I called back and was told I had lawsuit against me. I waited for a few minutes but was on hold for over five minutes so I hung up. This number will now go straight to voice mail