Calling my cell phone and saying that I owe about $4000.00 on an original $200 loan.  I made a couple of payments originally, but closed my account when I realized what I was dealing with. They won't accept a money order to pay any part of this debt.  They have threatened with legal action and contacting the references I put on the original loan request.

Continue to receive calls on Home Phone Line from
Caller ID #1775...Three to five times each day.  

No Message...They just keep calling.

The other funny thing is that they have a phony copyright at the bottom of the page. :o)  The website, obviously, was hastily assembled.

Anyone else find this paragraph from the INTELLISOURZE webpage hilarious?  I particularly like the ETIQUETTE, LANGUAGE and ACCENT TRAINING section!  By the way, wasn't Steve Martin THE JERK??  HMMMMM


Only certified and experienced people are taken as call center employees at INTELLISOURZE. All our agents undergo customer care etiquette, language and accent training, and technical skills. We also train our agents on good and effective communication skills. Our Call Center Training Process has enabled us to only choose the best, so that we can provide you with world-class solutions.

Update:

A consumer posting a complaint about these same scammers at http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-718-831-7157 notes that 718-831-7157 is associated with an India-based "outsourcing" telephone bank.  Though a reverse search on WhitePages.com shows that 718-831-7157 is an unlisted land line in New York City, information on Debtbuyers.Com shows that that number is used by India-based Intellisourze. (Source: http://www.debtbuyers.com/debtbuyers.asp ) My guess is that it's a VoIP phone number.

This is another piece of the puzzle that fits in perfectly with other information about this scam. There are some reports on 800Notes that suggest that the crooks behind this offshore scam are also the crooks behind the notorious Bass/Ellis Crosby & Assoc./States Predisposition scams in Florida and Georgia. The interesting thing is that the number of complaints on here about the US National Bank/US Legal Investigation/Federal Investigation scam skyrocketed *after* April 7, 2008 when Florida obtained a $1.3 million judgment against Ted Ellis Crosby, shutdown his operations and barred him from ever conducting debt collections in Florida (Read http://myfloridalegal.com/newsrel.nsf/newsrel ... 5257424005858A6 ) There's certainly a good chance that the crooks placing these calls from India are doing so on behalf of the American crooks behind the Crosby/Bass/States Predisposition scams.

Here's the contact information for the phone bank in India:

IntellisOurzE BPO
701, Sapphier, Nr. Cargo Motors,
C.G. Road Navrangpura,
Ahmedabad - 9. (Guj.) INDIA.
E-Mail: info@intellisourze.com
Website: www.intellisourze.com

A check on the domain name "intellisourze.com" shows that the website and name registration was created on May 8, just one month *after* the Crosby scams were shut down in Florida:

Domain Name: INTELLISOURZE.COM
Registrant:  Pragra Infratech Pvt. Limited.
Email:  ankur.ranpariya@pragra.com    
908, Aksaht Tower, Nr. ICICI Bank
Opp. Rajpath Club, S.G. Highway
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India 380054
Tel. +91.7926871353
Creation Date: 08-May-2008
Expiration Date: 08-May-2009
Domain servers in listed order: ns5.znetindia.com ns4.znetindia.com
(Source: http://whois.domaintools.com/intellisourze.com )

Though scam calls from these crooks have been going on long before May 8, the frequency of complaints about these calls increased considerably after Crosby was shut down in early April.

This is conjecture, but appearances suggest that Crosby and company were originally running a two-pronged payday loan scam operation -- with some calls being made from Jacksonville, Florida and other calls being made from a phone bank in India (and possibly other countries); then, after the Florida Attorney General shut down the Crosby scams in Florida, the Crosby crooks transferred most of their scam efforts to the India phone bank.

If you are targeted by these criminals, be sure to report them to all the following federal and state law enforcement agencies (most of which you can do online or over the phone):

1) The U.S. Secret Service is responsible for protecting the country's financial infrastructure and payment systems from international and domestic threats. Call or write your local Secret Service field office to alert them to the details of this attempted extortion. The addresses and phone numbers for the local Secret Service field offices are listed at http://www.secretservice.gov/field_offices.shtml or in your phone book.

2) Alert the FBI at https://tips.fbi.gov  Be sure to tell the FBI that you are being targeted by extortionists over the phone who are posing as federal law enforcement. Be sure to give as many details as you can.

3) File a complaint with your local police. Most police departments will take a report over the phone.  Be sure to tell them that you're being targeted by an extortionist and give them all the details.

4) File a complaint your state's attorney general, the contact information for whom is at www.naag.org

5) File a complaint online with The Federal Trade Commission at https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01

If these crooks call back, promise them nothing, pay them nothing and tell them nothing other than that you know they're a scam and that you've reported them to law enforcement. (And be sure to report them to all the agencies above each time they call you.)

By the way, here's just a small sample of numbers used by this particular group of scammers. Read the reports and you'll see the same pattern time and again -- phony organization names, thick foreign accents, and oddly worded threats that are so melodramatic and ridiculous that it's laughable:

http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-925-262-1327
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-678-954-6346
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-341-4004
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-856-831-0640
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-949-743-1140
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-410-505-8128
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-917-464-2534
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-210-858-6602
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-775-2121
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-949-743-1156
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-214-245-1402
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-214-245-0922
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-214-723-5572
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-904-425-2863
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-718-831-7157
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-904-425-2857
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-714-733-5606

Wanted to check how much money has been sent to this "Steve Martin"/"Patrick"? If it is a lot, then it is worth legal action

I, too, had a phone called from Steve Martin, i reported it the police,
because. I got scare, the best part is that he would not give me an address.  he said the company got three offices, one in GA, FL and one in CA. but he is criminal investigation, and will be sending a law in enforcements to my job to arrest, they do not want credit card payment, money order or checks they only want you to send the money by western union, the western union office asked me if know these the person i am sending this money to, i said no, she told me to call the police, because the place i am sending this money to in a personal person home. NO enforcements office would want money to send to their personal place except to the office. they are so rude.

There are some mre notes about this number on
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-786-221-1775

I, too,  heard the same line of bull from "Steve Martin".  I reported it to the FTC as it is illegal to threaten something you cannot do while attempting to collect a debt.  At least it is in America.  Maybe Indian Steve has a different set of rules he follows.

I got a call from "Steve Martin" at work! he leaves a voice mail saying that he is a investigator/cop and I conducted illegal activites with a particular Bank and he is sending over the cops to have me arrested at my job....he knew my social and he kept saying the name of my company. On top of it he also called my V.P and left a simular message that I have conducted criminal activity and so forth and he also mentioned on my v.p's v/m that the company is in a law suite because of me. I went to my lawyer's he called this A-HOLE and recorded the conversation, when my lawyer called he asked him who is he and why is he threatening his client..."steve" said dont worry about who I am and hung up on him....the next day I reported it to my local police department and the officer called him as well, of course "steve" hung up on him. I called him a couple of times and asked him who hired him to call me and of course he wouldnt tell me. My thing is where are WE protected as Americians? this foreign indian knows my cell phone # and work and SOCIAL SECURITY #, calls me at work and my VICE PRESIDENT threatens me and MY V.P and gives me a false name, title and threatens me. This is WRONGFUL and we as americians do NOT DESERVE this!!!!!! I dont not live in Iraq, I live here in america and something should be done about this!!! Its time!!

I am a Human Resources Manager at a company.  A man named "Steve Martin"...also with a heavy Indian accent called and wanted to speak with one of our employees.  He indicated that he worked for United Legal Investigations.  He babbled about contacting law enforcement and indicated that the IP address had been traced to our company.  The funny thing is that we are a production facility and this individual really has no access to our computer system.  When questioned about this, he pretty much turned into a broken record.  I eventually got the employee in my office to call, as I knew him quite well.  This guy rambled the same crap and I eventually found this website.  Now, there are about 25 employees harrassing this guy, as well as the victim contacting the proper authorities!  These people need to get a life...

HI THIS IS ASH ONE OF THE GUYS HAD ALL MY DETAILS WHO TOLD ME THAT HE WILL PUT ALL THE DETAILS ON THE INTERNET ? I AM SCAR.......

L M A O --> Nice try Apu... "Thank you, come again!"

Correct.  This is as scam.

There is no "US National Bank Crimes".  This is the same group of foreign scam artists who use caller ID spoofing software or VoIP to disguise where they're really located. They may also be connected to the crooks behind the infamous Bass Prelitigation/States Predisposition payday loan scams.

One thing to remember is that anytime someone calls you demanding money to prevent your arrest, it is ALWAYS a scam. No debt collector, let alone criminals posing as debt collectors, have the authority to have anyone arrested for anything. And it's illegal to them to threaten such a thing.  These same scammers also routinely impersonate FBI agents, police and other law enforcement officials, which, obviously, is illegal as well. Besides, law enforcement officers aren't in the business of debt collection.

The bottom line is, these are criminals trying to steal your money. I suggest that anyone targeted by these extortionists contact these law enforcement agencies, most of which you can do online or over the phone:

1) The U.S. Secret Service is responsible for protecting the country's financial infrastructure and payment systems from international and domestic threats. Call or write your local Secret Service field office to alert them to the details of this attempted extortion. The addresses and phone numbers for the local Secret Service field offices are listed at http://www.secretservice.gov/field_offices.shtml or in your phone book.

2) Alert the FBI at https://tips.fbi.gov  Be sure to tell the FBI that you are being targeted by extortionists over the phone and give them all the details.

3) File a complaint with your local police. Most police departments will take a report over the phone.  Be sure to tell them that you're being targeted by an extortionist and give them all the details.

4) File a complaint your state's attorney general, the contact information for whom is at www.naag.org

5) File a complaint online with The Federal Trade Commission at https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01

If these crooks call again, ignore their threats, give them nothing and tell them nothing other than that you know they're a criminal scam and that you've reported them to law enforcement. Be sure to file complaints with law enforcement each time they call.

Here are links to consumer law firms and consumer advocate organizations that provide information on protecting yourself from shady debt collectors and debt collection scams:

http://www.naca.net/debt-collection-abuse/
http://www.fairdebtlawyers.com/
http://www.myfairdebt.com/
http://attorneysforconsumers.com/
http://www.westcoastlitigation.com/
http://www.theadvocateslaw.com/
http://www.consumercounselgroup.com/
http://www.budhibbs.com/First.htm
http://www.creditlawnetwork.com/

"list of persons is reported to the small claim court". Um..Yeah. And who receives these "reports"? Do they have a special clerk for that? Did they "download a warrant"? You could afford a lawyer but couldn't pay $775?

Not falling for it. Thanks anyway for the "advice". You should get back to making you phone calls now.

False report. This is just another debt collection scammer posing as a consumer and posting false reports here.

Hey, James (though something tells me that your real name is Middle Eastern or Indian), if your scam were a legitimate company, there would be no need for you to stoop to posting fake reports online. Good job telling on yourself.

Consumers: report these criminals to the FBI, your attorney general, and the FTC.

This is a pay day loan company who is trying to get the funds from the debtors who had taken a loan and never paid back the company, calls are made by the company guys to the people there are many who pay and those who dont pay the company sends the information to the information to the credit bureau about this and a list of such persons is reported to the small claim court.I did not pay them $775 and after 3 months I got a letter to represent myself with attorney in small claim court where I had to pay $1500 as penalty.So my advice is if you had taken a loan pay them or else you will fall into trouble.

I have recently started getting these calls also.  They identify themselves as from GFS in Great Britain.  I did a payday loan with them almost 2 years ago.   I made a couple of payments and then they started calling me and I asked if I could send them a money order or check as I became fearful of them going into my account.  They refused and only wanted my bank account.  That's when I knew I was dealing with bad people.  Any normal business will let you pay via money order, check, etc.
Does anyone know how to stop the calls?

I got a call form some guy named "patrick" with a very thick indian accent telling me all my info ssn full name dob etc stating he was from the US National Bank Crimes..Apparently I am a suspect for bank fraud but he couldn't tell me who I bank with or any info about my bank account