same as above e-mails;attorney travis griffin;threatening;have a lot of my personal info

You need to contact your attorney general in your state and let them know of the scam.

Got one of these e-mail messages. Left several phone messages cursing them out. Then sent them my "cell" number so they could call and settle. It was the state AG consumer fraud division.

Threating emails from Officer Mike Smith

This number keeps calling me

You can get these to the FBI and also the FTC.  

http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx
https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/#&panel1-1

Received emails on 3 consecutive dates from a "Shawn Bond" from USA Attorney's Office with this phone number. This email looked like a fill in form. It had fields number 1-15.  A form field marked "Reference Phone Number" had a 406 number that one belonged to an Arby's in Billings Montana, but now that Phone number is a disconnect. When I tried to call back the 786 # (blocking my number on caller id), the call went straight to voice mail.

I received an email today saying basically same; going to be served regarding non-payment of a Pay Day Loan, which I have no knowledge about.  However, the e-mail stated it was sent from Attorney Shawn Marsh with USA Attorney Department but it referenced the same call back phone number.

I received the same email below.  I have not called them back because it seems like a scam to me.  These email are very helpful to me.

This just happened to me and when I called he gave me three different names and yelled and cussed at me. He then hung up once I told him I had my attorney and the police present and then when called back he said that Mr. Boyd was in a meeting. So the problem is that they have all my information. What do I do.

I just received an email stating that I owe a payday loan from May of 2012 of 300.00. I never heard of the company and know for a fact I have never used them. I have the same contact number but the guy name is now USA Attorney Shawn Marsh!!!

Thank you for the link! I was able to forward my email to them.

I got and email that included this phone number as the contact... at 2am today!!! (you know bc all US attorneys send threatening emails in the middle of the night).

Whats so weird and most concerning is that, it's my email address, and my home address in the information list, but all the other information (ssn, dob, drivers license) is for someone I've never heard of. I'm wondering if this indicates some identity theft?

As a side note, the attorney in my email was named Shawn Marsh.

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 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.

This is part of the email i got today:  

This letter is in regard to your account, with  a  balance of  $300.00  past  due.  We have  repeatedly tried  to resolve this  overdue  balance,  and   we have  repeatedly   advised  you of  your long overdue  balance  in  the amount of  $700.00  since  you  have  not made your payment so we have turned  your account  over  to our Federal Department and instructed  them to commence suit without further delay.

      There is still time, however, to avoid suit if you contact us. This will be your final opportunity to resolve this matter without the expense of court procedure.

       There  is  no  positive reply  from  your side.   It  clearly  shows that  you   are  running  away   from  this  legal matter.   Now  any  time  you  will get  summons  as  well  as  possession  notice  for auction of  your any    property.  You  have  to  sign  power  of   attorney. As   per   contract    between    you   and   the  company  what  you   had signed, Company  can go  for all legal process. and once class action  will  be  started  your  Resolve ment  amount  will  be  $10.000.00   plus  all    legal   expenses    and  charges.   Your   SSN.   May  be  blocked  and  blacklisted   by   banking  authorities  as per laws. Now  best is  yours   either  resolve  it now  or  ready  to go for long  painful process because COMPANY HAS GIVEN ME AN AUTHORITY TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST YOU BUT IT IS MY DUTY TO MAKE YOU AWARE IN THIS LEGAL MATTER BECAUSE YOU ARE EDGE OF THE COURT HOUSE SO I AM ATTORNEY I KNOW HOW TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST YOU REPLY ME ASAP.

        If you want to resolve this issue then we can settle this account with one time payment of $650. If not then you can pay $200 biweekly until you paid it off. Reply me as soon as possible so I can forward your details to our company. You can reach me on my number that is 786-462-1928.Give me your cell number so I can reach you to resolve this matter.



USA ATTORNEY DEPARTMENT

ATTORNEY SHAWN BOND
PHONE NO. 786-462-1928

Don't you think if it was real, they would know how to word their sentences?  But what is scary is that some of my info they had was correct.  I think they buy this information to scare and scam people by threatening to be arrested or have your property auctioned off.  The sad thing is is that some people do fall for their scare tactics.  Any legitimate legal matter would be handled by local law enforcement offices.  Total scammers!

They also had most of my correct info including my ssn. However, I became suspicious when I noticed that the birthdate was incorrect. I have received 2 emails from different so called loan companies. One contact was Officer Patric Brown and the other one was Attorney Travis Griffin. I am so glad I did not contact these people. I do not see any of my bank account info. However, I will be checking my statements to see if they tried to "recover" the fictitious funds.

This person has my social security number...creepy

I got the same thing done to me. When I spoke to him he could not answer my questions and got an attitude with me.

How do I stop this?

Got the same email also. they even went as far as calling me pretending to be a law services collection agency. But when i threatened to have JAG harass them as they are doing me it all stopped

send me tons of emails and is threatening me to throw me in jail!!

Thanks for everyone's responses. This eps me a lot and after further research I have never even taken a loan out with these people, especially in June 2011

I received an email mid-October from sender name "ATTORNEY TRAVIS GRIFFIN" whose email address is "attorneytrivisgriffin@....com". Why would an attorney choose an email address with his name misspelled?

There's so many things wrong with this email that claims I have an outstanding payday loan.

Then the header of the body lists a "law suit" number, followed by the glimmer of hope that "[t]here is still time...to avoid suit."

The phone number listed is 786-462-1928, which is a spoofed number. The real number to a man with an accent is 786-250-1148.

After reading everyone's response, I wanted to alert you of a simple way of how to spot a scam.  Patrick Brown claims to be a representative of the United States legal department; however look at his e-mail address it's a .Gmail account.  Really the USA is not using .gov?  This guy is preying on people.  Always look at the email address, if they are different then the address it is being sent from, it's a scam.

i  got  this  same  email  on  the 22nd of  november and  they  told  me  that  i  took out  a loan  in 2011  pay  pawn and  the  caller was from  a patric brown

You made a promise to the company that you will pay your installment on 11/21/2013 but you have not paid yet so let me know your clear intentions you want to resolve this matter or should company give an authority to the UNITED STATE LEGAL DEPARTMENT officer Mr. Patric Brown proceed further in FBI office  give me your immediate reply in this legal matter.


OFFICER PATRIC BROWN



This is the latest email I received!!  And they keep coming!! How do we report him or find out how legit this is or have him arrested or something

Same email i replied imediatly because i have taken a loan before, does anyone know if by reponding u can get hacked??? Ive had my phone hacked before and id rather it not happen agian.

I received this same email and the people have my as# also .

You may never know how they got your Social Security Number but one possibility is that a bank or other financial web site you use could have been hacked.

Yes, I received this same email, then I received another email, stating I will be arrested on Thursday.  How did they get my Social Security Number and what other information do they have.  As anybody pressed charging against this person.  It is a shame the way the world is turning out,  is there anything safe anymore.