So there is really no reason to worry?  I knew the message was "off," but chalked it up to a language barrier.  The threats agains me and my fammy really shook me up...

URGENT MATTER, STATE ATTORNEY FOR NEW YORK TWO UNKNOWN CALLS HAS MY SS# AND SAID I TOOK OUT A PAYDAY LOAN AND WANTS ME TO LISTEN TO A TAPE. I AM BEING SUED LAWSUIT

"Officer Mark Johnson of UNLV" left message - Middle Eastern - said my complaint was about to be "downloaded" and to call him back. #805-290-1945 - Santa Barbara, CA.  I called back already knowing the deal.  The only info I gave him was my name and insisted I speak to Off Johnson. When he asked for my phone # I said Off Johnson called me so he already has it, put him thru.  While this is going on I'm telling my husband in the background that as an attorney I have dealt with these scammers before, etc.  The line went dead.  But he did call back - now he is Officer Johnson - clearly the same man.  I told him that he was a hoax and scam and not to call again as I already had the info to report him.  I reported this to our local Sheriff's office and a deputy came out -the REAL kind!- and took the info.  These a**holes need to be stopped.  NOW.  I can't believe that they have had the nerve to actually threaten people as reported here!!  One thing in our situation - our lives have already been threatened by certain people in the area and the local sheriff's know the whole story and have repeatedly informed us that if anyone comes on our property that we don't know and/or if we do not know if they are here to harm us or not - it is legal to use lethal force in this instance, and we have availed ourselves of the arms to do this.  Look up your local laws and see what your rights are to protect yourselves, and use it if necessary.  This sounds like a small group, maybe related, who are just alternating false names, numbers, etc.  Any legitimate company you owe money to will MAIL you documentation before or concurrent with any telephone demands.  If you don't have it in writing or they refuse to send it - tell them where to go and hang up!  Hope they're caught and stopped soon!

Oh boy..nice too see we all have the same issue here! Indian accent..left message on my answering machine  first and as usual the number (local) didnt work...called the number left on the message and sure enough UN legal dept. a sort of small section of the UN he said. Had alot of info on me including my SS, place of business, ip address, etc..same thing...payday loan that I never received and he said that I could settle now for $535 or so...I just kept asking questions and eventually I told him that the company would have contacted me if this was true, the UN was a lame front for them, the indian accent was a dead give away, etc...the number was 347-614-1507

These people have an oriental or asian accent they call my job and harass and threaten me using profanity.  I had filed several compliants with the Federal Trade Commission and the State Attorney General Office of Texas. I do not understand why these people have not been caught. They move around from place to place and use different number. This is fraud and they associate themselves with Law Firms, Loan Companies, Legal Dept and etc. Someone has got to stop this.

A guy named "Steven" calls me. From the UN Crime Suspect Dept. stating the same failure to pay a loan line. Again, very heave accent Indian). Tells me I think I am above the law, cops will show up at my home (which is not my address) and the same only God can help me line. He called in 2006 and I asked him to fax me the info and I would take care of it. He went off on me. I hung up on him and he called back. I told him that his tactics to collect a debt were against the law and I was going to report him and his company. He hung up on me and didn't call back, till this week!! 2009!! I believe this "company" is located in Florida. As his calls come in from a 904 area code. I tried to reverse look up the number but no info was available.

These people keep calling me, They keep saying there from some law firm name LUWALL or FIRST IRS some guy name Chris Milano saying i owe some money to a payday loan company,everytime i ask them if they had a website so i can look them up they always catch an attitude,anything I ask them they catch an attitude.It's another guy also said his name is Mr. Nolan. BE AWARE THIS IS A SCAM.............

Yes this is definitely a scam, annoying and if you think about it totally wrong,  I have been receiving calls since Oct Last year. it stopped but has started back up,  these people are calling my daughter and sister telling them that I used them as a reference so they owe money for me.   stupid and very very aggravating....I called back micheal jackson  (heavy accent) and when he answered I told him I was officer lewis he said from where I said same place that you are an officer he started laughing and said f*** you and hung up on me... the next day a lady called my job and I told her what was the call regarding she said personal I said do not call here with this mess she also hung up.

Yeah these guys are scam artist...they started calling me last year saying i didnt pay off a payday loan.They bug my dad and old roommate caused i used them as refrences when i got the loan.They stole the info from the internet and now they always call me a LOT!!The bad thing is they have my SS number and bank account but all they want is to send them money debit,credit card.They always have india type accents and call themselves officers.Like officer John Peters and other american names.Dont let these guys fool you.I dont know how to get rid of them or stop them.I called the local police and FBI and they wont do anything.I filed a complaint to the FTC so we will see what happens..probally nothing

Same thing: heavy accent, claims he is Robin Wilson from the UN Legal Dept. Called twice in a row - first time said he was calling for [my full name], next time said he was calling for Beth [my last name]. Bizarre... Not calling back but will report this to the AG.

I got a call from an Officer Mark Johnson 1-800-860-1813 ext 1008 saying he was calling from the US Crime Suspect Dept. He said that my case # (which happened to be my SS #) has been brought forward to them for some crime I've committed and that this matter was Urgent. That I needed to call them back or something bad would happen to me either at my job or at home and that only God could help me. I freaked out coz i knew I had not committed any crime. Am a law abiding citizen who minds my business. I tried to call back but it says call cannot be completed from my area. I googled the # thats when i came across this complaint site. Can we sue them or report them to the FBI? Its wrong to threaten pple like that using the govt name!!!

to add onto sisterlove265 . . . . she is my girlfriend and this is a true scam this gentleman with a very strong middle eastern accent wont stop calling us and he had not threatened our lives until the las time he called... but he said ... his name was james williams and he was from united national legal dept. . . . then at the end of the phone call when i refused to give him my full name and ss# his exact words were..."you stupid mother f***ers imma kill you"  yea pretty scary when before he has told us our phone number...out names...and our address..yea well imma go to bed night

got many calls from this number as james williams about my brother and saying i was gunna go to jail and be prosecuted for not relaying a message and he is a scamer people dont give him anything anyone can get the last 4 for ur social so dont give out any more info and ur save and when we kept telling him do what u got to do stop calling us he became violient and threating em and my bf and we have not hurd back from him since he has threatened us.

Caller with heavy accent said he is attorney general Mark Sorenson and threatened to have "cops" show up at my work about a payday loan that I NEVER took out.  I asked for documentation and he said he would only send documentation after I paid the amount due.  Caller ID for the call came up as my work phone number.

Got a call from a person with a heavy indian accent saying she was Officer Rose Johnson from United National Legal Dept.  She was stating that I needed to call her back regarding a legal matter and that if I did not call back today she would proceed with the matter.  When I called the number back, that call will not go thru.

Yes, these people keep calling me too. Same info. I was told by my bank to hang up, ignore them, do not give them personnel info.I have reported it to the attorney general etc

Payday2go don't have connection with them. I am from payday2go (online loan company) I am receiving lots of call complaining about this fraud collectors and callers experienced harassment and asking them some payments. I even check our database but the callers don't have existing account with us, they are just using our company name to collect money. please visit our website at www.payday2go.com
If you received calls from them and claiming that they are calling on behalf of payday2go. Please don't believe them and report it to us at (866)742-0413.

got a message from officer Alex also att ext 1022 as well with and accent advised that there was a legal issue that my name was tied to and that i needed to call him right away before something happens to me I called vack and spoke with an officer mike who advised that a friend had used my name on som fraudulant and illegal documents and that she had put my name and number opn the papier wich made me legally responsible after I replied that I did not sign any papers and that I was not responsible for anything. The officer than told me that an officer will be to my house in an hour and that I was going to jail. I have gone off on my friend and called the police (which is a good idea to report this issue to as well, not the going off on the friend part Ha Ha). My sister in law told me to google the number which is when of course I found this sight. Thanks for sharing guys you don't know the stress these pleople have caused me today.

We also have been contacted by this person with an accent telling us to send money because we are in trouble. We will find them..... 1-800-860-1813 ext 1022 Alex.

calls again! these people are crazy, definitely a scam also calling from 631-409-8424 ext 1045 name is Sam Smith today the other day it was officer thomas and blake williams!

THIS IS A CRIMINAL OPERATION!

ABCNews says that the West Virginia Attorney General is warning people about fake debt collectors who will call you repeatedly at home and at work, threatening you with arrest for not paying a debt... that doesn't even exist.

The scammers operate under names such as U.S. National Bank, Federal Investigation Bureau and United Legal Processing, said West Virginia Assistant Attorney General Norman Googel.

The callers also have invoked the names of actors Denzel Washington and Steve Martin, people who've received calls tell ABCNews.com.

Googel said that the scammers have been impossible to track down, but ABCNews.com spoke to one man who claimed to be associated with U.S. National Bank. The man said he works for Financial Crime Division, a company he said provides services for USNB.

The man refused to give his name and gave little information about his company.

Steve Martin? What? When ABC tried to get the fake debt collector to tell them about his company, he responded in a thick accent: "It's not necessary that each and everyone knows about Financial Crime Division, and probably one of them is you." Yep. Definitely one of them is us. (To hear a clip of this conversation, click here.)

ABC says the scammers are targeting people who took out payday loans and have access to lots of personal information that may have been stolen from payday lending websites. One consumer who was interviewed for the report said that he was intimidated into sending the scammers $800. They claimed he still owed the money on some loans he took out in 2005. He had paid the loans off last year, but threats of arrest scared him.

"I was scared to death," he said. "Everything they said literally just stressed me out to the max."

The scammers like to use scary-sounding terms that are meaningless such as "downloading affidavits," identify themselves as "Denzel Washington," and say they are calling from "Steve Martin's office."

ABC says consumers with complaints about U.S. National Bank are encouraged to contact the FTC, and their state attorney general's office.

http://consumerist.com/5039903/fake-debt-coll ... t-of-your-money

http://www.wvago.gov/press.cfm?ID=444&fx=more

The following is an excerpt from ec's post:

http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-718-831-7157

It's a scam.  There's no such thing as a Federal Investigation Bureau or United Legal Processing.

This is a very active group of overseas scammers who attempt to extort money from Americans with a myriad of false and illegal threats. They alternately pose as debt collectors, federal and state law enforcement officers, lawyers and bankers. 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, White Collar Crime Unit and many more.  These crooks often use caller-id spoofing software and/or VoIP to disguise their real location and to make it appear that they are calling from American area codes.

(By the way, there are some reports on 800Notes that have suggested 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* 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 )

The main 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.) 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. I suggest you do all the following (most of which you can do online):

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

Hope this helps.

OMG.... THESE PEOPLE IS TRYING TO SCAM EVERYBODY, THEY KEEP CALLING ME SAYING THE SAME BULL,AND THE BAD PART ABOUT IT THEY HAVE SO MUCH PERSONAL INFO ABOUT ME. THEY CAN'T SPEAK ENGLISH EITHER, I JUST TALKED TO A LAWER AND HE SAID THAT NUMBER HAS BEEN REPORTED SOOOOOOO MANY TIMES SO PLEASE DISREGARD IT.

The call was listed as unavailable and i did not answer. A message was left stating by Office New Thomas and he had my name and i was told to call be immediately before something bad happend to me. I called and another officer "same voice might i add" said he could not find my name and i refusred to hang up till he told me what he was calling for. The officer informed that the person handling my case was out side smoking and would call me back. The officer did not call me back so i called again and a woman answered and said she needed to speak with my mother and had her name as well. She stated my moms number was disconnect (which it is not) the woman was very rude so i gave her a few words and she hung up... make a long story short i called back and got a fake confirmation number for my mom 3214567890 they are crzy!!! my mom called and they told her they didn't have her name on file and hung up! Use caution if you do speak with these people!

these people called my parents about my brother and they are very upset.  I called back and lit into officer carl anderson.  I'm just curious how your investigation is going.

I got a call from an Officer Mark Johnson from US crime suspect Dept. He actually sounded like a woman to me. Said that I should call them back at 1-800-860-1813 ext 1008 and it was an urgent matter. If i didnt call back, something bad was gonna happen to me at home or at work and that Only God can help me. They even had a case number that they quoted when they called which happens to be my SS #. When I tried to call back the number, it said that the number cannot be reached from my area. That is just wrong to threaten pple like that. Someone needs to sue them. What should I do to take action. I have not broken the law.

got a few calls from the same company with 4 different callback numbers...heavy indian accent... when i argued with him that i had no idea who it was they hung up !!!!! they had my SS and bank info.. BE CAREFUL !!!!

to add onto sisterlove265 . . . . she is my girlfriend and this is a true scam this gentleman with a very strong middle eastern accent wont stop calling us and he had not threatened our lives until the las time he called... but he said ... his name was james williams and he was from united national legal dept. . . . then at the end of the phone call when i refused to give him my full name and ss# his exact words were..."you stupid mother f****rs imma kill you"  yea pretty scary when before he has told us our phone number...out names...and our address..yea well imma go to bed night

I have received several calls from this number. Caller is always male, heavy Indian accent, and always asks for Thelma Davis in regard to some "fraud activity" that Thelma has done. I have no idea who Thelma Davis is. I've received other collection/junk calls for this person as well. I tried to call this 800 number to complain (not that it would have done any good), but the call doesn't go through--fast busy signal. What to do?

An officer supposedly name Officer Jenkins keep calling one of my friends asking for me. I called the number back and it keeps saying all circuits are busy. The sh** is really pissing my friend off and me as well. I don't have problems with the law and I know they don't call from 800 numbers.

IF ANYONE RECEIVES A CALL FROM THESE SCAMMERS PLEASE GO TO THIS WEBSITE:
www.wvago.gov/internetloanscam.com  DO NOT GIVE THESE SCAMMERS ANY OF YOUR MONEY OR BANK INFORMATION!!!!