http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releas ... nt-payday-loans

THERE IS NOTHING TO BE AFRAID OF GET THE COMPANIES INFO AND SUE THEM, THEY ARE A BUNCH OF EVERYDAY JERKS WORKING ON COMISSION TO BE A HOLES
U WILL NOT BE ARRESTED IT IS ONLY A SCAM DO NOT PAY NOTHING WILL HAPPEN,http://dockets.justia.com/docket/north-carolina/ncedce/5:2012cv00652/124858/ JUST AHNOTHER COLLECTION CO TRYING TO MAKING MONEY OFF THE DENT THEY BOUGHT

http://dockets.justia.com/docket/north-carolina/ncedce/5:2012cv00652/124858/

So if we don't pay them nothing will happen? I've been scammed before but what if they aren't lying? That's what worries me.

There is no penalty for not paying a pay day loan debt u will not be arrested or put in jail stop paying these ple call the bank and reverse ur payment to get ur money back

PDL is all about telling ple they committed fraud so they will be scared enough to pay - die to fear of lawsuits and jail

STOP PAYING THESE CONS, LIARS, & CHEATS

So I just paid penister closson because they emailed me a statement stating I owe this company, which i was firmlary with but after reading your blog. what should i do?

I received a call from a Jennifer Peoples with Nationwide Investigations that left a msg for me to respond within 48 hours with a statement or else she would have no choice but to turn me in to authorities. I supposedly had someone filed criminal charges against. I called her back within hours of the 48 hr deadline (because that is when I actually listened to her vm and was like WTH) I called her back left a msg telling her I returned her call but had no clue what she could be referring to b/c I broke no laws! Within seconds she had called me back. and continued to give me this story of how I was being charge with 3 counts of check fraud, theft by deception and something else over a check she said I wrote 6 yrs ago for $21!!!!! I have no recollection of writing a check that long ago that was unpaid. I don't even live in the same state anymore. She went on to say the local authorities would be comeing out to pick me up and I told her I had no idea what she was talking about with the check. She asked if I still lived at (an old address) which was also 6 years old and I had already moved several times since then. I told her no. She said I had recieved 10 certified letters concerning the bad check but obviously I did not recieve them and I know for sure I never signed for any of them! This is the first I have heard of this incident by mail, telephone or any other means in 6 yrs! I told her I couldn't be arrested I was in the state alone and had my two small children to care for. She threatened to send them to social services. She said I would have to sit in jail up to 2 weeks before seeing a judge and then more than likely be sentenced to 29 days in jail and have TONS of money to pay in bond and court costs etc.... She seemed genuinlly concerned for me and offered to settle the debt out of court if I payed $521.89 by 6pm that day... basically in 1 hour!!!! Of course I have never dealt with this or been in any kind of trouble before so I freaked out and paid it :(   She said I had to call another company, Penister, Closson and Associates took the actual payment and they emailed me a receipt and I had to fax it back to them. Once I did that the warrant would be disposed of. I tried to fax it to the number several times but it would go through (the next day) and tried to call her back concerning it but it was busy and said the call could not go through. This made me even more suspicious. All my family and friends said it sounds like a scam. I started researching online and could find nothing on nationwide investigations, Penister closson had nothing but bad scam comments and and F rating from the BBB. I called her and finally got through and asked for her website, she said they didn't have one. I said how do ppl find you to hire you for work? She said that is private info and she is suppose to find me not the other way around. I asked her who was filing charges against me, she said that was private too. I thought that was public record??? I asked about contact info for the collection company, she said no. She told me to call certegy for a copy of the check. I did and they could not find it. I called my bank at the time the check was written, they could not find it... I called the local police dept and the police dept in the state I use to live and they had no clue what I was talking about... When I started asking her these questions and especially when I mentioned my lawyer she got very defensive and threatened to go ahead with the warrant. She accused me of making allegations towards her and lying... What do I have to lie about??? She called me!!!!!!!! She said one thing one day and another the next. When I threatened to have my lawyer press charges against her and the collection company they quickly offered to refund the money but she said she would be absolutely sure to make sure I am put in jail. If there is an actual warrant issued I will go turn my self in on my own and get it out of the way, bond out and then fight her all the way in court. Even if I were to owe this money, they are harrassing me and making unlawful allegations, threats and scare tatics. This just all took place 3 days ago. I am currently awaiting further councel from my lawyer, and the refund to be processed at the bank. Something is way too fishy with this whole situation!!! Beware!

My husband has been having the same problems
He just paid back a loan from ace today and then we get a call from a "Jeffrey Gibson" sayin he owed and strangely large amount and if he didnt pay it then a cop was gonna come to our house and take him to jail.
and he kept sayin wait 30 minutes wait 30 minutes and a cop car will be there from a completely different county that we live in.
and my husband called the guy back and asked him when the car would be here and he would just keep sayin wait for the right time.
im so glad i found this sight and found out this was all a big lie

I AM GETTING THE SAME CALLS, EXCEPT MINE ARE FROM 701-484-1762, SAME INDIAN ACCENT THAT YOU CANT UNDERSTAND. I JUST IGNORE THE CALLS.

It is a scam artist.  Ignore them.

Keep getting this number on my cell phone.

They are dame it scammers. They called me threatening
Me stating I'm going to jail. They can't even speak English.
F them.

This guy started calling my wife at work,he keeps threatening nothing ever happens,plus the threats are being recorded,because their illegal to make. All we can find out is its coming from cell cell phone in South Carolina.

I am so happy that I am not the only one sharing in this drama. I too am tired of the back to back calls. Told I am in prime suspect in a legal case and there are police that are coming after me. I do love how they conclude the call with keep it on the good side after they say I leave a bad image of myself. I was bothered with the calls, lack of ability to mail me info (as directed by law), want my info if I call but not wanting to provide their, and the non understanding that I can not go to jail for debt. Only if I don't show up for court yet nothing comes in writing. I write this because today theu call my job...not a good choice. I work in a call center where I can capture the calls. It was too bad that it was a coworker that got it instead of me....I was livid.

540-308-9514 is another # they call from.

I also received calls from this number. He said his name was Robert Jones and then Roy Wilson came on the line. I didn't want to talk to them, but wanted to here what they supposedly had against me.These people need to be stopped. The last straw was when they called my work number. I also called the FTC number and filed a complaint. I hope it helps to stop them.

THIS IS AN EXTORTION SCAM. Scammers pretend to be law enforcement (police, sheriff, Feds, AG's Office, fake cop agencies with made-up names) and may be using bought/hacked loan application data to extort money or personal info for fictitious crimes.
The real DEA warns about fake-DEA extortion scams here http://www.justice.gov/dea/pubs/states/newsrel/2010/denver111010.html
The real FBI warns about payday loan extortion scams here http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/paydayloanscam_120710
The real FDA warns about fake-FDA extortion scams here http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/2009/ucm195814.htm
The real FDIC warns about fake-FDIC extortion scams here http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/specialalert/2010/sa10131.html
Report to the Internet Crime Complaint Center http://www.ic3.gov/complaint/default.aspx , the Federal Communications Commission http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm , the Federal Trade Commission https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/ and your state AG, as appropriate.

Hi

I was just scammed by these people but I got so nervous that I actually gave them my debit card number. Got the call from Jeffrey Gibson he gave me the same scare tactic but I fell for it.. I called the FTC and they told me to call the police, the police was just here and their advice is not to answer the phone calls at all.  This is a nationwide scam being investigated.  Wish I would have read this before, I would still have my money.

I tell all of you the people that is doing all of this if all of us can file a classaction lawsuit against these
a**@@@@,we can atlesst stop some of them from messing with us.my laywer is already searching their location so we can put these jerks where they belong.

A man named Jeffrey Gibson from Nationwide Investigations keeps calling me too saying that there is 3 counts of fraud against me.  He says he's gonna call my local authorities and have me arrested and i'm going to lose my job.  I asked them to e-mail me since they have my e-mail address all the s*** i'm supposedly being accused of and he told me he couldn't do that.  I did some research online and found out that he is nothing but a phone scammer.  When he called me back a few days ago I called him out on his scam he started saying nasty things to me and I yelled right back saying he was probably a terrorist part of Al-Qaeda and I told him I hope he blows himself up.  I also asked him how do you have an american name if you are foreign because he has an indian accent.  These pieces of garbage needs to be stopped hopefully they catch these MFers.

I just received a call from a man with a foreign accent and an American name as well.  I called the Federal Trade Commision's number that I saw in a message above (877 382 4357) and they made a report and gave me a reference number in case I need to call back.  They also told me to call my State Cosumers Agency at 1 (800) 621-0508 for Texas.  If we all do this then hopefully they can catch these jerks.

hey all, same here with the phone calls from 803-402-4056 to my work as they have no other numbers..   They call and say they have an FBI warrent for my arrest and say they are detectives..   They say I owe them money and continue to yell out count 1, count 2, count 3 of what I'd get arrested for if I didn't pay this.  When I ask them to send me this in writing they say Okay sounds like your refusing to pay this etc and so on, tell me that my local authorties will be there shortly to get me..    Well I was waiting today and no one came lol.  These are scammers.  GAVIN NASH his names was..  No details as well, 2009-10 only as they didn't have a date..   Im just ignoring them.  Filed with the FTC as well..

I have also been getting calls from this number. THey started calling a few days ago and now they started to call my work. I just said she is no longer works here and they still call. Today they called my cell phone 18 times in 2 mins. who the hell does that. the funny thing is there is another number that calls me and they are from NC and its the exact samething but i talked to them and they have all my info from my full social to my full bank account numbers. they repeated it back to me and so they do. Very scary. They told me that I owed $712 for some payday loan that I never took out. I asked them what the details were and that they had me on 3 different counts of fraude. I asked them what the date was that the money went into my account and they said it was between 2010-2011. I went to my bank and asked if they cld look to see any activity all they cld find were my deposits I made and tax refunds. I just don't know what to do now. if anyone has any advice for me it would b greatly appreciated.

Since yesterday May 4, 2011 my mother has been receiving telephone calls from this people, Nationwide Investigation", originally a guy by the name of Harry Lawrence called and told her that my brother was involve in criminal activities and that they needed to speak with him, since she does not speak English they ask for someone that can translate for her.  My mom gave my information and this indian guy by the name of Mark Morris with a very heavy Indian accent called me saying that my mother had taken a loan from United Casn Loan via internet.  I told him my mom does not even know how to use a computer nor she has one.  He was screaming at me saying how I was covering up for her and that they were going to send the local police to arrest her. I asked to confirm the amount of the loan which according to them was $300.00 and I said and you are threatening to put her in jail for $300.00, he then went ahead to say that we can settle the case over the phone and when I told him to send me something in writting stating when she applied and all the information regarding the loan he got very upset and was screaming at me once again, he said to have my lawyer call him when I want to settle this case.  I actually had someone call them from a private number and they did not pick up.  It is very upseting to see how these thieves can harrass you and make you paranoid for no reason.  I will report them to FTC and I will also file a report against them.

I have been receiving the same calls at home. Same 8034024056 number. I filed with the FTC. Not sure if they can catch these wastes of space but I hope so. If you guys file with the FTC, make sure you mark yes for pressing charges so at least if they catch them we can have some justice. Very annoying, but on the last call today before I filed, I had some fun with them. I can't say on the post what it was but i'm sure they didn't enjoy the conversation.

The same thing happened to me. This guy knew my checking acct number,WTH?    how can he know this?

i just got a brand new number. and already im getting calls from this number but i didnt pick up and they keep leaving me messages for someone name carmen or something. the guys name is daniel steward with an indian accent. most of the message i couldnt even understand what he was saying. i just ignored it. but im glad there are similar stories to mine.

I keep getting call from Jeffrey Gibson who seems to have an Indian accent. I supposedly owe money to link cash.  I have no idea who link cash is. They are investigators from Nationwide Investigation. Gave me a case number on two separate days and the case numbers are not even the same. They keep calling and threaten to take me to court and throw me in jail. They said they will call the local police dept. and have me arrested and there will be a warrant for my arrest. Charging me with theft by deception. What does that mean? Jeffrey Gibson gave me an id number 4225. I received a call from the Wahiawa Police Station. When i called them back no one has any idea of what im talking about. The police dept / station has no idea what im referring to or has no idea why i recieved a call.

these idiots called me, told me my wife was getting sued, then the indian/p***,  told me the police where coming over,... so Im going to call them everyday and f*** with them until they stop calling my house,. the FTC should do more agaist idiots like these smelly indian/p***'s, and their ignorant tactics,.they f****d with the wrong person,. they have been calling me for 3 months now,. but somehow i never get a summons to court nor do the cops show up,... I have alot of time on my hands, and Im not gonna stop calling them until they either stop calling my #,. or they report me for harrasment,.then i'll provide any officer with copies of my FTC commision complaints,.IF THEY CAN CONTINUE TO IGNORE MY REQUESTS TO CEASE AND DESIST< AND CONTACT MY WIFE VIA MAIL ONLY. THEN I CAN CONTINUE TO CALL THEM, and ask them for the best curry recipes or maybe the ultimate slurrpy from 7-11,......... to be continued,..........

Received at least 8 calls from that 803402-4056 back to back . Even left a message. saying I was going to get arrested..

I have just received 10 phone calls from 803-402-4056 stating that they are "Nationwide Investigations" and that my husband is a prime suspect in a crime.  When I started asking questions, the caller got real short with me and told me that he was an office of the South Carolina Police.  I told him to verify that with me and he said his "badge # is 4225".  Really?!?  I'm supposed to believe someEveryone please  Nigerian/Indian sounding man on my phone about this?  He told me that it WAS NOT a collection call.  I immediately reported the calls to the FTC.Gov.  Thank you all for the posts!  It was this web page that let me know that it's all a pack of lies!