Called; Left a message stating if I didn't call them back immediately I was going to have to suffer the wrath that unfolds on me...asian voice.

SO, this is the second time that I have received a call on my work phone, from what sounds like a Indian guy, who is sating that his is Detective Jerry Brown, call from Federal something or another. I called back first time and he had my name, social security number, address, and reference name, and well as bank account numbers. He said that I failed to pay payday loan, and that I have 3 felony (lol) charges against me, and I could be possibly facing jail time.. lolol. I wouldn't release any information to him. Instead, I had my husband (who by the way is a COP) call him back, and one he said that he also was an detective the LOSER hung up. He called again today, I told him I knew that this was a scam, and they have been reported to loca police, FBI, Secret Service, BBB, just to name a few.. Please be careful with what you tell these people over the phone.

Received a call from 1-813-319-2658 telling me I owe money from a payday loan that I defaulted on. I asked for a fax # to show proof I don't owe this and the crazy asian sounding man got angry with me and hung up!! I called back & again asked where do I send proof from my bank statement and once again he hung up on me. Soooo I called back again & was told to appear in the Court of Pennsylvania!! I asked where is that court located he said don't worry about it I will be picked up and hauled off to the court & he hung up!! Sooooo I called him again, but when I said my name he immediately hung up on me. Five minutes later I get a call asking me to stop harrassing him and if I don't the next call I get will be from the Judge at the Court of Pennsylvania (where ever the heck that is)  !! LOL :)

I received a phone call from this # by shawn he said is was being sues. I broke 3 feleny charge. had to do with a payday loan. It came back as NSF. I informed him I didn't know what he was talking about.he said he was calling from FEderal Legislation of Bankers Association. he was recording the call wanted me to verify my information. I told him I wasn't verifying anything this is a scam. I had fraud. I have reported a complaint to the FTC and called police. he wanted to know the name of the company I filed the complaint. I told him I know this is a scam. Not to call me at work again. I hung up

called saying that a friend or relative had given my husbands phone number and ssn to they to call back. to settle this or they was going to file crimnal charges. it is very inportant to call back now or you will go to jail. not a very pleasent message lft on a answering machine. it was some guy from india. And we are on the noi call list to. this is wrong.

HE Claimed to be an attorney call 5 times hung up ,called back and claimed to be a lawyer.I told himto send leagal documents and i will address them.aLSO THAT IF HE CALLED BACK I WILL FILE A COMPLAINT AGAINST HIM.hE HUNG UP ON ME,LOL.

He called first 5 times.He hung up on my father,called back again and said he was a lawyer.I told him he was no more a lawyer than i am.I told him to stop calling or i was calling local authorities and the ftc.

I have received 4 calls today from this number 1-813-319-2658. It is a male caller with middle eastern accent saying me or my lawyer must call back. He does not leave a message as to why he is calling or who he works for only that it is time sensitive and if I ignored this call it was on me. He ends the message by saying good luck, and God Bless.

These people keep calling me at work and at home.  It is really nerve wrecking.  They had all my information, I did not confirm anything I asked them for something in writing stating I owed them money.  Then when I asked how much money I owed them they couldn't tell me.  They said "oh you know how much money we sent you." Anyway, I put a fraud alert on my credit report and reported them to my bank.  Once they told me that I had to be in the Supreme Court I hung up!  That was what triggered that this was a scam.  The Supreme Court for a payday loan...really??!!

They called this morning but my voice had a three second echo so I was sure they were using some sort of different phone system, so I hung up.  Then they called ten more times, without leaving a voicemail, then sent a text message that I should call them immediately at 813-319-2658.  their incoming number was also 208-244-3221.  208 is my area code, so they must use a VOIP service to make their number look like it came from my area.  Also, the guy's English was very poor and he seemed to be angry with me, but we never got to the point of the call because of the severe lag in the transmission of my voice.  When they immediately called again and again after that, I assumed they would leave a voicemail but they never did.

getting call that they are allegedly a law firm and are asking for SSN and other personal information.

http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-817-231-7416

At LONG last...these scammers are fimally getting the national attention they so richly deserve:

Full release from the Better Business Bureau:

Widespread Harassment from Phony Debt Collectors Raises Concerns of Mass Data Breach, Warns BBB Scammers may have Social Security and bank account numbers, home addresses and employer information

Chicago, IL ? August 5, 2009 ? The Better Business Bureau is issuing an alert about phony debt collectors that are calling consumers nationwide and claiming that they have defaulted on a payday loan and will be arrested if they don?t pay immediately. Claiming to be lawyers, the scammers say they are with the ?Financial Accountability Association? or the ?Federal Legislation of Unsecured Loans? and are equipped with a disconcerting amount of personal information about their potential victims.

?Because the scammers have so much information about potential victims, the BBB is concerned that this may be the result of a data breach,? said Steve J. Bernas, president & CEO of the Better Business Bureau serving Chicago and Northern Illinois. ?Thousands of people may have had their personal information compromised, and given the scammers? tactics, it appears that those who have previously used payday loan services could be particularly at risk.?

According to reports received by the BBB and posted online, the scammers accuse the victim of defaulting on a payday loan and claim they are being sued. The phony debt collector threatens that, if the victim doesn?t pay as much as $1,000 immediately via wire or by providing bank account or credit card numbers, he or she will be arrested and extradited to California within the hour to stand trial. The scammers often may have the victim?s Social Security, old bank account numbers or driver?s license numbers as well as home addresses, employer information and even the names of personal friends and professional references.

The BBB offers the following advice to consumers if they receive a suspicious telephone call about an outstanding debt:
* Ask the debt collector to provide official documentation in writing which substantiates the debt.
* Do not provide or confirm any bank account, credit card or other personal information over the phone until you have confirmed the legitimacy of the call.
* Review recent copies of your credit reports to ensure that the alleged debt is not affecting your credit. Consumers can do this for free once every 12 months, and can find more information here: http://www.ftc.gov/freereports
* Under the Federal Trade Commission's Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, debt collectors may not harass, oppress, or abuse any person while attempting to collect a debt.
* A debtor may be contacted between 8 a.m. and 9 p.m. only and can be contacted at work unless instructed not to.
* File a complaint with the FTC online if the caller is abusive, uses threats or otherwise violates federal telemarketing laws.
* File a complaint with BBB online at www.bbb.org if you believe a debt collector is trying to scam you.

http://www.thinkglink.com/article/2009/08/06/ ... eading-says-bbb

http://800notes.com/articles/News.aspx/UmghNAGYQwANpAjL5OOhYA

http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-714-333-2981

This is just another one of hundreds (and perhaps even thousands) of numbers these overseas payday loan debt collection scammers are calling from:

http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-904-425-9141:

It's a scam, and all their threats are false and illegal.  The bottom line is, these are criminals trying to steal consumers' money.

Here are a few news reports and government advisories warning consumers about this scam:

ABC News:  http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5621205&page=1
West Virginia Attorney General:  http://www.wvago.gov/internetloanscam.cfm
WTAE TV4, Pittsburgh:  http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/call4action/17285785/detail.html
Florida Commissioner of Consumer Services:  http://www.800helpfla.com/newsletter/2008/092008.html

This is a very active group of scammers, many of whom are calling from India (and probably other countries) and are in cahoots with a group of American pay day loan scammers. They attempt to extort money from consumers with a myriad of false and illegal threats, and alternately pose as debt collectors, federal and state law enforcement officers, lawyers and bankers. Their trademark is to use meaningless legalese gobbylgook phrases like "We are downloading warrants against you" or "We are filing an affidavit against you." Another trademark phrase is to threaten the consumer with something like this ridiculous phrase: "If you don't pay then only God can help you."

Typical of many financial scams of this variety, they usually demand payment via Western Union or MoneyGram or credit card. They use any number of phony names such as US National Bank, Federal Investigation Bureau, US Legal Investigation Bureau, Christian Nicholas & Associates, US Federal Bank, Sonic Bank, Hopkins Law Office, CashNet, United Legal Processing, Morgan Associates, United Pay Services, National Processing, White Collar Crime Unit and many more.  These criminals also use many phone numbers from many area codes; they're probably using caller-id spoofing software and/or VoIP to disguise their real location.

The main thing to remember is that anytime someone calls you demanding money to prevent your arrest, or demanding your lawyer's name so they can sue you, it is ALWAYS a scam. No debt collector (let alone criminals posing as debt collectors) has 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.)

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 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* 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 (
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. And if the crooks claim to be law enforcement or lawyers, officers of the court or bankers, be sure to include that information in your report.

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://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/FTC_Wizard.aspx?Lang=en

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/1-336-553-3965
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-909-6789
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/1-310-909-8245
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/1-858-244-0444

...and, many, MANY more.

I received a phone call from a William Ross also from this number and said my husband needed to call back because he is being sued by a law firm.  He says his company name is FEderal Legislation of Bankers Association.  I have contaced the FTC and BBB.  They are a scam company.  TEll them you have contacted the local police and FTC about them.

They call me all the time. 10 and 15 times a day. Saying that i want to meet you somewhere and talk to you.