i got the messages as well from the alex guy and his so called supervisor named jordan! im pissed to the max that they called my job like 100 time within the same hour.... its like 5 or 6 of them calling my number at the same time
Im truly sorry that this has happened to so many people..... i have learned my lesson i dont even shop online anymore

they wanted me to them them 700.00.   i saaid no. he stated i will be arrested the next day.  scam, he said his name was deputy officer.

got the same call, i reported to my local police department, they told me don't send any money to these people its a scam.   and now i just got another call.  i going to report it.

I RECEIVED A CALL FROM THIS GUY SAYING HE HAD A AFFADAVIT ON ME..AND NEEDED ME TO CALL BACK AND NEEDED MY SOCIAL...WHEN I TOLD HIM I DIDN'T THINK HE WAS LEGIT..HE SAID F YOU AND HUNG UP ON ME.

This guy by the name of "Mark White" which is very hard to understand and you can tell he is completely from another country keeps calling me saying there is a lawsuit against my SS# and name and I better call him right back or else.  This same man called about 4 months ago and used the name John Smith and said the same thing.  I have filed a complaint with the FCC on these phone numbers.  They are completely and totally not a true company - something about ACS corporation.  They also use the number 646-289-8380 and 215-693-4153.  Beware!

My friend received a phone voicemail from this number this week stating that I was in legal trouble that that I would spend 6 months in jail if I did not contact them.  The guy said his name was David Villa.  His voice and message was barely recognizable.  He brought up that there was a legal matter against me and my ss# and blah blah blah.  When her boyfriend tried to call back for me (from work) he said that it was hard to get in touch with someone and that all they wanted was money.  If you get a message from these people, do not call them back.  I mean, really?  If there ever was a legal problem with from a company, there is a process for correspondence.  This is BS.

My husband received a call at work today from this number.  Fortunately, we both work at the same place and I just happened to be with him when the call was received.  Someone claiming to be Bryan Lincoln, but who had a thick accent, proceeded to tell  us that we were being sued for nonpayment on a $300 pay day loan with Cash Advance America.  I told him I didn't recall either of us taking out a loan with Cash Advance America and furthermore, all of our transactions (bills, loans, and credit cards) are set up as automated payments and all of our payments had cleared just fine to date.  I was becoming suspicious and he switched tactics, telling me that indeed we did have automatated payments set up but that when they went to process the transaction the bank declined the transaction stating wrong account/authorization code.  I proceeded to tell him that I keep our financial records up to date and having just reconciled my checkbook I know that all of our bills and monthly payments have cleared.  Even if our bank had declined the transaction they would have charged a fee.  He then said that if we didn't settle by 3 p.m. his company would file suit and that they would treat it as a fraud case.  He said he'd email the settlement documentation and my husband would have to sign and fax it back to their company before 3 p.m.

Immediately after hanging up, I called our bank who urged us to cancel our debit cards (because we had given it to this guy) and that we should contact local authorities.  Our bank researched our account and did not find any loan of $300 that had been deposited nor did they find any declined payments!

I proceeded to call the county clerk of court to find out if indeed this bogus company had filed anything against us.  The county clerkof court did not find anything against us and suggested we call the State Attorney General's office.  The Attorney General's office sent me to the Office of Financial Regulations.  I was on hold for 30 minutes but my patience was well worth it.  I explained the situation and the gentleman with the Office of Regulations immediately informed me that this was a scam.  He indicated that the guys carrying out this scam have thick accents and will even threaten to have us arrested.  But it was a scam nonetheless.  We are taking precautions and have filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission.  We are also considering putting a fraud alert on our credit report as well as on our driver's licenses.  I don't know how much information this fraudulant group has on us.

We did not call ACS Cash Advance back to confront them, but we did respond to their email with the settlement document.  We told him that we had contacted the State Attorney General's office about his company and that we had discovered his company was a scam.  We informed him that we had never taken any loan out with his company and did not owe them a dime.  We also informed him that we had filed as victims of identity theft and fraud and cancelled our debit/credit cards at the advice of our bank for our own protection.  In addition, we informed him that my husband's brother is a federal investigator specializing in cyber fraud and scam (which is 100% TRUE!!!)  Therefore, his company is not to make any further contact with us, our family, friends, employer, or former employer - that they are to cease and desist using our information in any way and that we are persuing legal action against them.  

We sent the email just before the 3 p.m. deadline.  We've not received a response nor any further phone calls today.  

Watch out for these guys.  I've done a lot of research todayon ACS Cash Advance.  What I've found out is they steal data through online phishing scams.  Beware of entering ANY information online, even if a site looks legit.  We've always been careful about ordering things online or passing financial information only through reputable sources.  However, we missed the boat somewhere and these guys got our information.  I found out this particular scammer can even can get this data off of electronic devices on standalone atm machines.  Using an atm at your local bank or credit union is safest because they keep watch over that sort of thing.

These are the names associated with this company:  Bryan Lincoln (Brian Lincoln) or some guy named John.

The email address they gave was:acscorpusa@gmail.com

Fax Number:  646 224 9599

I too have been a target if the FRAUD!!! I have been receiving these calls and voicemails for over a month now. They have been harassing my family & my job. I am so angry and upset. I cannot believe I have gotten mixed up in this nonsense. They called from +052497347 gave me the fax #: 646-224-9599, emailed me the "papers" I needed to fax from: acscorpusa@gmail.com from Alex Anderson. The voicemails from Detective Robin Taylor,etc etc. I really cannot believe this. I am a college student trying to do the right thing and I get mixed into this mess. I am very cautious of the things I do on the internet and  I will never Apply for a cash advance ever again!!!!

you sent them money?

Same story as posted here.  Started getting calls yesterday.  Played along so they would send me the fax to "take care of this before noon when the information will download in the courthouse, resulting in my arrest".  Knew it was a scam but they are convincing enough and have enough personal information to make me uncomfortable.  Both numbers they used were local to me (813-305-1390 and 813-703-1590) and when I did reverse lookup came back to Plant City, FL.  Fax number they wanted payment info sent to is 646-224-9599.  Hubby is retired law enforcement officer and answered the calls today.  He demanded information that could be verified and informed "Kevin Black" that he could find no information on his as "Senior Attorney" in our state.  "Kevin" responded that it was not his real name and was so flustered he obviously hadn't thought far enough in advance to have an answer for what his real name is!  My husband said we knew he was a scam artist and we were not sending him any money.  "Kevin" said "I don't want any money".  Really?  The fax asks for authorization for payment of $629. This guy actually had the nerve to call back later and ask if I had decided when I was going to pay!  I again told him we knew he was a scam artist and asked him how many people he has stolen money from.  He said "I don;t steal money.  If people choose to pay that is their choice!"  I contacted the local SO fraud dept but since no money was paid they wouldn't follow up on it because they felt no crime had been committed.

This guy keeps calling my house & my husband's work.  Identifies himself as Officer something....Mike Wilson, I think...hard to understand.  Company name is ACS...an affidavit processing company.  The first time he called he was nice enough...I took his number...then looked it up online & knew who I was dealing with.  (We received the same type of calls a couple months ago..supposedly from some law office in L.A.  threatening to sue for a (non-existent) cash advance we didn't pay.)  The guy called back in a couple hours & wanted to know why my husband hadn't called him back.  Called back about an hour later & I told him I knew that they were scammers..don't call me or my husband's work again, and that I was having the calls traced.  He called back over & over & over demanding to speak with my husband.  Now this morning he's called again...I said "you are a scam artist, goodbye".  He calls back & says, almost growling...."Why did you hang up on me, b*tch lady?" !!  I've called the attorney general, am about to report to the FTC, the phone company & whoever else I can get to listen.  I hope these people go down hard!!!

Just start calling them back with *67 in front of the number. Just hang up, and call again. Over and over.

So my call came to my work....on my voicemail all 6 times (I work for State Government in a law enforcement section, administrative).  They don't even call me by name, just something that had three letters (out of six) as my name.  They seem to leave calls before and after business hours, and on weekends. The callback number is 813-703-1590 and the caller is Simon Brown.  He sounds like he might be one of those Nigerian callers (could be East Indian).  Each message ends with "Have a blessed day".  I haven't and don't intend on calling back.  But good idea about alerting local law enforcement, I hadn't thought of that...

11.18.10 - Received message from this number - heavy East Indian accent - saying he was the Attorney General calling from the legal department (phone number based in Florida, so is he implying he IS The Attorney General of Florida)...notifying me of a severe legal issue against my name & social security number and if I didn't phone him back immediately there would be severe consequences, where he wished me good luck. He left his name as 'Alex Anderson' with his call back number. Upon tracing it led back to 'CashAdvance' in Plant City, Florida. After doing more research on the web, I found this to be a wide spread scam to extort money. Please report your incidents to local and state law enforcement. I am in the process of closing my current bank accounts and changing my home phone number - trying to resume some peace in my life. **(2) additional calls came through 12.1.10 of the same nature but with a California number this time...will make a separate post referencing that number as well.**

OMG....I am so glad that I did some research on these annoying phone calls because I have been receiving them for about a month now too & was really trying hard to figure out if I really did owe some payday loan since I did use one in the past. I saw a story on the Today show yesterday about something similar to this & the lady googled the company & that's how she found out it was a scam so that's what caught my attention. I have even had my friend who is a lawyer call them up & asked them to send her the paperwork detailing what her client supposedly owed & the gentleman w/the Indian accent who now claims his name is Michael Smith kept talking over her & was extremely rude so she finally said if you arent going to send over any documents to have a blessed day and she hung up. I can't believe that there aren't any other options but I now will contact my local police department to see what's next. Thanks so much everyone for sharing their views.

Same message - It is a scam- they got me twice not this time.

For at least the last four years, possibly longer, a group has been calling former payday loan applicants advising them that they have defrauded a bank and are now being sued for non-payment of a loan.  The callers will claim to be calling on behalf of an attorney's office (name varies), the Dept. of Law and Investigation, ACS, or other similar combinations below:

United Legal Processing Division
Midline Marketing
Crime Monitoring Services
Monetary Crime Division
U.S. National Bank
Attorney General?s Office (usually in California)
American Legal Services
Affidavit Consolidation Services (ACS)

You will be threatened with arrest, a costly trial and possibly worse.  In no shape, way or form can you be arrested for non-payment on a consumer debt.  Do not believe these threats, as they are without merit and cannot be carried out in the manner they allege.  

Who are they?

In the past when pressed by law enforcement for an address, the callers have provided the following information:

David Morgan and Associates
Morgan & Associates
Morgan Associates
954-727-8481
1155 Northwest 85th Street
Wintergarden, Florida  33150
(Address is likely invalid)

The collector's MO matches a once legit collections agency called Ellis Crosby & Associates.  Here are some links on them:

http://www.budhibbs.com/collectorpages/ellis_crosby_and_associates.htm
http://www.budhibbs.com/collectorpages/EllisCrosbyJudgment.pdf

They have been previously fined over $1.3 million for various violations.  They have been known to use phone banks in India to make their calls, which more or less coincides with the difficult to understand accent many of us detect when we are contacted.  

The last time this group went by any "official" name was back in 2008:

Ellis Crosby & Associates / Douglas & Morgan Associates
4494 Southside Boulevard Suite #200
Jacksonville Florida 32216
Phone:  800-928-3536 / (904) 928-3536
(Address is likely invalid)

There are NUMEROUS consumer alerts out against this group of individuals:

Florida:
http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/061107/met_176207561.shtml

Kansas:  
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2010/01/ks_debt_collection.html

Colorado:  
http://www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov/press/ ... lls_likely_orig

Rhode Island:  
http://www.collectionscreditrisk.com/news/rho ... -3002135-1.html

West Virginia:
http://www.wvago.gov/internetloanscam.cfm

Missouri:
On July 15th, 2010 a Public Awareness Bulletin was sent out by Missouri Information Analysis Center.  

"..received reports from individuals in Ohio and Illinois reference suspicious telephone calls they received. In both instances, the callers are reporting that a voicemail is received from a man, with a Middle Eastern accent, identifying himself as an officer working with the Financial Crimes Unit.  The message indicates that the reason for the call concerns a loan made by the receiver or someone in the receiver's family. The voicemail requests that a return call be made and a telephone number is provided. When a return call is made, the caller is asked to provide personal identifying information such as their date of birth and social security number.

Reports indicate that the calls are frequent and persistent and that they even threaten arrest or legal action if information or money is not provided. It appears that the individuals making these calls may have access to some records connecting individuals and their relatives.  Missouri does not have a Financial Crimes Unit and all indications are that this is a fictitious agency. If you receive a similar phone call, please be advised that it is a scam and please contact your local law enforcement agency or the Missouri Information Analysis Center at 866-362-6422."

Bottom line:

Do not supply the callers with any additional information.  Inform them you have reported them to law enforcement and hang up.  If you haven't already, go ahead and report the calls to local law enforcement, your state's Attorney General and beyond.  Look up the local Secret Service branch's information in your area and get in contact with an agent there.  

If you ever applied for a cash advance online, your information is out there.  
Possible sources for the breach of your privacy are:

* The scammers obtained your information from Teletrack - a reporting agency used by many cash advance lenders to determine their risk lending to you.  The service is able to tell cash advance lenders if you have existing loans with other companies, for example.  Many state laws prohibit borrowers from having more than two cash advances out at the same time.

* The scammers created their own fake payday loan application site.  People looking for a cash advance went to the site and applied, thus freely providing the scammers with their information for malicious use at a later time.  

* The scammers were able to get into the database(s) of cash advance lenders - probable targets being Sonic Payday and Cashnet USA.  


How to protect yourself:

* Inform your employer.  You are likely getting calls at home and/or at work, so make sure your employer is aware the calls are part of a scam and to not take them seriously.  Advise the callers that they are no longer allowed to call you at work.  If they continue to call, document the date and time of the calls you received.  Save voice mails left if at all possible.  

* Change your number(s).  For some this may not be an option, for others a one-time number change can be done free of charge.

Be advised - any references you listed on your payday loan application will be contacted.  Let those people know that this is a scam, and they can disregard.

* Use Google Voice.  Google Voice is a great replacement voice mail system for just about any phone number you use.  Messages can be transcribed and voice mail recordings can be saved as mp3 files.  

Pro Tip - call the scammers with a Google Voice number before turning off your old phone numbers.  Make sure when you call you identify yourself so they can start up their script.  At any point after they have your information pulled up just hang up.  They will then start religiously calling your Google Voice number.  At this point, you are free to change your regular phone number(s) and enjoy not having these people ever call you again.  (And laugh at the fact these people are basically talking to a brick wall several times a day)

The scammers change their numbers frequently.  Law enforcement used to think it was because the callers ran out of minutes on their prepaid wireless accounts or they were shuttered due to fraud, but now they understand it's simply to evade detection by savvy consumers online.  With the proliferation of VoIP, it's even easier for the crooks to stay a couple of steps ahead of law enforcement.  Below is just a sampling of the 30+ numbers that have been used in recent memory.

1-201-244-7722
1-209-349-7382
1-209-797-2212
1-212-500-0839
1-213-256-0408
1-213-995-3039
1-281-763-0433
1-347-289-3902
1-347-844-6817
1-347-844-6831
1-424-354-4270
1-516-232-8905
1-516-232-8935
1-518-212-0219
1-561-300-8018
1-561-210-4185
1-626-200-4646
1-631-456-4041
1-646-274-1143
1-646-810-8635
1-650-241-4604
1-707-401-4056
1-707-633-2789
1-708-401-0535
1-716-442-2824
1-717-862-4080
1-718-705-8669
1-760-514-0132
1-760-563-5384
1-772-318-4938
1-850-201-1111
1-858-777-1977
1-859-908-2281
1-866-860-4509
1-877-226-7488
1-888-706-7463
1-888-771-9249
1-888-785-4479
1-909-327-4870

So can they really do anything to you?

It's not a simple yes or no answer.  Logic dictates that, if they really wanted to take you for a ride and drain your bank accounts, they already would have.  

So, why haven't they?  

Authorization.  

Why do you think you are being called so much?  Perhaps it is because they like the sound of your voice?  No, they have to have your authorization to take any form of payment from you, period.  The callers know their audience, and that audience is typically a bunch of people that have applied for payday loans in the past.  Most of those people they call couldn't afford an attorney if they wanted one, and are so used to receiving collections calls that so long as they sound like a real collector, they will likely be perceived as one.

Furthermore, they don't even really want to talk to your attorney - that just sounds official and scary enough.  A real attorney would take the callers to task and write them off as two-bit con artists.  The callers need you, in writing, to authorize payment against the fictitious debt they claim you owe.  Go ahead, ask them for proof you owe the debt - more commonly known as verification of debt.  See what they say.  A phone authorization carries very little weight, so if they have something signed by you on file, you are done for - and the callers know that.  That authorization is the only thing these callers are doing by the book, and for good reason.  If they just went all willy nilly and made an ACH debit from your checking account, without your written approval, you could in turn report the transaction as fraudulent to your financial institution.  In about 7-10 business days, you would get the funds returned to your account.  Then the scammers would be up against a bank and their team of lawyers and investigators.  

Bottom line:

If you haven't paid the callers a dime, don't.  If you planned on paying them to shut them up, just don't.  Remember - you are not being contacted by a legally licensed, ethically owned and operated collector.  Read up on the FDCPA - http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/credit/cre27.pdf - and know your rights.

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I received the same kind of call from a man with a thick Indian accent who said i was given a 300.00 payday loan in 05/2010 from CASH NET USA.  And charges were being filed against me for theft by deception for not paying it back.  I have never gotten a payday loan.  He had the last four digits of my social and bank account.  He had my old address due to i have just recently moved.  I asked "Nathan" as he called himself for a number to call him back and he gave it to me.  I called my bank and come to find out i hadnt even opened the account until 3 months later than he said i had gotten the money.  I called him back and let him know and to take me to court cause he was full of &#$%!  But i do worry they have more info than i am comfortable with.

My message is the same as above. I applied for a few loans online about 6 months ago and did not like the APR so declined. I have recieved several calls from a thick Indian accented man who stated I would be getting arrested if I didn't return his call due to bank fraud and two other crimes. I called the number back and he wished me good luck against the police who would be at my work address or my home address today. ( he did know my name, work address and number as well as my home address and number and gave me the last 4 of my SS# ) I hung up on him but am still getting calls. I found this website and as I figured it was a scam.

I received a call,my husband received and my employer received a call..He had all of his personal information and told my employer that he would be responsible for this so called loan that my husband owed and so my husband called back the 813-703-1590 and ask for the man who sounded Indian and told them that he would not give any information out and that he has been a deputy for over 5 yrs and that he didn't appreciate him calling his wife and wife's employer and they cut him off to verbalize his social security number and that's when my husband said if you have any true legal documents to send you can send them to me and I will forward them on to my lawyer and that's with they quickly hung up! THESE ARE SCAMS AND THEY HAVE SOME HOW GOTTEN OUR PERSONAL INFORMATION AND IF THIS HAPPENS TO YOU NEED TO HAVE YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER REVIEWED BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE THAT INFO AND THEY'RE ALSO THREATENING PEOPLE AND THE NUMBER SHOWS THAT THERE COMING OUT OF PLANT CITY,FL. BUT I THINK THERE COMING FROM INDIA AND RE ROUTING THE NUMBER THROUGH PLANT CITY AND THAT'S HOW THERE CALLING US AND THEY'RE UNTRACEABLE THIS WAY.

I recieved a phone call from 052-497-347 today twice.  The second time they left me a number to call them back 813-703-1590.  First I'm not going to call back as I may be charged to call this number back.  I had recieved these phone calls back a few months ago when I did have pay day loans, once I paid them off I haven't recieved a phone call till today.....They say they have my social security number and that I will have to go to court this week.  The last time I had one of these phone calls I told them that I had already reported it to the authorities, then I asked the caller what his job title was and he told me employee, then I tried explaining to him that most people have a job title but he couldn't give me his job title, I told him that when he could speak better english to give me a call back that I was not intrested in their services.......

i recieved this same call about legal actions aganist my ss number and a man with an accent stated that i will be sued and that i will be arrested if i didnt pay this loan off of $300.00. he claims that tis was place din my accouint from 2 years ago and used an email that i had. but he didnt ask for any personal information. i fell for this prank one time around the same time last year. i dae to do it again. the caller stated his name was ummm kevin black and stuttered as he said this name. probably a fake name. i told him to stop calling my phone and asked him to give me his number.

I recieved a voice mail message with someone leaving this phone number as their contact information. He said the same things in the message that you described. He had an Indian accent as well. I am saving the voice mail recording to investigate in the future. My caller i d doesn't even match the number that was left, the number on my caller id was : +052497347.  It was an unusual number, and looks to be an international origin. look up the international number and you will see all this scam artist fraud reports on this number this is what I found out about the international number on(http://phoneowner.info/Number.aspx/052497347). I copied and pasted everything I have just read, so it will be a long entry:

I received this same call twice saying they are a credit collection company about a payday loan.   I have never had a payday loan, so I contacted our local sheriff's department and they informed me it was an attempt to extort money from me.    Do not give them or confirm any information.    TheyReply ! Suzanne
28 Sep 2009I think it must be a call center in India or somewhere overseas.  They left me a voice message at my office on a Sunday, telling me to call another number (212-913-9295) because I had been approved for a $1000 loan, and they wanted to immediately send me the funds.Caller ID: 052497347
Reply ! AG
6 Oct 200910/01/2009 Recd a voicemail from a person claiming his name is Micheal Stevens with Affidavit Consultants Services Law Firm indicating they had a legal case against my name and Social Secuirty # with the local county courts.  Advising I return his call at 813-436-8927.  
Follow Up:  Googled the phone # and found out it is a scam/fraud company trying to get information such as verifying name, SS#, Checking account #, supervisor name, refernces.  I did not return their call!
10/05/2009 Recd a voicemail at my work # from a person claiming his name is Michael Stevens with Affidavit Consolidated Services with a legal issue showing State Investigations with 3 allegations against my SS and name.  And that is was extremly important I return his call at 813-436-8927.  If I did not return his call they would call PC (one of my coworkers) and RN (boyfriend).  The only time I recall ever using their names was when I applied for a online loan a year ago 07/2008 giving fake information about who my supervisor was and reference's therefore, they(ACS) must be a scam thinking they have accurate contact info (little do they know it is all made up), of course now they have my SS, employer, old bank acct #.

I recd a call similar to above 03/2009 claiming to be a person named Mona Williams, I ended up telling them at that time they had wrong information and I was not that person however, that same company went into my account last month an did an "electronic check" transaction withdrawing $69.95, therefore my bank closed that account and opened a new one, 2 days later, I recd the call above, Michael Stevens.  

I am not scared they will access my infoirmation since they have my name, address and SS.  I have no idea how to get my information removed by them to prevent them from ever scamming me again....Caller ID: +052497347
Caller: ACS
Call Type: Debt Collector
Reply ! DEB
8 Oct 2009Yesterday (10/7/09) I started receiving calls from +052497347 on my work cell phone in the early afternoon.  I didn't answer it at first because of the strange number.  They kept calling so I finally picked up.  It sounded like the caller was from India and it sounded strange to me so I hung up.  
   A couple hours later I started receiving calls again.  This time the caller identified himself to me as "Rick" and asked for me by first and last name.  They said that an associate of mine owed them money from an internet loan and that they had a legal case against his social security number because it had not been paid back and that he had listed my name as a referance.  I was not sure what they wanted from me.  
  The man said that his supervisor wanted to talk to me.  The supervisor was rude and I asked him what the company name was. The supervisor says to me "Are you going to take my number or what?!"  I said "Are you being an a** to me?!"  He said "YOU ARE AN IDIOT!" and then hung up on me.  I was quite shocked by this kind of behavior from what seemed like bill collectors.  If they wanted my help that was NOT the way to get it.
   A couple minutes later they called again.  I thought surely it would be to apologize for their actions and try to get my help.  It was "Rick" again and he said "I forgot to tell you something... You are an idiot!" and hung up the phone.  When the call came again a few minutes later, I did not answer.  They called several times and then left a message.  The message said "This message is for Deb idiot.  I just wanted you to pass this message  to your whatever friend idiot.  So just pass this message to him, as soon as possible... alright, idiot!"  
   I found out today that my friend had tried to get a loan from them, but they never sent the funds and instead had charged his bank account with a charge of $69.95!  I am still shocked at the treatment I received and would love to see these ridiculous people find out what really happens when State Investigators and the court systems have allegations against them!Caller ID: +052497347
Call Type: Debt Collector
Reply ! gusstuff
10 Dec 2009just called and said fraud activity against somebody with my last name dont know him asked for me or my son said we didnt know him who is this and should i be worriedCaller ID: 052497347
Reply ! blueangels9
12 Feb 2010I had this number call my home 19 times just this morning.  He called me yesterday to trying to mess up my phone number.  This morning I let him speak a little bit and he said "you people,"  so obviously he is a racist.  He scared me a bit this morning but I know how to get him back now.  He is a scam.  I told him I knew who he was and said that he called before saying he was a police officer.  The police do not talk to you like that.  

So I looked online how to try and get him to stop calling I found this I hope it helps.

On your answering machine say, "Im sorry I can't come to the phone right now but you must leave a message I am receving annoyance calls and the phone company has a trap on this line.  If you do not leave a message I will assume you are the annoyance caller and this call will be traced."

If you do answer the phone say "Operator this is the call."  or say, "trap" the time and the date and then hang up. I haven't tried it yet I have with the answering machine though.  If we all did this he would be out of a job.  He couldn't harass us anymore.Caller: ACS
Call Type: Prank Call
Reply ! Jen
18 Feb 2010These folks have been calling me for over a month now and are clearly based overseas.  I believe they said they were with Advance something or other.  I can't understand them.  I told them to stop calling and mail it to me, no such luck.  Now they are threatening to call my references, I still have no clue who they are or how they got my info.  One thing I haven't seen anyone else mention is an email from them.  I got one about a month before calls started. I just skimmed over it and trashed it cause it sounded like a scam for info, turns out it is!Reply ! TLK459 replies to Tyler M
14 Apr 2010DO NOT GIVE ANY INFORMATION TO THESE PEOPLE, THIS IS A SCAM!!!

The callers have a very think East Indian accent, they call and claim that you owe a large debt and that if you do not give your credit card or banking information that they will send someone to arrest you.

1.  A valid debt collector WILL NOT demand payment via Bank or Credit card ONLY.
2.  It is illegal for them to threaten to arrest you or harm you in any way.
3.  A Valid Debt collector must produce, in writing something showing that you owe the debt, if it is a 3rd party collector they must show who the original debt is owed to.

This company is NOT a division of  the FDIC as they claim.  Do not be intimidated by them.  Ask them to send proof of the debt by e-mail, if they send by e-mail you will be helping when reporting this to the appropriate agencies, the IP address can provide alot of information to the agencies with the ways and means to investigate.

REPORT THESE CALLS TO THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES:

1.  Your Local Police Department
2.  The Better Business Bureau
3.  Your State Attorney General's office.
4.  The Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
5.  The Internet Crime Division (this is a division of the FBI) www.ic3.gov

I got a phone call from this man indian accent noise in background and he say he has affidivit against my name and social security he then ask me to vertify my last four number and if i don't take care of this charges against me for a lot of money. He is very hard to understand.