This number called saying it was from "officer Robert Smith" from a "United Law and Investigation (garbled, and accented so it may have been Emigration) Service." Though the call said my SSN surfaced in a criminal activity it did not use it. It did use my home address. The "officer" said that I may be prosecuted in court if I did not clear this up.

I received the same call and they are also using another # 820-701-0582 stating the same information. This is a scam.

Yes the person who call me is a Frank Miller, He said if I did not contact him he would have the police at my home, This person has a Indian accent, this is the crazy thing I have every hear of in my life. I left Mr. Frank Miller a call this morning to let him know if he did not stop that I would be going to the Police Department. When I call they are asking for my SSN and my address and they will not tell what the matter is about, I 'm very tried of this it is crazy. It is starting to make me scared.

i just received a call from "peter davis" from 814-273-1518 stating he was from the U.S. Bureau of Investigations...He had a very strong India accent...He said there was a legal law suit filed against me, my ss#, and my place of residence. my dad tried to call to get information & said we contacted the local police he hung up.

I would be careful taking these calls.  who ever they are might be trying to pick up your signal to steal air time from you.  Who know what these hackers sit around and do all day.  the first time I got a call on my cell phone, I had to say hello twice, thats clue number one.  After the seoond hello I heard someone with a heavy foreighn accent come on the line and then I hung up.  they called back again, I hit ignore button to disconnect.  I have been getting calls at random 3 to 4 times in one day.  

My advice to everyone else is to not even deal with these phone calls.  Dont even waste the airtime arguing with them  End the call even before it begins.
The number I have been getting is weird and incomplete.
082-173-896 and sometimes it just says unavailable.  My rule is if I dont recognize the number I dont answer it.  thats what voice mail is for.  If they dont leave a voice message, it isnt important.

The name of this person is istik kazi and hardik parmar they are involved in illegal money laundering business

I HAD THIS JERK TO CALL ME VERY SIMILAR TO THE CALLS EVERYONE ELSE HAS RECEIVED AND TELL ME HIS NAME WAS OFFICE JOHNSON (WOW SAME NAME AS THE SUPPOSEDLY ATTORNEY).   HE ADVISED ME TO CALL 412-360-8423 SAYS HE CAN HELP ME RESOLVE THE MATTER SAID MY SSN#, ADDR AND MY JOB WERE IN JEOPARDY.  WELL THAT'S STRANGE THAT MY HOME WOULD BE IN JEOPARDY SEEING THAT MY HOME IS NOT EVEN IN MY NAME.  WHEN I CALLED THE NUMBER BACK HE SO-CALL PLACED ME ON HOLD ADVISED ME THE US ATTORNEYS WERE ON THE LINE AND THE PHONE CALL WAS BEING RECORDED.  EVERYONE KNOWS IF YOU ARE BEING SUED YOU WILLED BE SERVED PAPERS AND YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW THE COMPANY AND WHAT IT IS FOR WHEN I ASKED OFFICER J***-OFF THESE QUESTIONS HE STARTS YELLING AND SAYS HE DOES NOT WANT TO TALK TO ME WHEN I TOLD HIM I WOULD BE GETTING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES INVOLVED (SINCE I AM GOING TO JAIL ANYWAY ACCORDING TO HIM-NEVER HEARD OF THE AUTHORITIES CALLING YOU AND TELLING YOU THAT YOU ARE GOING TO JAIL) HE HUNG UP.  IF I CAN CATCH UP TO THIS SOB I WILL DEFINITELY KICK HIS 7-ELEVEN A** BACK TO HIS COUNTRY (NO OFFENSE TO THOSE PEOPLE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES WHO ARE CIVILIZED).

i received a call from an officer peter jones... not a traditionally terrorist name but he had the thickest accent .. didnt even have my name correct and was threatning me to pay back this debt and that i was to call back immediately or else and i quote" good luck on the situation that is about to unfold " he left a number of 850-701-0582.. i was a little stressed cause i do owe some money to a credit card ,but if it wasnt for the internet and all the reports i have read about i wouldnt have known this is a SCAM thank you.

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.

Just called this guy back, told him I found this info on line and for them not to call me anymore.  He started to tell me Fu*& You Lady, I want to FU*& you lady, and then listed off in some other language to the guys sitting around smoking with him and they all took turns lauging passing the phone.  I did record the conversation, I will set up an investigation against them.  Talk about not having a clue who they are messing with...these people are going down.

It's been a few weeks and after my little tirade they still haven't called me.  :)

I got similar calls from another phone number some time ago.  I don't know wher you live, but I live in California.  Even though loans can be taken out on the internet, the lender is required to abide by the laws of the state in which the loan is consumated.  Under Calif law it is illegal for a company to prosecute orto even threaten to prosecute you for non-payment of deferred payment transactions ( which is how payday loans are considered to be).  When I was contacted by these people, I called CashNetUSA and spoke to the individual in charge of the fraud department.  He said that unfortunately, he had heard my story or one like it too many times.  My guess is that these individuals have hacked into CashNetUSA to get all the personal information they attempt to use as proof that you have an unpaid loan.

I got calls from two different people, Scott Bell and Niel Johnson, on June 9, 2009.  They claim I took out a payday loan with a company named "Cash Advance" on March 21,2008, and never paid it back.  He identified his company as U. S. Bureau of Investigation.  I got him to e-mail me a copy of an "invoice" from a Frank Miller, Manager at Cash Advance.  The invoice is a sham. I e-mailed back that there is no such company at the address and asked why the address was Pittsburgh, the phone prefix was San Diego, and the fax prefix was Jacksonvelle Beach, Florida.  They must really think we are all idiots.  I wish there was a way to stop them.  I filed an IC3 report with the FBI since the original loan transaction was via the internet, but I have heard nothing except an acknowledgement of the claim.

Don't worry about it. The government wont contact you telling you that you are under investigation for fraud. They wont give you time to run or whatever it is they think you will do. They will send it in writing. This guy have been calling me for 2 months now. The same one to be exact and refuses to stop calling. He tried telling me to pay 20 dollars a week to keep from going to court. If your going to go to court, 20 dollars a week wont stop that so just ignore them because if you haven't received anything by mail or by constable then ignore all calls.

Ok the number they are trying to tell me to call back is 850-701-0582. from the office of peter davis (which is how i found this site)  I am in florida and that is our state capital's area code.  They hung up on me twice and said it was a loan from bank of america.  I called the bank and they did not know anything about this call.  These things should be in writing, so I knew from the start, something was funny.  oh yeah and their number was blocked also.

You get em, good for you!!!!

I received a call from a Mark Johnson, problem is I never had a payday loan. I called him back and gave him a piece of my mind. I plan to sue.

My husband got a call on his cell from 052173896.  I thought it was weird that it wasnt a complete phone number and when I answered it, a man with a thick Indian accent asked to speak to my husband. I told them he couldnt come to the phone and could I take a message.  He said his name was Robert Johnson and that he needed my husband to call him at 814-273-1518 immediately b/c its an emergency.  I asked what kind of emergency and he sd there were federal charges brought against him and legal action was being taken and asked me if investigators had come to my house yet.  I freaked out.  He said my hus took a payday loan for $290 in Mar 2009 that was deposited into his bank acct and never pd it back.  He mentioned jail time and court and $3,900 in fees but said that my hus seems like a "genuine" person so he wanted to do what he could to help us out (paying $310 today to avoid further action).  I was having a total meltdown for most of the conversation but when he put me on hold to wait for his supervisor I grabbed the bank statements for the last 6 months and checked (I thought "how could I have missed something like that?").  I checked the statements and saw nothing.  When the guy got back on the phone I told him I found nothing, there must be some mistake.  He said for me to tell the supervisor when he gets on the line.  The "supervisor" gets on the line, never gives his name and starts rattling on about federal fraud charges and my hus ss number is now flagged and there is a block on it, etc. etc.  I told him hold on, I just checked the statements and found nothing and I asked him what was the acct number that the money was deposited into b/c I couldnt find anything.  The guy said "well, I'll let my supervisor know and he'll have to call you back", and he hung up.  These people had my husbands cell phone #, address, ssn, email address and they also rattled off an IP address from where the transaction was supposedly requested (I hv no idea if it was our IP address or not).  The sd they were calling re a payday loan place called barnonecashadvance.com.  But then when I told him we never took a loan from there he sd they call on behalf of many payday loan companies.  I ended up being 3 hours late to work for this b.s. and stressing so much I was shaking like a leaf.  These people are disgusting.  .

I had a really horrible day yesterday, and the last thing I wanted was another call from these jokers.  They have been calling non-stop 3-4 times a day for the last week on my home phone and work phone.  Threatening everything mentioned by everyone here.  Instead of ignoring the call like I normally do, I picked up and let this rag-a-muffin have it.  I demanded to speak to Neil Johnson, they wanted to know who was calling, and I refused to give them my name.  Neil came on the phone I told him who I was and he immediately started yelling at me as to why I haven't sent him money, and threatened again to take away my house, jail time, etc.  I cut him off, rattled off a long a** list of agencies I reported him to (and yes, I actually did report them to ALL the agencies I listed).  He got real quiet and started stuttering saying it's ok, it's over, don't worry.  I didn't let him off that easy.  I continued to tell him that he was the one going to jail.  That he's impersonating federal officers, and making illegal threats.  That I have NO WARRANTS for my arrest in any state (checked by the actual FBI)and that his dumb a** made the mistake of actually calling me from an international number instead of the fake number they've been using. Here it is folks  052173896.  That is what showed up on my caller ID and it was listed as an incoming international call.  This number went straight to the FBI.  He kept trying to tell me to calm down, and that I didn't need to do all of this.  YES I DID!  I have been sick to my stomach over this.  It's affected my work, my relationship with my kids, the way I sleep, the way I do business for anything.  He put me through hell.  He was going to pay.

I recieved a call from 814-273-1518. This guy is rude and unprofessional. He told me that I have criminal activity going on in my name and if I do not resole it I could lose my job and family. He asked if I wanted to make a payment now from my bank account. I told him I did not have a bank account. He called me a liar and stated that I should expect a visit from the FBI and be prepared to lose my family and my job. He stated all of this can be resolved if I make a payment. He would not tell me where this bill was coming from and how much it was. He would not give me any information. I hung up the phone on him. I immediately looked up the area code he was calling from and found pennsylvania/pittsburg area. He had a strong accent and very threatening. I do not plan to let this go. I know several people from the FBI and I will report this and help them get these people. I will some how get this on my local news stations and I hope all of you so the same.(he identified himself as officer (could not understand his first name) with the FBI .

The 814 area code is for western Pennsylvania.  Contact the Attorney General and State Attorney's Office for that area to report this.  While this clown may not actually be physically in PA, he is using their demographic and numbers.  They can do something about this.

Ok, so pretty much everything you all have said has happened to me too.  Initially I was that scared that I about puked.  Think about it.  Peter Davis and "Officer" Neil Johnson threatening me with jail time for every kind of fraud you can come up with.  So before giving him any kind of information I told them I'd have to call them back.  I did some research.  The 814 area code number led me to this website / blog, and the 904 area code fax number he wanted me to fax a statement to is from Jacksonville, FL.  The statement he wanted me to fax he dictated to me over the phone and told me to write it word for word stating that I didn't cause this debt (that I don't owe) intentionally, and that I authorize a debit to my credit card / bank account.  I never faxed the statement.  My husband is an attorney and his best friend works for the terrorist division of the FBI in DC.  This muffin has screwed with the wrong consumer.  

This is what each and every one of you need to do.  You need to ask this guy his address.  Probably won't give it to you, and if he doesn't then that's clue number 1.  Then you MUST ask him in what district and court were your charges filed in.  If he can't that's clue number 2.  If he does give you a district call your State's Attorney's Office for that district just to be sure that charges have not been filed under your name.  If they have not, then report this scam to that District Office, and call your state's Attorney General to do the same.  I even went as far as calling the Florida Department of Law Enforcement who was able to see if there were any warrants issued in my name for my arrest.  In order to arrest you for any kind of charges, even the ones being threatened, a warrant must be issued and signed off for by a judge.  I had no warrants, and every office I called told me that the case number that "Officer" Johnson gave me was ridiculous and that this was a scam.  HINT...case numbers in any court have the year the case was filed in it. My "case number" didn't have 2009 in it anywhere.

Don't answer the phone, don't argue with them, get the numbers blocked.  And for heaven's sake DO NOT send them any letters (if you're lucky enough to get their addy).  By doing so you are acknowledging that they are a legit company.  I have my buddy looking into this, and when I get a response I'll post it to help you all out.  Hang in there.  Be smart, not scared.

I keep getting calls at my work from these people. My work has told them on several occassions that I no longer work here that I have been let go. They still call. They keep threatening jail and other things. Today they asked for my supervisor or HR manager. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Hello I just got a call from this guy. He said he was from American legal Investigations and that i had taking out a loan that i was not paying. this was on my voicemail. i first googled his number and found you guys. so i called him (Mark johnson) i imediantl asked him for his adress and he got all uncomfortable. then hes all why do you need it. and i said i required it he said "why do you want my personal adress are you and idiot" and i said i just want the bussiness adress. and all he told me was he was in pitsburg pennsylvania. I said it as i wrote it down and he said oh yes you are a very smart woman. and i told him that i googled him and that he was a fruad. he got really mad and started yelling that he was sending over two policemen and thta i would loose my job (house wife no job) family (no kids)  and everything. lol and i said ok well have fun comminting fruad

I received a call from 814-273-1518. They said, they were from the Law Offices of Peter Davis. Stated there was an issue of Social Security, Name and Place of Address.

Scam ...

Did you pay them anything?

got the same call told me i was going to lose my job if i didnt pay him, told me he was going to contact my supervisor and i was going to be arrested.

A GUY THAT SAID HE WORKS FOR UNITED STATES LAW AND LEGAL INVESTIGATIONS. HE SAID MY SS# AND ADDRESS HAS BEEN BLOCKED BY THE US GOVERNMENT AND IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. He also stated that Cash Net USA had filed a Crimanal Law suit against and ask me if any police or law enforcemenct had been to my house.  And since they have not he could help me if I paid $385.00 by debit card today.  He said that his name was John and he was the supervisor and he gave me a file #  and a fax number to send a letter so I can send a letter stating that I will pay $192.00 by the 28th of June and $192.50 by the 15th of July so I would not get pick up.  He kept putting me on hole to talk to the attorney's at the court house to make sure that this would be ok.

HIS NUMBER IS 814 273-1518.

I have alternate numbers for you please read my encounter

Military spouse and mommy here, read my report I got three different numbers quite an outrageous company I scared him  and I will have you hold him down while I stomp him - You don't mess with my info my money my family and my military