I called right back after they called me 3xs in the roll.  I was waiting for a message and I got one from someone with an Indian accent.  She answered the phone and I said I was not that person she was looking for.  She accused me of lying that my number popped up on their line, so I asked her what number I was calling from (using my friends cell phone) and she couldnt or wouldnt tell me.  I asked her what company this way, she refused to tell me.  I asked her for her name, she refused to give that to me.  I said I was reporting this number and she hung up.

Got a call from this # and another # but both saying the exact same thing. I filed a report when the man wouldn't stop calling me and now I have a woman calling my cell and my job. I was supposed to be arrested a month or so ago. I even had a guy call me from the Dallas PD # and say I need to pay them that he has all the paperwork. I called Dallas PD and they told me not to worry that it is complete bs and I had nothing to worry about unless I get the proper paper work served to me and then bring it to them and they would verify it for me. These ppl are so complely clueless on how things here in America  work. They should get a real job and quit trying to steal money from those who do work honestly for it!!  It's ppl like them who give their brothers and sisters a bad rep!

There was this rude lady by the name of janice, she had a weird language, I have the msg she left on my phone.

I am getting calls from them all the time now even on a cell phone. Amy Allen is who is calling me every 2 mins. Telling me I am being sued by a company I have never heard of.

Hard to understand this guy at all and he has a problem pronouncing his English name with a thick accent (Indian) as everyone appears to be in agreement with.  Indicates in the voicemail he left me that I or my attorney need to get in contact with him the very second his message is received.  He said his name is James Snyder from the help line. An obvious fraud attempt is being made by this guy and/or group!

I recieved a call from this number stating that hey represented the McKenzie Law Firm and I was being sued by American Payday Loan because I did not repay a loan that I supossedly took out.  I asked where is the law firm and they said Erie Pennsylvania.  I asked for the address and they became angry and threatened to file suit against me on a $200 loan and that it would cost me $8000.  I said I know nothing about this loan.  I asked for documentation and they refused.  I was then told that I could settle the matter by faxing all of my personal information including my DL number and a debit card number where $200 would be deducted.  I told them this is a scam and I would report them to the authorities.  They then threatened me by reading back to me all of my personal information and stating that they would ruin me by taking out a number of loans in my name.

This scam must stop!

I have rec'd the same call threatening me and asking for my attorney.  I have tried hanging up, they call back, they leave messages.  I tell them not to call and identify themselves as McKenzie Law Firm.  They all have foreign accents, can hardly be understood and are rude.  They are fakes and scammers, I do not owe any money to such company.  I will continue to ignore them, report them and change my number if it becomes necessary.
Good luck everyone.

I GOTTEN A FEW CALL FROM THIS #....EVERY TIME THEY SAY THEY ARE FROM A DIFFERENT LAW FIRM....THEY ARE NOT! IT IS A SCAM & THEY ARE TRYING TO GET $ OUT OF YOU.  DON'T FALL FOR IT THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING TO YOU NO MATTER WHAT THEY THREATEN YOU WITH....COPS,LOSS OF JOB,A LAWSUIT.....NOTHING!

I GOT A CALL TODAY FROM 8143341009 AND IT WAS A WOMAN ASKING FOR MY HUBBY SOUNDED INDIAN AND WOULD NOT LEAVE A MESSAGE CALLED BACK 12 TIMES BACK TO BACK

They are still saying they are with your law firm. I have recieved several calls from these people asking for my attorney information. When I told them I did not have one they proceeded to tell me I was going to be arrested on Monday at 11:00 am at my house or place of imployment. They also told me that if I went to my local Walmart and get a money fax then that MIGHT stop this American Loan place from proceeding any further. How can they continue to use your law firms name without getting into any trouble? They were VERY hard to understand and hung up on me if I asked any questions.

I've received a call from a Jane Hernandez who claimed to be from the McKenzie Law Associates saying that I had to return the phone call today. When I returned her call I ended up taking to someone named Fernando who told me that I had to pay back $8730.00 today or the sheriff will come and get me on Monday. They said it was an unpaid loan. When I asked for more information such as the loan company I had "borrowed" from and the company's phone number the guy didn't want to give it to me. Finally he gave me the company's phone number, which was 814-334-1007 (weird that it's 2 digits off their number). A lot of noise in the background so I knew it was fake because there wouldn't be noise in a law office. I did contact the legitimate McKenzie Law Associates in GA and was told that a scam artists is using their name to scam people. They gave me the FTC phone number and their case number so that my complaint can be added with their information along with a new report.

This company called my cell phone 80 times consistantly. They keep leaving messages that they need for me to return their call or my attorney to return the call. I returned the called and they keep hanging the phone up....I remember this company called me months ago and when I returned the call a guy with an Indian accent answered the phone and became very indignant with me when I would not give him my personal information....THIS GUY IS A FRAUD DO NOT GIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION TO PEOPLE YOU DON'T KNOW.!!!! REPORT THIS NUMBER TO THE STATES ATTORNEYS OFFICE FOR INVESTIGATION....this is what I plan to do....and you may have to change your cell phone or lan line number so they dont bite up your minutes on your cell phone, and to just be free of these creeps altogether.  The cell phone company normally does not charge a fee to change your phone number.Caller: Unidentified

Consumers across the country report that they're getting telephone calls from people trying to collect on loans the consumers never received or on loans they did receive but for amounts they do not owe. Others are receiving calls from people seeking to recover on loans consumers received but where the creditors never authorized the callers to collect for them. So what's the story?

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the nation's consumer protection agency, is warning consumers to be on the alert for scam artists posing as debt collectors. It may be hard to tell the difference between a legitimate debt collector and a fake one. Sometimes a fake collector may even have some of your personal information, like a bank account number. A caller may be a fake debt collector if he:

is seeking payment on a debt for a loan you do not recognize;
refuses to give you a mailing address or phone number;
asks you for personal financial or sensitive information; or
exerts high pressure to try to scare you into paying, such as threatening to have you arrested or to report you to a law enforcement agency.

If you think that a caller may be a fake debt collector:
Ask the caller for his name, company, street address, and telephone number. Tell the caller that you refuse to discuss any debt until you get a written "validation notice." The notice must include the amount of the debt, the name of the creditor you owe, and your rights under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
If a caller refuses to give you all of this information, do not pay! Paying a fake debt collector will not always make them go away. They may make up another debt to try to get more money from you.

Stop speaking with the caller. If you have the caller's address, send a letter demanding that the caller stop contacting you, and keep a copy for your files. By law, real debt collectors must stop calling you if you ask them to in writing.

Do not give the caller personal financial or other sensitive information. Never give out or confirm personal financial or other sensitive information like your bank account, credit card, or Social Security number unless you know whom you're dealing with. Scam artists, like fake debt collectors, can use your information to commit identity theft ? charging your existing credit cards, opening new credit card, checking, or savings accounts, writing fraudulent checks, or taking out loans in your name.

Contact your creditor. If the debt is legitimate ? but you think the collector may not be ? contact your creditor about the calls. Share the information you have about the suspicious calls and find out who, if anyone, the creditor has authorized to collect the debt.

Report the call. Contact the FTC and your state Attorney General's office with information about suspicious callers. Many states have their own debt collection laws in addition to the federal FDCPA. Your Attorney General's office can help you determine your rights under your state's law.>

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/alerts/alt076.shtm

This company called my cell phone 80 times consistantly. They keep leaving messages that they need for me to return their call or my attorney to return the call. I returned the called and they keep hanging the phone up....I remember this company called me months ago and when I returned the call a guy with an Indian accent answered the phone and became very indignant with me when I would not give him my personal information....THIS GUY IS A FRAUD DO NOT GIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION TO PEOPLE YOU DON'T KNOW.!!!! REPORT THIS NUMBER TO THE STATES ATTORNEYS OFFICE FOR INVESTIGATION....this is what I plan to do....and you may have to change your cell phone or lan line number so they dont bite up your minutes on your cell phone, and to just be free of these creeps altogether.  The cell phone company normally does not charge a fee to change your phone number.

Yeah I just got one   a woman, saying she is from some law firm. I just said,Yeah you can stop calling this number and hung up.

Adam Jones ( with a heavy Indian accent) has called me from  this number.  He called me at least 10 times back to back one day when I kept dropping the call.  He has left numerous messages and has the nerve to end the message saying "God Bless".  He uses different numbers and different names such as Alex Johnson, but it's the same person.  Or at least they sound very similar with the heavy Indian accent.  This is so disgraceful and a shame that we have to go through this when some of us are going through other issues rooted in the poor economy. When he called my job they threatened him and told him not to call back.  He hasn't called the job again, but my cell phone is being bombarded.  This is definitely harassment.

I'm glag I googled this number! I got the same phone call at my job threatening to do all sorts of stuff to me. I got the name Jacob Brown telling me to get a prepaid card or MoneyPac from Walmart. I trusted my gut feeling that this was a scam.

I received 5 calls in 2 minutes from this number.  I didn't answer and there was no message left

Even scam artists are outsourcing. On Tuesday in its first crackdown on fraudulent telemarketing in South Asia, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it was shutting down two California-based companies that used a call center in India to defraud Americans out of more than $5 million over the past two years.

Workers in India made threatening calls to Americans getting them to pay money on debts that they didn't owe, the FTC charges. At an FTC press conference in Chicago on Tuesday, fraud victim JanLaree DeJulius explained that she had received a call from someone claiming to be an enforcement officer from the (phony) "Federal Department of Crime and Prevention," who threatened to have her arrested and have her wages garnished if she didn't pay a bill of more than $730. The scam artists had gotten her name and information from a payday loan her ex-husband had taken out in her name.

"It was very embarrassing," Dejulius said. "He knew everything about me so I agreed to set up an installment." She is not alone. According to the FTC, more than 8 million calls were made since 2010 and at least 17,000 transactions processed across the United States related to the global scam.

On Tuesday under request from the FTC, a U.S. District Court in Chicago stopped the international operation, charging Varang K. Thaker and two companies he owned, American Credit Crunchers, LLC, and an affiliate Ebeeze, LLC, with violating the FTC Act and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

"This is a brazen operation based on pure fraud, and the FTC is committed to shutting it down," said David Vladeck, director of the FTC's consumer protection bureau. "Consumers should not be pressured into paying debt they don't remember owing. Legitimate debt collectors must provide consumers with both written information about the debt, and instructions for protecting themselves if they don't think they owe the debt."

According to the FTC's charges, Thaker used Social Security numbers and bank account numbers obtained from payday lenders to identify the victims for his scam. He outsourced the work to an Indian call center, where workers made threatening calls to American consumers to pay fake debt or collect on bills for which they were not authorized.

Thaker was not available when contacted by telephone on Tuesday. A woman who claimed to be Thaker's older sister and asked not to be named for privacy reasons said he is working with the FTC to help the Indian government pursue the fraudster call center operators. She also said he was innocent in the scam. "He was being used by somebody. He didn't even know where they got the information," she told The Huffington Post by phone. She said that her brother got 10 percent of the earnings from the scam operation.

The FTC charges against Thaker are the latest in a series of police actions by the government agency to put an end to rogue debt collection operations that have become more frequent in the aftermath of the Great Recession. In January, the FTC struck a $2.5-million settlement with debt-buying company Asset Acceptance, LLC, charging that the company had falsely represented itself to customers, including making up phantom debts that customers no longer owed. Last October, the FTC filed a complaint against seven other fraudulent debt collectors, alleging that they had engaged in the same techniques -- demanding money from customers who owed nothing at all.

The growing number of Americans who are unable to pay their bills has meant there are more companies looking to profit from their economic difficulties.

Debt collectors have been taking more aggressive tactics as fewer people are able to make ends meet or are in a cycle of debt. More than 30 million Americans are in debt collection, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Since 2010, more than 4,000 complaints have been filed with the FTC and state attorneys general about fraudulent debt collection calls, the FTC said.

Charles Junitkka, a personal bankruptcy attorney who represents clients in the New York City area, said, "In the last few years, the desperation of the collectors and their efforts have intensified because of the economy."

This story has been updated to reflect comment from a woman who says she is the sister of Varang Thaker. Thaker himself was unavailable for comment.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/21/ftc- ... _n_1289751.html

Thank you for the heads up and information. It is greatly appreicated.

I have had a man and woman from 814-334-1009 call me several time stating that I took out a cash advance and that now I am being sued because I never paid the loan and they are going to subpoena my employer and have to local police call me. I have never taken a cash advance loan. They answer with "Hello" and not like a business. they always have an India accent. Total and complete non-sense.....I just hang up!

I receive numerous calls a day from people such as yourselves.  My firm is located in Fairview Village, Pennsylvania.  The calls you are experienced are not from me or my firm www.davidmckenzielawfirm.com.  IT IS A SCAM.  Check the FBI website.  It idetifies this PayDay scam originating from back in 2010.  Best of luck to you all.

OK SO THIS NUMBER CONTINUES TO CALL ME & SO I FINALLY ANSWERED THE CALL & THIS "JACOB BROWN"  FROM MCKENZIE LAW FIRM 814-334-1009 / 909-385-6828 FAX
                                                   4 WEST MANILLA VE
                                                    PITTSBURG, PA 15220
SAID I NEEDED TO -PAY $385 FOR SOMETHING SINCE I WAS BEING SUED & THE AUTHORITES WERE GOING TO ARREST ME, OK SO IM, LIKE OK WHO IS THIS FROM WHERE DO I SEND THE MONEY ....  NO YOU NEED TO GO BUY A PRE-PAID DEBIT CARD & PAY WITH THAT & SEND A LETTER WITH ALL YOUR INFORMATION ON IT ,....  S.S # COPY OF DRIVERS LICENSE...  iM LIKE OK WHERE IS MY PROOF OF THE SUIT, NO YOU WILL GET IT AFTER I RECEIVE YORU MONEY... YEAH OK LIKE IM STUPID..  SO I TELL THE GUY GIVE ME ALL YOUR INFORMATION & LET ME VERIFY IM SENDING ALL THIS TOT HE PROPER PERSON & OF COURSE HE HUNG UP...    THANK GOD IM SMARTER THAN THAT SOME OTHER POOR PPL WOULD OF NEVER EVEN GOT THAT FAR OR EVEN CHECKED & WOULD OF PAID...  LOIS

Called my cell phone and work phone at the same time today. Answered work phone, denied being the person that they were looking for. Left a message with "me" that the person they were looking for had a case filed against them and that they were the prime suspect. Whatever. I will be asking for their corporation ID next time, and what state they operate out of. Most places resort to this sort of intimidation, because most on-line loans, at least in Ohio, are doing business illegally and can't file to re-coup losses.

I know what this company is, it is a payday loan company but it is a scam.  They tell you to go to a western union and wire them money then they will wire you money back.  They are in India and i have all the paperwork to prove all of this.  Don't worry, Western Union was working with me on this when I went and wired the money to them just to see what would happen, and yes I got my money back however I dont know how to turn these people in and even who to turn them in to.

I am getting the same calls. He keeps telling me his name is Mike Watson but he has a very strong accent and he is threatening me

They called my cell phone and my work number several times harassing me. I informed them I was going to report them.

Harrasing Phoe calls,saying I owe them money for a loan, that I havent applied for,.I want this to stop Now

These people keep,callin,threatening me about a loan something,needs to be done seriously

Threaten about a loan say they are arresting me calls from all kinds of numbers im sick of these a***oles