828-338-9247
NC, US
yef
yef
2013-03-12 16:39:43
Unknown
This is a scam.  Nobody calls ahead if you are truly going to be arrested.  Further, nobody gets arrested for debt.  If you speak to them again, demand they mail you validation of the debt.  Also insist they give you their mailing address so you can send them a certified-mail debt validation  demand letter.  You also have the right to be comminucated with only in writing.  You can demand this too in a letter to them.  They will probably not give you their address, however, which is further confirmation that it is a scam.  They are breaking the law, namely the FDCPA.  You may want to read up on the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to see how many violations they have committed already.  If you could find out where they are, you would be able to sue them  - if they are in this country.
MIKI
MIKI
2013-03-12 16:22:43
Unknown
ANGELA I HAVE BEEN GOING THRU THE SAME EXACT YHING. CAN YOU TELL ME HOW THIS CAN BE HANDLED PLEASE? I AM AT WITS END AND DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO .
ohio
ohio
2012-08-18 07:27:18
Unknown
Yes this has beeen happening to me they called me 7 times in 30 minutes. and if those forigners had any clue u can not be arrested for owing money. 760 9515357 and 9514683233 how do we get these ppl to stop calling
psa828
psa828
2012-08-17 14:46:53
Unknown
this is just the latest number from some middle east dude with a very american name, he wants to talk to  my lawyer.....i am a bad person for whatever it is that he says i done.....i have contacted my sheriff's office and  i am not due for court or under arrest.....they also call from a unknown number or blocked number.....it is crazy.....
James Keeton
James Keeton
2012-08-17 14:00:11
Debt Collector
The first time they called me they said that I owed $4,000 and I told them that i dont owe any amout of money like that and told them to go to hell and now they keep calling me and telling me that I have three criminal counts and what me to conform my ssn and to pay them money to tell me what they are. I have'nt gave them no money and did not give them my ssn.
Angela
Angela
2012-08-16 16:07:59
Unknown
i have gotten the same message only thing is they left a voice mail that i still have and telling me im going to be arrested at my adress  i hve done nothing wrong the first number they left i did tell them they needed to call my other phone and so they did  the first number they gave was a majik jack number that had not been assigned the next number well showed on my phone and hey it was north carolina  i brought this to their attention and the fact they had the last 4 of my social wrong they proceded to ask what the right numbers were aware of the possibility of a serious scam i refused to give them the right digits making them aware that i somewhat know what is going on as i am looking up the where abouts of this telemarketing company and that is what is is showing it is on the net i am contacting their local athorities as i believe all of you should ... we can have them shut down.
TG
TG
2012-08-15 15:44:21
Unknown
OMG i got the same a hole... he claims his name is Michael Andrews....um theres no way ur name is michael andrews sounding like that...i dont get it whats the whole point of the call??? what in the world r they looking for?
Kevin
Kevin
2012-08-14 17:30:23
Unknown
This person keeps calling me, saying he's a lawyer or something but will not tell me what's it about, and leaving voice mails saying the same thing like he's reading a script....i just want him to stop calling me
Make it stop!
Make it stop!
2012-08-13 15:47:20
Unknown
Mr. Cooper has been calling for months. I just aswerd the phone, as normally I let it ring and he can leave his message of nonsence. When I answered today I informed him that "She" had passed away and he asked to leave me a message!! LOL I said you want to leave a message for a dead person?"
He said he was sooo sorry and hung up the phone quickly. I hope this works because I am super sick of hearing his messages.
I also sent in a complant with the A.G. in my State.
Dixborokid
Dixborokid
2012-08-09 17:50:25
Unknown
I too got a call.  I'm at work so I filed a complaint with U of M Security.  The are coming to talk with me now.
Missy
Missy
2012-08-06 22:09:52
Unknown
Caller claiming to be from the IRS and states that I sent money for some terrorists activities, he can't tell me where or to who. Seems to be very hostile and very angry when asked to which office or location of the IRS that he so calls works at. Keeps calling and asking who the other women is, don't know what he is talking about. Just wants me to turn myself in to the nearest Sheriffs office. Has that same middle east or indian accent.
kera Alaska
kera Alaska
2012-08-03 22:00:42
Unknown
STEP 1:Advise them to contact your attorney(even if you do not have one).STEP 2: Set up a google voice account, its easy top setup & free,  STEP 3: forward scammers to voice mail every time they call, google voice records and transcribes all messages leftSTEP4: print, scan or email recording to yourself STEP5: go to  www.IC3.gov & file a complaint*** FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ANSWER EVERY TIME*****PLEASE STOP*****THIS IS MOTIVATING INCENTIVE, bc every call they place, that gets answered gets them a premium bonus, even if you never pay them a cent!!!!!

We can stop these people if people would come back to this site after they got this issue resolved, and leave a msg w/ step by step instruction,  like I am.  I hope this post helps you guys out, bc these are the steps I had to take to stop the calls.
(OTHER #'S They may try to call from:) 917-754-0689, 212-659-2201, 406-646-6477, 609-318-9574, 215-359-4053, 407-289-2316, be advised they will try different numbers every time after they realize that you've caught on to what is going on & the person calling is always FOREIGN, no matter what they threaten to do...DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT confirm any personal information or make any payments.
erica
erica
2012-08-03 06:09:16
Unknown
just got the same call, same as descriptions above, arabic sounds like he is reading froma script...with the end him sayin that if i didnt retrn this call he said "I could only wish you luck as the situation unfolds on you..
rsmpuppy
rsmpuppy
2012-08-02 22:28:58
Unknown
this idiot keeps calling asking me or my attorney to contact him but he does not say anything about who he is or what company hes from and you hear his voice in the background but it sounds like an arabic voice i called the number back but it dropps the call.
little girl
little girl
2012-08-01 19:26:20
Unknown
i dont want more called from you guys or i going to the policy and tell them that you harrasing me
EJ
EJ
2012-07-31 22:35:21
Unknown
Keeps claiming to be from crime and investigation unit & says he has a warrant for arrest. This guy is a scam artist and continues to harrass people.
Deborah
Deborah
2012-07-31 15:57:43
Unknown
I received a call from a John McCoy from this number talking about a case against me.  This is about the second or third call I have gotten from this number.  Someone needs to put a stop to this.  It is a foreign-accented voice.  Definitely not an American voice with an American name.
little mama
little mama
2012-07-31 12:08:30
Unknown
I want to know who you are and your reasoning of calling me from this number. I don't believe that you are a legit business, but I do believe you are a scam. If you keep on calling me or call me again I will get the authorities involved I promise you that now good bye
kr
kr
2012-07-30 22:47:42
Unknown
I just received a call from Carl Cooper saying I had a warrant out for my arrest but couldn't give me any information. This people need to be stopped what can we do.
CYN
CYN
2012-07-30 20:57:48
Unknown
I WISH YOU LUCK, THESE CALLS ARE OUT OF HAND.  I DO NOT ANSWER, BUT A GUY HAS LEFT MESSAGE CAN'T UNDERSTAND HIM PLUS THE NUMBER THAT SHOWS UP ON MY PHONE HAS AN EXTRA NUMBER IN IT, HOW CAN HE GET OUT
CYN
CYN
2012-07-30 20:48:55
Unknown
I AM GETTING CALLS FROM
1-237-795-17653 THE GUY IS LEAVING A MESSAGE AND I CAN'T UNDERSTAND HIM, HE HAS CALLED
2 DAYS IN A ROW NOW.  LIKE ALL THIS IS GETTING OUT OF HAND.  I DID FILE MY NUMBERS WITH THE LINK BELOW TAKES UP TO 30 DAYS AND WITH AN EXTRA NUMBER WHAT GOOD IS IT GOING TO DO, HOW ARE THEY GETTING TO MY PHONE BUT I CAN'T GET TO THEIRS!


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Acme Pest Removal
Acme Pest Removal
2012-07-30 20:43:42
Unknown
Unknown- Please search the forum for information on Payday loan fraud.
Unknown
Unknown
2012-07-30 20:26:22
Unknown
I received a call today from Carl Cooper from the Courts of North Caroline about a debt that he could not give me any information on. He told me that I would be arrested in a few hours if not paid immediately.  He said I would also lose my job.  They had information on my address, employer and last four of ss.  I continued to ask when the debt took place and he said that he didn't know and all he could tell me was that it was between 2007 and 2012.  He also could not give me any detail information about the "criminal case" although he was the attorney.  He told me I only had 2 hours to settle the debt and that it had to be paid via Western union or from something called a Moneypak (which I guess can be purchased at CVS or Walgreens).  He told me that the Western union contact was Jousha Algarin, from Philadelphia, PA.  When I asked what company this person worked for he couldn't give me any information.  He told me the only method of payment that was accepted was cash.  Since I spoke with him, I have since tried to call and have no answer.
Patty
Patty
2012-07-28 14:20:32
Unknown
I also got a call saying my ssn is linked to a criminal investigation. When I called the number back got no answer just a few beeps and was disconnected.
Missy
Missy
2012-07-27 14:38:49
Debt Collector
I have received several calls from this number and they are just ridiculous.. They even called me after 11pm.. To which I asked what state they were calling from. The man on the line said he was calling from North Carolina. I then said well what the hell are you doing calling me this time of night? It is 11pm my time which means it would be midnight there. After stuttering and stammering for about 10 min he finally hung up. When I called back this morning it rang about five times than it just beeped in my ear. When they call have fun with them.. I talked to them again an hour ago and told them to call at 12:30 for my debit card number.. When they call back I will be at a police station and ready to hand the phone over to an officer there... Will be a nice turn around I think.
unknown
unknown
2012-07-27 03:23:51
Unknown
I got a call form this number a couple of hours ago stating it was from a place saying that there was a warrant out for my arrest...nothing I have done to have this happen  completely clean record...these people should be stopped.  Does anyone know any more about this?
Nek
Nek
2012-07-26 22:21:01
Unknown
I called this number and talked to a guy named Carl Cooper. He said that he is a Criminal Defense Attorney working out of the Supreme Court of North Carolina. He told me that I have a warrant for my arrest for a debt that I owe and if I didn't pay the balance within a hour the police was coming to my job to arrest me and send me to North Carolina to go to court. This attorney doesn't even exist on the internet but this number is all on the web for scams. Thank you all of listing and reporting this.
Alfalfa
Alfalfa
2012-07-26 22:14:26
Unknown
FAKE!

Phantom Debt Collectors From India Harass Americans, Demand Money

By BRIAN ROSS (@brianross) , CINDY GALLI and MATTHEW MOSK (@mattmosk)
June 7, 2012

Hundreds of thousands of cash-strapped Americans have been targeted by abusive debt collectors operating out of overseas call centers suspected of links to organized crime in India, law enforcement officials told ABC News.

The calls are part of a massive scam, one that appears to target struggling Americans -- especially those who have gone online to apply for payday loans. Armed with personal information from those pilfered applications, the threatening callers, who claim to be debt collectors poised to initiate legal action, have managed to pry loose millions of dollars from their victims -- even when the victims never owed money in the first place.

"This is what we call a phantom debt collection scam," said Jon Leibowitz, the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission. "It's a very pernicious and innovative new fraud."

Working through call centers in India, the commission estimates that the criminals have dialed at least 2.5 million calls, persuading already cash-strapped victims to send them more than $5 million. Some have reported receiving dozens of calls per hour. They are victims like Cindy Gervais, of New Orleans, who went online for a quick loan when her husband's car was hit by a driver who didn't have insurance.

Even though she paid the loan off, the so-called "phantom" debt collectors with Indian accents began calling to say she still owed money.

He more or less told me that if I didn't pay, they were going to have someone on my doorstep to arrest me," she told ABC News. "And that they were going to contact my place of business, and tell them what kind of person I am."

At first, she said she resisted. Then the calls became more frequent, and started to ring on her cell phone, and at the grocery distribution company where she had worked for 27 years.

"I was more or less was in panic mode because he told me there would be someone before noon at my place of business to arrest me and take me to jail," she said tearfully. "So I agreed to pay him."

After receiving scores of complaints, investigators with the FTC said they began tracking the calls, and following the payments. They alleged the payments led them to a California company run by an Indian-American named Kirit Patel, and that such scams would not be possible without American front men.

"I would say that all roads of this scam, or many of the roads of this scam, lead back to Mr. Patel," said the FTC's Leibowitz.

ABC News tracked Patel for weeks, from the suburbs of San Francisco to Austin, Texas.

Patel refused to talk. But his lawyer, Mark Ellis, said he believes it is far too early to pass judgment on his client. Ellis, a Sacramento-based attorney, told ABC News that Patel was hired for a nominal fee to set up an American shell company, and had no idea what the call centers in India were doing.

"I can tell you, he was as snookered by the people in India as anybody," Ellis said. "He's a 69-year-old man who is nearing his retirement who thought all he had to do was set up some corporations and everything was on the up and up. He's completely dismayed that he has become the lightning rod of this entire problem."

A close friend of Patel's also defended him in a brief interview at his home, saying Patel was not trying to defraud anyone -- he was just an unwitting, bit player in a larger scheme.

"If Mr. Patel was just a cog in the wheel he seems to have been a pretty big cog," Leibowitz said. "It is clear that Patel was integrally involved with this scam."

Leibowitz points to thousands of pages of financial and phone records gathered by the FTC and filed as part of a civil case brought against him in the U.S. District Court in Sacramento last month. When FTC lawyers sought to freeze his assets and prevent his business from continuing to operate, Patel responded by invoking his rights against self-incrimination. His lawyer told ABC News he has had to be careful in how he responds to the allegations in civil court "because there is a potential criminal action," but that Patel maintains the allegations against him are false.

Federal investigators said the phantom debt collection operation that allegedly benefitted from Patel's assistance was one of several that all trace back to the same small town in Western India called Ahmedabad. Callers use technology to make it appear that the calls originate inside the U.S. Victims provided ABC News with recordings of dozens of the calls, and many of the thickly accented callers appear to be reading off a script.

"Subpoenas have been readied, and Monday morning you're going to be picked up from your home," one caller says on a victim's voicemail. "And you have children. Don't worry about your children. We have a childcare department to take care of the children."

"You will be behind bars for six months," said another caller. "And once you go behind bars, you will lose your job. Once you are behind the bars, you won't get a single drop of water."

William Peerce Howard, a Tampa attorney who represents victims of harassment from debt collectors, said it takes an especially twisted criminal to use threats and coercion to pry money from someone who is already struggling financially

"These guys really are the most visible villains in America today," he said. "They make a living scaring people."

Mark Merola, of Florida, said he just panicked when the caller told him he might be arrested at the deli where he works in a Florida retirement community.

"I was nervous. I didn't want to embarrass myself, my family," he said. He used his debit card to pay the collector $576.

Afterwards, he says he realized "how stupid I was."

"It just happened so fast," he said. "I got scared."

Leibowitz said he hopes with more attention, future potential targets of the scam will recognize red flags before they turn over any money.

If callers say they are from the police, consumers should know that law enforcement officers do not collect debt for private parties. If the caller is speaking with a thick Indian accent, but calls themselves by a names such as Officer Mike Johnson, that should be a tip off. And if they're calling 40 times in two hours, that's another red flag. "Legitimate debt collectors, legitimate pay day lenders don't do those sorts of things," he said.

Merola said he would like to see anyone involved in the scam prosecuted aggressively.

"There's no place in society for these people," he said.

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/phantom-debt-co ... 16512428&page=2
real or fake>?
real or fake>?
2012-07-26 22:07:34
Unknown
i keep getting calls as well saying nationwide has a leagal suit against my name and social....
alexius
alexius
2012-07-26 14:52:11
Unknown
keep calling saying that its the crime investigation unit and that they have a warrant for me inreference to my social security number.
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