Just called him back to tell them I notifies my lawyer and the police are on the way to arrest them for being a big scam. Max Morris with Coopers Law Firm replied to me with "F*** you bi***."  Not very proper for an attorney at law. Big scam people. Tell them to suck it

Max Morris just called me also! They have even sent me an e-mail

Having the same caller try the same thing in the UK  the message on my parents home voicemail had enough info on it for me to google it and find this page. My mother who is nearly 80 was sharp enough to realise it was a scam. Others unfortunately will get sucked in. Sorry to anyone who has but this idiot is now trying to scam people over the world

I live in the UK and received a recorded message from this number today. An Indian woman stating she is Max Morris of Cooper's Law Firm. She said much the same as others. Beware!

I got thesame call from this number this morning.  I kept calling them back and letting them have it.  I was cursed at and told to F them and everything.  Give it back to them .  Start ringing their phone off the hook.  LOL

For Extortion Scam Operations,  File reports with the FBI, your state attorney general and Department Of Justice,CFB,FTC & FCC..

http://www.nw3c.org/
http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx
http://www.fbi.gov/
http://www.stopfraud.gov/report.html
https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/#&panel1-1
https://esupport.fcc.gov/ccmsforms/form1088.action
http://www.consumerfinance.gov/complaint/
http://www.fraud.org/

Also read up on the laws and your rights:

http://800notes.com/arts/Jb8EW-eDhQA/harassin ... ou-need-to-know
See Residents post here also:
http://800notes.com/forum/ta-34af6a034ba34b6/unending-collection-calls
Templates of Letters:
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-319-242-7350

http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fdcpajump.shtm
http://www.consumerfinance.gov/askcfpb/search ...
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/pdf-0096-fair-credit-reporting-act.pdf
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0149-debt-collection

And see:

http://800notes.com/forum/ta-944ec1426a8bcbb/ ... service-attacks
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http://www.clarkhoward.com/news/clark-howard/ ... r-phones/ndF4c/
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http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=1828
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http://800notes.com/forum/ta-86217073a9c8dad/ ... 077595690349410
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http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0258-fake-debt-collectors
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http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/pubs/pressreleases/extortion_scam.htm
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http://www.fdcpa.me/fake-process-server-injunction/
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http://800notes.com/forum/ta-9413b3202bc8b6c/ ... net%27s-tactics
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http://dfi.wa.gov/consumers/alerts/cashnet-payday.htm
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http://www.cashnetusa.com/consumer-notices
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http://800notes.com/forum/ta-4f7d326029dcf9d/ ... lectors-finally

I received a call today...saying that a felony charge was filed and I would be arrested today and held for the weekend

I also was getting calls from this man and number. The first time he called, I knew it was a scam because of the accent. I cussed him out and called him a "Bin Laden wanna be" terrorist. The next day he called again, but I didn't answer. He left the same message. I went to my daughter's house and got a whistle from my grandkids. The next time he called, I waited until he said hello, then I let him have it with the whistle. He has never called back.

Yep got the same phone call with a voice mail indicating that I would go to jail if I didn't have my attorneys contact Coopers law firm immediately. Figured it for a scam and found this sight also the reverse look-up for the number shows it being out of NY some home care facility. Don't fall for it peeps, if it sounds wrong it most likely is.

The person cannot speak English well and is very threatening. He leaves harassing voicemails stating that he will send police to arrest me of I don't cooperate.

I received the same call. I am to call my attorney and then call them back or I will be arrested. They did not say what for, though. I'm glad I found this site. Thank you all for your comments.

Got a call and voicemail from this number and it's the 2nd time I've been threatened to be arrest by some debt collector for a payday loan I never received. Pls tell me this is a false alarm just wanting money

Caller said their name was Max Morris and that I was going to jail and they needed to speak with my attorney.  I stated I was an attorney and she hung up.  I called back and was asked for a registered or legitimate bar number (but could not pronounce legitimate correctly) I proceeded to ask for a case number and address to their firm and she would not provide me with anything, just kept expressing that I would be sorry when the police come to pick me up and take me to jail.

received a phone call from a Max Morris and before checking this number out sent them $50.00 ON A BLUE DOT CARD that they had me purchase from CVS to  start proceedings to make a OOCR. Thank God that I decided to check the number out before sending them any more cash. They threatened me  with fraud and a few other things stating they  were going to start proceedings against me immediatly and the sheriffs office would be coming to serve a warrant for my arrest. Don't be a victim

As per Alfalfa's post above:

This is a criminal extortion scam operating out of India. They are making the calls utilizing VOIP and the names of legitimate firms to make it appear the calls are originating from within the US. There is NO "company" or "debt" and you will NOT be arrested. They are harvesting and/or buying consumers' personal identifying information and you need to do whatever you can to protect yourself. This includes: Notifying the FTC: https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/, placing fraud alerts with all three credit bureaus, notifying your bank and employer and letting these criminals know you are aware they are attempting to extort money for a non-existent debt and have alerted the authorities.

And by the way - debt is civil, not criminal, so you couldn't be arrested anyway.  Defaulting on a payday loan does *not* make it "hot check fraud".

I received several calls from Mr. Max stating that criminal charges were being brought against me for defaulting on payday loan in 2009 it is now 2014. Yes, I did go through a financial hard ship and the loan was for 700.00 and now they say I owe over $1500.00  so now its hot check fraud and so on. they said someone will be at my place of employment or home to serve me with court papers, but when I asked for case number what court so I could go he refused to give me the info.  I did advice with a Criminal lawyer since Mr. Max states is not a civil suit but criminal suit and I don't want to go to jail but neither can I pay at this time. He advised me that in the state of Texas I can report them to the Attorney General because it is against the law to threaten someone to sue them  and not  provide me with the info or falsely claim I'm being sued, also in the state of Texas it is very legal to record a phone conversation. they still call me everyday but I don't answer since they don't want to give me the correct info about the criminal charges the so called have against me in Harris County....and they will not leave any voice mail messages so it must not be that important for them to sue me.

Same Story---get a call from Max Morris with Coopers Law Firm.  They are going to have me arrested.  Do these idiots really think people get a heads-up on being arrested.  This needs to stop!!

Max Morris called me saying I owed money from a funds cash advance America. I did call back, unfortunately.. They had my correct address and said I would be arrested tomorrow. Very frightening.

This is a criminal extortion scam operating out of India. They are making the calls utilizing VOIP and the names of legitimate firms to make it appear the calls are originating from within the US. There is NO "company" or "debt" and you will NOT be arrested. They are harvesting and/or buying consumers' personal identifying information and you need to do whatever you can to protect yourself. This includes: Notifying the FTC: https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/, placing fraud alerts with all three credit bureaus, notifying your bank and employer and letting these criminals know you are aware they are attempting to extort money for a non-existent debt and have alerted the authorities.

Thanks a million this duche keeps calling max,Morris,  from Coopers law firm ,, I like most everybody fell for this crap until Ibe google max Morris ,,, this duche is,dead green dot money pack is,a scam ,, next titme you bastardly call going directly to the police they claim you  frauded a loan company when there the biggest con artist around !

I keep getting call from a max morris from coopers law firm telling me I am going to be arrested.....meanwhile caller id comes up john smith!  how original

I HE BE GETTIN NUEROU CLL AND THRAT..ALSO SME LAWFRIM AND SAMEPERSON. WAS TOL I WILL BE ARRTED TOMORROW..FOR CASH ADVANCE AMERICA.I HAVE NEVER AKENA DARN CASHADVANE..THANKS SO MU FOR POSTING IS...GUYS AND GALS

Max Morris is the same person that called me. Its getting crazy.

I have received a voice mail with an Indian accent saying the same thing and at the end saying good luck. They want you or your attorney to call.

Well well well, I posted before but thought you all may like this one.  After last week being called and threatened by Max Morris, today I get a voicemail from a number in Florida claiming to be Cash Advance America offering to loan me $5,000.  Just wait till Mr. Max Morris calls again.  This will definitely be fun!  Can't wait!

Print this off and give it to your employer:

This is a criminal extortion scam operating out of India. They are making the calls utilizing VOIP and the names of legitimate firms to make it appear the calls are originating from within the US. There is NO "company" or "debt" and you will NOT be arrested. They are harvesting and/or buying consumers' personal identifying information and you need to do whatever you can to protect yourself. This includes: Notifying the FTC: https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/, placing fraud alerts with all three credit bureaus, notifying your bank and employer and letting these criminals know you are aware they are attempting to extort money for a non-existent debt and have alerted the authorities.

Read this investigative report ABC News did on this scam:

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 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.

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/phantom-debt-co ... ory?id=16512428

I was almost fired because of this. Max morris called my job 26 times in less than an hour. He's also calling my cell phone, my parents, and brother and sister. On the last call to my job I asked what they wanted me to do and when I said no he said he will and the police. Told him not to bother and that I will go turn myself In and asked what police dept he wantd me to go to. I was then called all kind of names. I work in very corporate America position and told him that all calls are recorded. He told me I can't do that and its against the law. It does state that all calls are recorded before I pick up the phone. He demanded my boss so I put her on but then he woold not tell her anything. It got to the point where he was tying up all the phone lines (6) . Eventually the owner of the company got on the line and advised him that this is harassment and against wisconsin law. He hung up and my company blocked the number.

So glad to know I am not the only one receiving these calls. I almost fell for it and im so glad I didnt. Be sure to spread the word to friends. These sick people need punished.  

They also called me saying the same i  told him that i would go  to the sheriff office myself to find out what's going on and they hung up

Max Morris called me to do the same thing. Saying I was going to be arrested for non payment to Cash Advance America. I asked him where I can send the money to and he wanted me to go to CVS and send him the money. I'm filing a police report as well as the FTC. Thanks for the heads up.