I have been getting calls from this number.

I've been receiving the very same calls mainly on my cell phone. First from a charles jordan & second call from a (wanna be) investigator freedis stating that I was being accused of check fraud. For which I knew was b.s. because I haven't had a checking acct.in over 10 years. These clowns are really a pain in the ###. However I was in the process of contacting my attorney to sue the hell out of these idiot's for harassment & not to also mention contacting me on my cell phone & running up my bill . However after reading the information on this website & learning that these scam artist's are operating from out side of the u.s. I will certainly take the advise from the other posting's out here & will just hang up on them. Also tell them too kma !!!

I recieved a call from this number stating I had a summons for a bad check and several other things, they are continually calling attempting to gain account info to repay "bad checks"  I was contacted by several people from the same number (Tom Bush, Dan Jones - process server)  Clearly a scam!!!  I am very glad I didnt give them my account info and also grateful I did not get the prepaid card they advised as it sounds they are just out to scam.  Thank you all for your comments!  It has been very beneficial to me!  
Thank you,
Ben

Nope, it's not.  This is just another offshore payday loan debt collection extortion (call it what is is) that has been going on for years.   As they are out of the country, there is not a lot that anyone can do but ignore them, and forward anyone else they contact about your supposed ?debt? to this site and to the FBI website, where it can be found under the scams and safety link at the top of the page.   Refuse to be a victim, and you may get them to eventually leave you alone.  However, they don?t care if you get in trouble or even fired.  If they even think they can get anything out of you, they will not give up.  You will be threatened with arrest, trial and/or jail.  
If you ever applied for a cash advance online, your information is out there.   Possibly 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, since many states limit borrowers from having more than two cash advances out at the same time.   Another possibility is that 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 that will be used to try to extort money from you at a later date.   An unfortunate third possibility is that the scammers were able to get into the database(s) of cash advance lenders like Sonic Payday and Cashnet USA.   Database managers are a prime target for bribery to obtain information for scammers.

You may be told there is a ?hold? on your SSN (no such thing) or a restraining order has been issued against you, which would never happen in a debt suit.  They have an obvious complete and total lack of understand of the FDCPA or law in this country.    It would appear that they got their legal terms from some sort of police show, as their threats regarding legal action usually are so off the mark that even the most uneducated consumer should be able to see through them.  There is no such thing as debtor's prison in the US, and even if you do owe money, it?s a civil, not a criminal issue.  So no FBI/sheriff/police are coming to your home or work to arrest you, even if you did owe on something like this.  The callers are very difficult to understand, with heavy foreign accents and very poor grammar.  
The most common version of this is a group that 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.    They most likely obtained your information through a seemingly legitimate site where you gave that information, usually because you were considering applying to for a loan.  They usually have your SSN, home and work addresses, banking info and names of your ?references? you gave when you applied for whatever it was.  You can try to complain to your local police/attorney general/FTC/FBI/secret service, but none of them will be able to help much, as these folks are calling from outside the country.  They use a combination of prepaid cell phones and VoIP, as well as spoofing software - meaning the number that appears on your Caller ID isn't the number that is calling you.  
Recommendation:  Just hang up on them.    While they have a lot of personal information, they can't if you report it as an unauthorized withdrawal and the bank would be out the  dough, and no bank is going to just let that slide.  If a withdrawal is done without your authorization, it?s fraud;  the bank is ticked off, and the transaction can be traced.  
The callers will most likely demand that you wire money or get a prepaid card of some sort, and send the info/money to somewhere OTHER THAN the ?law office? where they claim to be calling from, usually to an individual?s name.  
So, if you feel there is even a possibility that you are a victim of either of these types of scams, notify your bank and any credit card companies you do business with that your information has been stolen, and check your credit report to be sure none of that personal info has been used to compromise your identity. Inform your employer someone is trying to extort money from you.  If you are getting calls at work,  make sure your employer is aware the calls are part of a scam and to not take them seriously.  Hang u pon them every time they get in touch with you, and avise anyone else who is getting calls about you to do so as well.    Save voice mails left if at all possible, because if your employer does do anything negative, you may need that information to be sure you don?t get fired.    Send anyone at your job who mentions talking to these folks to this website, as well as the FBI?s for additional information.  
Good luck.

Rec'd multiple phone calls adv that I have a pending case and that I have been offically served as that I am going to have to appear in court for something I did not even do. Is this legal?

A guy named Brian Little called and stated that they were going to serve me at my place of work if I didn't respond in reference to a financial matter.  Phone answered with recording for Allstate.  What a scam!!

I got a call from Tony Baker (Allstate) from the same exact number stating that he was looking for a possible relative that had some type of legal issue, and that she had given my name as being involved with the case. They wanted me to give personal info on this person which was sister whom knew nothing about this. I called the number back and was advised to leave a message on generic voice mail. This needs to be reported everything to the Attorney General's Office.  This is a scam.......

for a bad check.... is this scam .....

they call me today said summons for a bad heck i dont even have checking account is this a scam

I got the same threatening message.

I received a threatening call from this number stating that there was a summons however they would not state the reason and when I called it awnsered Allstate and had a generic voice mail that I should leave a message