Got 5 calls from this number 8778374395 callers name was Sandra Moore...asked to stop calling because she was looking for someone that doesnt have my number anymore....advised her that if she called again i would press charges for harrassment....she called back of course...asked to speak to supervisor....supervisor along with Ms. Moore was very argumentative advised supervisor that i will be pressing charges for harrassment...told me to go ahead...hung up...i will be pressing charges on these people...

Same as everyone's!  What fools they are!

Got a call about a payday advance that I never received.  Called my work, had heavy accent.  I told them I never got a loan - they accused me of lying, etc. Told them I would take legal charges against them for harrassment.  Finally had to hang up on them to get them off the phone.

These SOBs called me today saying i owe money, and they have a legal case and want my lawyers info, and that they will contact my employer. After cursing out the first dude-who-can-barely-speak-english, he put me on to a 'supervisor'-who-can-barely-speak-english, who i kept cursing out. Since they started it im gonna keep it up and call them from every different phone that i can find and curse them out. I DO NOT RESPOND WELL TO BEING F****D WITH!!!!

I'm tired of those jerks. They call with various names(ROBERT DAVIS, VICTOR ANDERSON and ANTHONY BOTTOM) and various phone numbers(877 837 4395, 866 904 6562 and etc) at all hours of the day, including when I need to sleep for my job at nite. They threaten you with lawsuits, cops and cursing from their land, the land of make believe. You, apparently, owe them money on a online payday loan from Make believe land, USA PAYDAY LOANS. They claim(after smoking their weed), that they have 'rights' to harrass you if you don't pay them. They will hang up when anybody of knowledge calls to challenge them, for they are very ignorant munchkins from Oz, with foreign accents, whom, in my opinion, still own the law books from the year 1452. My suggestion to anybody getting calls from these types of imps, is to not answer the phone and to report it to the authorities, as well as other agencies.

I just received a message from a guy named Sue stating he was feom "miller" a lawyers office. He stated he had the right to contact my employer and woukd do so. I dont even know what he is talking about. He also stated he wished me good luck??  This is unbelieveable.

called sais i owe money on a loan no nothing about

Got several of these calls too.  Once I put my wife on acting as my 'attorney' and they gave her all kinds of harshness.  I guess they don't respect women either.  I think it's kinda funny how they think they can outsmart or intimidate someone.  I guess even if one caller out of a hundred believes them then they'll get some money, but not from me!  I can't wait until they threaten me with jail/arrest.  I tell them BRING IT.  and see what happens. LOL!

I get this one a few times a week and sometimes pick up. Is soon as I ask for proof of the debt they say I am threatening them and hang up. Sometimes they call before 8 am or after 9 pm my time zone and I cite the FDCPA to them and again they hang up. I am a collector myself, I think I will mention that next time to see how fast they disconnect the call. My Loans are all paid off thank you!!

If this was a legit company that might work since it isn't they don't care what you do IT'S A SCAM

got a call from this number said it was the legal department of payday loans, gave me the name of a coworker and said my name was given as a reference. When the man with a heavy indian accent said his name was Dennis Stein, I laughed. He then wanted to know what I thought was so funny I told hime he sounded like he was calling from India he started yelling at me and said I wasn't needed any more. I hung up!

this same number has been calling & threatening me.  He calls himself "Adam Thomas" & has a very strong accent.  They told me I owed an online loan (which I don't)  they knew my ss#, banking info, where I work & phone numbers.  they threatened I was going to jail & they were sending police after me if my lawyer didn't contact them asap.  My lawyer called them & they called them a fraud & hung up.  I have reported this to police & they won't return any of their phone calls either.  I want these people caught.

This number called my CELL PHONE so many times while I was away (from the phone) in such a short amount of time, left no message, I was suspicious and came to this website. Look what I've found!

Same story as everyone else! This guy named supposedly named David Jones with a deep Indian accent keeps calling me. He insists that I took out a payday loan and I have not paid it off! That's a negative I have attempted to get a payday loan but I never went through with it. He is very aggressive and even called me a b****! I asked for info on this non existing loan he told me give them my debit card number and pay them then everything will be explained to me. When I told him no I have never taken out a loan he said pay or else my lawyer will contact you I said go ahead tell him to contact me he said said pay your loan lol! I told him I'm not going to pay because I know this is a scam he Hung up. Then he called back pretending to be a lawyer calling from the same number. I just want the calls to stop. He has called me a total 87 times in one month. I have contacted my local sheriffs office and filed an official complaint. Funny thing the sheriff already knew this David Jones motive.  He said they are actively working on the case. But I'm also going to call the Better Business Bureau on Monday. I'm sure if they get enough complaints something will be done. The fact that they have all my info name, phone number, social security number and probably my address is a little unsettling. Hopefully something will be done soon.

03/03/12

Just received a call stating they were from Cash Advance.  Said they would take action against me.  Would not tell me why or any information.  Will call Distric Att and report them.

Calling my job, talking to my boss, stating I am in serious trouble, when I call them they talk from a script and never deviate from it no matter what you ask them.  His name is David Jones and another from Jack Tomas, "Federal Crime Department"  his number is 530-+207-6120.  Im afraid Im going to lose my job because of this, how can you stop it.

I believe the connection between all of the hassels we are all receiving from these people is that it has to do with online loan companies. I have no doubt that all the people who have listed information on this site did not take a loan. Perhaps though they have done a little checking into the possibility of receiving money during times that they may have needed it. These sites have you enter information over what is supposed to be a secure site. Even though each of these people have not accepted a loan they have left a trail of information behind unfortunately. Now these callers use all kinds of illegal methods to try and extort money from anyone who has provided any contact information through one of these websites.

These people would not tell me what they were after, what they expected me to do or what their objective was.

The best advice is to tell everyone you know not to even look into any online loan site. If they do they will likely be one of the next people to enter information on this site.

I got the same call today. they had my social also. i hung up on him and called the credit reporting places to put fraud on my social just in case.

Dude's accent sounded like he had crap in his mouth and wanted to speak to Adam Sandler and if I didn't put him on the phone then Adam Sandler would be arrested.  LOL

I had better not get any more of these calls.

I got this same call today. It is a scam. They are trying to fish out info. They told me they were in Fort Meyers, FL. The phone number they called from worked when I called them back, to see who was calling me. They did know my Social though, they must be getting it from the Payday Loan place.

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

2/28/2012 I received a phone call from 1-877-837-4395 the guy knew my first and last name and my social. They called me at work and asked me to verify my social I told them no I would not over the phone and he than said my social. I asked that guy what debt I had? He stated it was from U.S. Cash Advance. I asked him what lawfirm he worked out and they hung up on me. I than googled U.S. Cash Advance and could not find a company called that but only these website that talk about that its a scam. So I called the number back to figure out what was going on and they kept on hanging up on me. So I called the Delaware State Police and they are doing a Identify Theft on it.

Called my phone and left a message for my mother. told my mother to have me contact them right away or she would suffer the consequences. Oh yeah, I called and had to leave a message. I will not repeat what I said but it sure wasn't nice !! SCAM !

Same accent. Same Guy.
He goes by:
Raymond
Adam
Mike Robinson
Jim Carter

This is a scam. These people claim to be from the law offices of Reynolds and Barnes. They donot exist. DONOT GIVE THESE PEOPLE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION. They also claim to be law enforcement. Negative. They are trying to steal from your bank account. CONTACT LAW ENFORCEMENT IMMEDIATELY.

He call MY CELL phone stating that a friend of mine had given my # in a Legal action.  Said his name was Kevin Smith and for me to have my friend call him back.  Really if he calls my cell phone I will charge them per minute just like my cell phone company charges me..

I just received a phone call from this number, it's the same outfit that I received calls from 3 weeks ago, the number they used then was 804-318-5473.  They had the same crap they were telling me, that I was in a lawsuit from a Cash Advance lender.   Do these guys never quit?  I called their bluff and said I knew it was a scam because I went thru this with them already and the authorities have my complaint, he hung up on me.  Why can't these ignorant idiots be stopped?

I also got a phone call from these people to. A man with a heavy accent hard to understand him and he threaten me also so watch out for these people they are scammers. the phone number he called me from was 877-837-4395 today 2-24-2012 at 1:26 p.m.

One leg of this scam has been shut down:

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