LADY BY THE NAME OF MICHELLE GRIFFIN STATING SHE IS AN INVESTIGATOR FROM THE WHITE COLLAR CRIME UNIT THAT I GOT A PAYDAY LOAN FROM IN 2006 THAT CHARGED OFF FROM ORIGINAL COMPANY. LOAN AMOUNT WAS $250.00 AND THEY WANT ME TO PAY $2100.00 OR A SHERIFF WRIT WILL BE FILED AGAISNT ME AT 2PM PACIFIC TIME IF I DO NOT PAY.

I TOLD HER I DID NOT HAVE THE MONEY AND SHE SAID I NEE TO CALL FRIENDS, RELATIVES OR CO-WORKERS TO SEE WHO COULD LOAN ME THE MONEY OR ELSE I WOULD BE EMBRASSED IF I WENT TO JAIL AND BE ON PROBATION IF I DO NOT PAY THEM. THEY EVEN THREATEN YOU WITH JAIL TIME. ME BEING SCARED OUT OF MY MIND I WAS GOING TO PAY THEM UNTIL MY FRIEND SAID TO CHECK ON THEM FIRST.

SO I HAVEN'T PAID THEM AND THEY ARE STARTING TO CALL ME AGAIN TODAY. WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE BESIDES BEING A COLLECTION AGENCY? ALSO WHEN YOU CALL THE NUMBER BACK, IF NO ONE ANSWERS, IT IS A CELL PHONE ANSWERING MACHINE WITH NO RECOREDE MESSAGE BESIDES THE COMPUTER GENERATED ONE. WHEN YOU GET MICHELLE ON THE LINE, THE CALL DROPPED AND I CALLED THEM BACK LIKE A SCARED START PERSON. LOL

SCAM ARTISTS TRYING TO GET PAID.

I called this number back and got some old guy who tried to play dumb

I have been getting calls from these people since August 2008 . They claimed I owed payday loans from 2006, since i had taken payday loans in 2006, I wondered, do I still owe on those. I was unaware of this scam and they were able to get money from me. I have since became wise of them so they have now started calling my place of work bothering my boss, and co-workers. They have threaten me and have threaten the lives of my children by stating "do you have children"? and that I better keep an eye on them, they have even said that they have commandos to take care of people like me. These people are relentless they continue to call even after speaking to a detective from our local sheriffs station, who told them that they were under investigation. I wish that these people would or will be caught, they have caused me sleepless nights and only a small loss of money, thank God!  I have also called numerous payday loan companies to make sure I do not owe money to the. Thus far I have found that I do not owe money to these companies, and was told by them that if I did owe them money, they would not use this sort of collection tactics.

Thanks for posting the abc news article. It was very helpful.

They are still at it:
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-904-239-3956

Thanks.  FYI  http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-412-360-7849

EC,

They are now calling from number 412 360 7849.

ABC News just did an investigative piece on this particular scam operation. Here's the report:  http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5621205&page=1

I received a call today at work demanding payment for internet loan taken out in 2005 to a bank account that does not exist.  Samantha White advised that unless I paid half, or $520 today, I would be charged with several counts of fraud, banking fraud, internet fraud and so on.  She transferred me to someone to give me payment instructions and when I asked for an address of the company and main phone number I was disconnected.  She did not say she was a detective but worked in the "White collar crime" division of US National bank for which I can find no listing.  They did have my correct social security (means nothing these days)and knew my email address.

It's a scam, of course. It's ALWAYS a scam anytime someone calls and demands money from you to prevent your arrest. No debt collector  -- let alone a criminal posing as a debt collector -- has the authority to have anyone jailed for anything -- and it's illegal for them to threaten otherwise. What's more, law enforcement officers don't engage in debt collections; and it's illegal for a debt collector (or anyone else for that matter) to impersonate a law enforcement officer.

The fact is, you have been targeted by an extortionist and should report this to all the following law enforcement agencies:

1) File a complaint with the FBI at https://tips.fbi.gov  Be sure to tell them that you're being victimized over the phone by an extortionist impersonating a police detective.

2) Alert the U.S. Secret Service. The Secret Service is responsible for investigating crimes relating to the country's financial infrastructure and payment systems. You can call your local Secret Service field office and alert them to the details of this scam. Here's the link listing the Secret Service's field offices: http://www.secretservice.gov/field_offices.shtml

3) File a complaint with your local police. (Many police departments can take a complaint such as this over the phone.) You should be sure to tell them that you're being harassed and threatened by an extortionist impersonating a police detective.

4) File a complaint with the consumer protection division of her state's attorney general. The contact for each state's attorney general is at www.naag.org

5) File a complaint online with the Federal Trade Commission at https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01

If these crooks call again, tell them nothing other than that you know they're a scam and that you've already reported them to federal and state law enforcement. And be sure to file another round of reports with law enforcement when and if they call again.

Hope this helps.e

I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL AT MY PARENTS HOUSE TRYING TO REACH ME, THIS SO CALLED "DETECTIVE GOODMAN" SAID THAT I OWED $2000 DOLLARS AND THAT I HAD TO PAY OR SHE WAS GOING TO FORWARD MY 'FILE' TO LEGAL DEPARTMENT. MY HUSBAND AND I FELL FOR THIS AND SHE REDUCED THE AMOUNT DUE FROM 2OOO DOLLARS TO 1000 DOLLARS. SHE SAID THAT IF I DIDN' MAKE THIS PAYMENT I'D GO TO JAIL. THIS SO CALLED DETECTIVE GOODMAN SAID SHE'D SEND US A RECEIPT IN THE MAIL THAT DAY, WELL WE WAITED A MONTH FOR THIS RECEIPT AND NOTHING. WE CALLED OUR CREDIT CARD COMPANY AND THE $1000 CHARGE WAS FROM
A COMPANY CALLED "PAY MY BILL". SO I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THESE LOANSHARKS. BUT IT SEEMS TO BE SCAMS....BE AWARE! I HOPE PEOPLE FIND THIS HELPFUL.

Yes I got the same info.  Its illegal to charge that much, and send it to me in writting. I paid this loan, but collection companies sell these bills over and over again.  I sent a complaint to The Department of Corp in California.  This company was banned from doing business because they did not have a valid busniess license.

I GOT THE SAME CALL AGAIN TODAY AT WORK STATING I NEED TO CALL MICHELLE GRIFFIN BACK FROM THE WHITE COLLAR CRIME DEPT; STATING THIS PAYDAY LOAN FROM 2006 WOULD SHOW AS FRAYD BEING THAT I USED MY WORK EMAIL AND THEY WOULD FILE A COMPLAINT ON ME AT 2PM TODAY IF I DO NOT MAKE THE PAYMENT OF $2100 FOR A $200.00 LOAN. IS THIS A HOAX?

ALSO STATED THEY WILL DOWNLOAD MY WORK INFORMATION TO GET PROOF OF FRAUD THAT I STOLE MONEY AS MY CHECKING ACCOUNT WAS CLOSED. STATED MY BANK TRIED TO CONTACT ME AND SO DID THE PAY DAY LOAN COMPANY. THIS IS ALL FALSE INFORMATION.

I got the same call.  I reported to The Department of Corporations.

Bill collector posing as an "investigator. Very obnoxious and rude. Calling places of employment harassing employees.