901-328-7179
TN, US
fedupwiththecalls
fedupwiththecalls
2011-06-06 21:06:12
Unknown
Leo Rogers has been calling me stating that I have so many hours to come up with almost $5,000.00 that I supposedly owe on a pay-day loan.  He is absolutely relentless and has been calling my place of employment threatening me with being arrested and put in jail, wanting to speak to my superiors and get me fired.  What the hell!!??!!  I have contacted the attorney general's office to see what can be done to stop this.
ec
ec
2009-01-14 18:04:46
Unknown
It's a scam, and all their threats are false and illegal.  The bottom line is, these are criminals trying to steal your money.

Here are a few news reports and government advisories warning consumers about this scam:

ABC News:  http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5621205&page=1
West Virginia Attorney General:  http://www.wvago.gov/internetloanscam.cfm
WTAE TV4, Pittsburgh:  http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/call4action/17285785/detail.html
Florida Commissioner of Consumer Services:  http://www.800helpfla.com/newsletter/2008/092008.html

This is a very active group of scammers, many of whom are calling from India (and probably other countries) and are in cahoots with a group of American pay day loan scammers. Typical of many financial scams of this variety, they usually demand payment via Western Union or MoneyGram or credit card. They use any number of phony names such as US National Bank, Federal Investigation Bureau, US Legal Investigation Bureau, US Federal Bank, Sonic Bank, Hopkins Law Office, Christian Nicholas & Associates, CashNet, Financial Crime Prevention, National Crimes Division, United Legal Processing, Morgan Associates, United Pay Services, National Processing, White Collar Crime Unit, David Morgan & Assoicates, Impact Business Marketing and many more.  These criminals also use many phone numbers from many area codes; they're probably using caller-id spoofing software and/or VoIP to disguise their real location.

These scammers attempt to extort money from consumers with a myriad of false and illegal threats, and alternately pose as debt collectors, federal and state law enforcement officers, lawyers and bankers. Their trademark is to use meaningless legalese gobbylgook phrases like "We are downloading warrants against you" or "We are filing an affidavit against you."  Other trademark phrases include threatening the consumer with ridiculous phrases such as "If you don't pay then only God can help you" or "If you don't call me back then I can only wish you good luck."

The main thing to remember is that anytime someone calls you demanding money to prevent your arrest, or demanding your lawyer's name so they can sue you, it is ALWAYS a scam. No debt collector (let alone criminals posing as debt collectors) has the authority to have anyone arrested for anything. (And it's illegal for them to threaten such a thing.) And since these foreign dirtbags routinely impersonate law enforcement, it's also important to remember that American law enforcement officers aren't in the business of debt collection.  (Debt is a civil, not a criminal, matter.)

A consumer posting a complaint about these same scammers at http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-718-831-7157 notes that 718-831-7157 is associated with an India-based "outsourcing" telephone bank.  Though a reverse search on WhitePages.com shows that 718-831-7157 is an unlisted land line in New York City, information on Debtbuyers.Com shows that that number is used by India-based Intellisourze. (Source: http://www.debtbuyers.com/debtbuyers.asp ) My guess is that it's a VoIP phone number.

This is another piece of the puzzle that fits in perfectly with other information about this scam. There are some reports on 800Notes that have suggested that the crooks behind this offshore scam are also the crooks behind the notorious Bass/Ellis Crosby & Assoc./States Predisposition scams in Florida and Georgia. The interesting thing is that the number of complaints on here about the US National Bank/US Legal Investigation/Federal Investigation scam skyrocketed *after* April 7, 2008 when Florida obtained a $1.3 million judgment against Ted Ellis Crosby, shutdown his operations and barred him from ever conducting debt collections in Florida (
http://myfloridalegal.com/newsrel.nsf/newsrel ... 5257424005858A6 )  There's certainly a good chance that the crooks placing these calls from India are doing so on behalf of the American crooks behind the Crosby/Bass/States Predisposition scams.

Here's the contact information for the phone bank in India:

IntellisOurzE BPO
701, Sapphier, Nr. Cargo Motors,
C.G. Road Navrangpura,
Ahmedabad - 9. (Guj.) INDIA.
E-Mail: info@intellisourze.com
Website: www.intellisourze.com

A check on the domain name "intellisourze.com" shows that the website and name registration was created on May 8, just one month *after* the Crosby scams were shut down in Florida:

Domain Name: INTELLISOURZE.COM
Registrant:  Pragra Infratech Pvt. Limited.
Email:  ankur.ranpariya@pragra.com  
908, Aksaht Tower, Nr. ICICI Bank
Opp. Rajpath Club, S.G. Highway
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India 380054
Tel. +91.7926871353
Creation Date: 08-May-2008
Expiration Date: 08-May-2009
Domain servers in listed order: ns5.znetindia.com ns4.znetindia.com
(Source: http://whois.domaintools.com/intellisourze.com )

Though scam calls from these crooks have been going on long before May 8, the frequency of complaints about these calls increased considerably after Crosby was shut down in early April.

This is conjecture, but appearances suggest that Crosby and company were originally running a two-pronged payday loan scam operation -- with some calls being made from Jacksonville, Florida and other calls being made from a phone bank in India (and possibly other countries); then, after the Florida Attorney General shut down the Crosby scams in Florida, the Crosby crooks transferred most of their scam efforts to the India phone bank.

If you are targeted by these criminals, be sure to report them to all the following federal and state law enforcement agencies (most of which you can do online or over the phone):

1) The U.S. Secret Service is responsible for protecting the country's financial infrastructure and payment systems from international and domestic threats. Call or write your local Secret Service field office to alert them to the details of this attempted extortion. The addresses and phone numbers for the local Secret Service field offices are listed at http://www.secretservice.gov/field_offices.shtml or in your phone book.

2) Alert the FBI at https://tips.fbi.gov  Be sure to tell the FBI that you are being targeted by extortionists over the phone. And if the crooks claim to be law enforcement or lawyers, officers of the court or bankers, be sure to include that information in your report.

3) File a complaint with your local police. Most police departments will take a report over the phone.  Be sure to tell them that you're being targeted by an extortionist and give them all the details.

4) File a complaint your state's attorney general, the contact information for whom is at www.naag.org

5) File a complaint online with The Federal Trade Commission at https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/FTC_Wizard.aspx?Lang=en

If these crooks call back, promise them nothing, pay them nothing and tell them nothing other than that you know they're a scam and that you've reported them to law enforcement. (And be sure to report them to all the agencies above each time they call you.)

By the way, here's just a *small* sample of numbers used by this particular group of scammers. Read the reports and you'll see the same pattern time and again -- phony organization names, thick foreign accents, and oddly worded threats that are so melodramatic and ridiculous that it's laughable:

http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-904-425-9141
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-336-553-3965
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-909-6789
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-925-262-1327
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-678-954-6346
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-341-4004
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-856-831-0640
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-949-743-1140
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-410-505-8128
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-917-464-2534
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-210-858-6602
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-775-2121
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-310-909-8245
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-949-743-1156
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-214-245-1402
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-214-245-0922
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-214-723-5572
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-904-425-2863
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-718-831-7157
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-904-425-2857
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-858-244-0444
bigscam
bigscam
2008-05-23 13:28:16
Unknown
I have contacted the FBI and the local police in memphis where the call is supposedly from. They have all told me not to talk to him. He got very irrate when I asked him for info regarding the company who I owe stating that I had to deal with him and would not provide me with the city he was calling from or info on the company that "reported me". I even went as far as having a friend call the number acting like the police to get info from him and he became very rude at the thought the police were going to get a report from him and again would not state where he is calling from.I think he realized I was not falling for his scam because he has not called back.
Ms B
Ms B
2008-05-23 00:11:06
Debt Collector
Received a call about a month ago from Leo Rogers told me he needed my lawyers information to fax him an affadavit because I was being brought on fraud charges for some payday loans.  I have never used the service that he is claiming I did.  I would not give him any information so after I hung up, he called me right back.  Then he left me another message today stating the same thing and to call him back at that number, the number doesn't work.  This is a scam.
Betty
Betty
2008-05-20 19:06:20
Unknown
Did you ever find out who is actually was & where were they calling from? I had a call from 901-328-7180, is sounded like they had an accent and stated that they were from Crime Prevention and left a message with a co-worker telling her to have me call right away and that his name was Sam Bishop. I know that the number you reported was 901-328-7179 but this is probably just another listing for the same person.
Diane
Diane
2008-05-20 13:44:59
Unknown
Received a voice mail and then a live call from this Leo Rogers guy at my place of employment.  Same story as all the rest, threatening tones and incinuations.  I told him twice that I do not receive personal calls on my work phone, but he called back again after I hung up and told me he had permission from the Attorney General to contact me at work.
Fed Up
Fed Up
2008-05-19 19:54:41
Telemarketer
The phone calls are a scam.  He has called me and I keep him on the phone and gather as much inforamtion as a I can to piss him off and he usually tries to get ignorant.  He gets pissed and hangs up.  Let him know that you know it is a scam and tell him you have already contacted the appropriate authoritioes.  That should stop the calls.
phonebusy
phonebusy
2008-05-19 13:37:08
Unknown
Leo Rogers called my work stating that I need to contact him ASAP however until this website I had no idea what it was about. His number is busy or I am immediately hung up on. It is ok for him to harrass me and then not answer his phone. He told a co-worker that It was a legal matter and that I needed to call him right away but then he would not answer his phone when I call. I am going to look into who I need to contact regarding this matter.
notfalllingforit
notfalllingforit
2008-05-07 17:15:54
Unknown
I got a voicemail at work this morning from some guy named "Leo Rogers" who had an Indian accent calling from 901-328-7179 sounding like it was a very dangerous thing if I didn't call him back.  Very threatening and demanding.
CB
CB
2008-05-04 23:07:06
Unknown
Person tried to extort money from me- to the tune of $7000. Claimed I owed a debt to a payday loan-Cashnet- which I don't use those sevices. He threatened to have police come and arrest me. Big time scam!
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