My mother got a call from this number yesterday.

I've been hounded by these people off and on for 5 mos. This week it's gotten ugly. They threatened my life. I've filed a police report, called the FBI and given them all the info, and now have been told to call the Attorney General's office of each state I have a phone number for.

Each time I get a call from these people, all East Indian men with aliases like Jason Bourne, Robert Smith, Franklin Squat (my favorite), I go thru the same spiel. Please send me proof of the debt, tell me who you work for, what is a call back number, etc. They always tell me they work for the Dept of Crimes, or the Infraction Division, and that they don't have to send proof of anything! They also claim they've never called before!!

I've called Cashnet and CashnetUSA. I don't have a loan with them, and they have told me that it's a scam and not to pay these people.

Since Wednesday this week, it's been out of control. They bombarded our switchboard with call after call. The Plant Mgr got on the phone, and the guy still went off. We've contacted our Corporate Security and they're investigating now.

I do urge people to call the FTC, and Attorney General's office in every state they have a phone number for. Also, you can contact your local branch of the FBI and give their Fraud Division the info; phone numbers, etc...

These men are crazy!!!

I got the same exact call except his name was Jason Hunt and the number was 201 244 7655. At first I was alarm but I knew the loan I had gotten was paid over a year ago and the information for the Bank he had was wrong. I am concerned that he has my SS#.

I did report it to the FBI tip website. I think I will advise corporate security with my job as well since that's where he calls and has threaten to come there an have me arrested.

I just received a voicemail from a man who identified himself as Officer Jack Thompson.  He had a very heave Indian accent and told me my name and social security number had come up in an investigation.  He told me to have my lawyer call him back as soon as possible, before the deadline passed.  Anyone know of this particular guy?

My brother called me yesterday very upset after being told by his supervisor that a man by the name of Sam Bush called and left a message stating that it was an emergency that he call phone number 1-904-239-3936. My brother rushed home from work called the number and Sam Bush told him that he was suppose to be in court today to take care of a pay day loan and if he did not pay the loan with in the next 2 hours that the matter would be turned over to the police, which will result in the police taking him to jail.  My brother told the man that he did not take out a loan with anyone. The man continue to try to resolve the matter, due to the mans' heavy accent my brother told the man that he would call him back.  In the meantime my brother called me, I called the number asked for Sam Bush, I was told that my brother took out a loan with Cash Net Usa in March 2007 and the check was returned and now he owed 500 dollars or go to jail. I asked the man if he was a collection agency and he stated no that he was from the Department of Crime Prevention. I told the man that my brother did not have a loan with the Cash Net USA and he began to repeat my brothers' SSN# and address. This was strange to me, without my brothers' premission this man was giving me information. I then asked exact the date of the loan.  I was put on hold and the disconnected.
I then called My brother back and on three way I place a call to Cash Net USA, and they had no record of a loan, then I was transfered to the fraud department. We were informed to have the checking account changed and report the problem to the law enforcement this is a Fraud Case.
A hour later I received another call from the same number asking for My brother on my home phone.  Same story only this time it was Cash America and 350 borrowed and 520 payback or the police will take my brother to jail.  The mans name was Jason Hunt taking over for Sam Bush. I stated to Jason Hunt I wanted him to come get the money, because I had a Gold Dot for him and it was not a credit card, instead its a golden bullit to put a dot in his A__ for being a Fraud. My brother could have had an accident rushing home for an emergency call. Problems like this need to be report to the law enforcement immediately. Whoever read this please tell all of your family and friends those who use the internet or not.  I have been told that these people can get information from many place. The people also are using fake accents.

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

This is one of the nastiest collection agencies I have come across. They must be really getting desperate.

There are plenty of resources on google for fighting them.
1. When you get the first notice, send a dispute letter (use google to find one). Send it via certified mail.
2. Send a cease and desist letter (via certified mail).
3. Don't use you exact signature (they tend to copy it and put it on fake docs).
4. Save all recordings on your answering machine.
5. If you state allows it, record the call. Alot of cell phones can record calls now.

They will attract alot of attention and eventually get shut down.

called from 9042393956 left a messsage with a girl from work saying i was a prime suspect in a case and i would probably be going to jail..ha ha..well i know that is illegal for one, and no one can go to jail for something they do not pay..also i dont owe them anything..i hope they get caught for making people miserable, also for the embarrassment for us. How stupid.

From: http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-310-405-6167:

These crooks alternately pose as debt collectors, federal and state law enforcement officers, lawyers and bankers. They use any number of phony official-sounding names such as US National Bank, US Legal Investigation Bureau, Hopkins Law Office, Morgan Associates, White Collar Crime Unit, Department of Crime Prevention, etc.  And, as Alfalfa's message above indicates, consumer credit advocate Bud Hibbs believes this particular scam is just another Ted Ellis Crosby operation. (Previous Crosby scams include Ellis Crosby & Associates, Bass Prelitigation, States Predisposition Services, to name a few.) The Florida Attorney General recently obtained both a $1.3 million judgment against Crosby and a permanent court order forbidding him from ever engaging in debt collections in Florida.

Though there have been many 800Notes reports about the US National Bank/White Collar/Affadavit Process scam before Crosby was shut down in Florida, the number of complaints about it skyrocketed *after* Florida shut down Crosby. An interesting coincidence that suggests that this could be another Crosby scam but with a twist: considering the scammers' thick accents and very clumsy English, the calls probably originate offshore.

If your attorney wants to look into this, he or she may want to contact the Economic Crimes Division of the Florida Attorney General's office -- http://myfloridalegal.com/contact -- to get whatever information they have on Crosby.

One thing for everyone to remember is that anytime someone calls you demanding money to prevent your arrest, 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 dirtbags routinely impersonate law enforcement, it's also important to remember that American law enforcement officers aren't in the business of debt collection.  What's more, debt is a civil, not a criminal, matter.

The bottom line is, these are criminals trying to steal your money. I suggest you do all the following (most of which you can do online):

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 give them all the details.

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://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01

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 few 800Notes links with reports about similar scams. Read the reports and you'll see the same pattern time and again -- phony official-sounding organization names, foreign accents (most of the time), and dramatic false threats of arrest and lawsuits.

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/1-949-743-1156
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/1-901-328-7180
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-203-672-2113

I received this exact same phone call from Sean Anderson. He actually used a company that I had taken a loan with but had paid off more than 6 months earlier.  I contacted this company they said they had heard this before. I actually conferenced him in with this Sean guy who proceeded to get very angry with him and tell him it was none of his business then hung up on us.  He called me back within just a few minutes, long enough for the company rep to hang up. Still trying to get me to give him my credit card information. When I told him I was not sending him any money he began to yell and threaten me that the police would be coming for me at my place of business and I would be embarassed. He then called again to try once more but changed the company name that I supposedly owed money to, this one I had never heard of. I said I wanted to talk to this company he said he could transfer me. I then heard him and another guy talking about what I wanted, this guy then came on the phone saying he was this other company called jbl.  I told him I heard them talking and that I thought this was a scam, he continued trying to get money from me. I told him I would love to conference him in with myself and my attorney. He said he would call me back in 10 minutes for me to have my attorney on the line.  I never heard back from him. I am having to change to my bank account information due to this because he had all my information. This interrupted my whole afternoon at work. I hope there is some way we can stop this!

We are getting these calls at our office from a Samuel Bishop. Same phone number, I asked which crime prevention agency and and he said FLORDIA. Who can we contact to have these stopped ?

I got a call at work from (904)239-3956 the man's name was Sean Anderson claiming he was with the dept crime prevention and that there was a warrant for my arrest if I didn't pay 1,200, I told him I didn't have that kind of money so he lowered it too 700, if I paid it today, I delayed the payment till friday and talked to my friend who is a lawyer and he said it was a scam, I called Sean back and gave him a pc of my mind and never to call me @ work again

I received a call fr0m (904)239-3956 saying that I was enlisted as a suspect in crime case and an order tor my arrest had been delivered. In case I didn't contact him - Sean Anderson - immedeately I would be arrested even if in my house. He called me again the day after saying that I must pay about seven hundred dollars before three o'cklock or my case would be in court and I would be obligated to pay over three thousand dollars to avoid being arrested and stay before bars for a month or so. I told him I had no money whatsoever so, I would not pay anything and he could go right ahead and do whatever he had to do. he asked me for part of the money, suggested that I borrow the money from a friend and finally asked when I woul be getting paid again. He wanted me to affirm that I would pay the total amount on my next payday. The strangest thing of all though, was when he told me that I would have to call him every day until my next payment to remind him not to send my case to court.
I was so nervous that I got a headache in minutes. I said many time that I had no idea of what he was talking about. I started wondering that somebody solled my SS and was using it.
Then it came to my mind to google the number. Thank God!

US National Bank Scammers Still Extorting Hapless Consumers

"US National Bank" is still at it, calling up people and threatening them with jail time unless they pay up for debts they never took out and USNB doesn't own. Here's K's story of how "Harry Wilson" called him up screaming and yelling. But after speaking to a consumer lawyer, K learned what he needed to say to get the extortionist to stop phone-harassing him. You'll learn too after you read the story inside...

first became aware of this company when my sister called to tell me she had been contacted by "Harry Wilson" from the phone number 951-200-3254. He yelled at her on the phone, demanded that she pay him the money I owed immediately or he would use her Social Security Number to take all the money from her bank account and ruin her credit. He would not tell her what her Social Security Number was when she asked. She hung up on him.

I called and spoke to "Ryan Smith", a man with an extremely heavy Indian accent and was told I was going to jail on Saturday if I did not pay immediately. When I asked for verification of this debt in writing, he told me he was not required to provide that and I would go to jail. He gave me a fax number 914-462-3657 to fax my bank account number, debit card number, social security number and mailing address to so he could get payment.

The loan in question was supposedly taken out on 4/13/2007, a full 7 months before I even opened an account with the bank he claimed the deposit was made to. Then he changed his mind and said the deposit was made on 12/04/2007. I checked my bank account statements and no deposits were made to my account on or near that date.

My sister again received 2 calls yesterday from "Harry Wilson" threatening her with jail time if she didn't make me pay them.

I can deal with the threats to myself, as I am well aware they are bogus, but my young nephew took one of the threatening calls yesterday and was understandably shaken and upset over the incident.

I filed complaints with the FTC and with ic3.gov. I talked to a consumer lawyer to find out my rights in this matter. I was terrified at first, as I'm sure many other victims are, but I knew none of this sounded right. I've not always been the most financially responsible person in the world, but I have always repaid my debts. I took notes on everything this man told me, even making him repeat himself to be sure I had the correct information.

Then the bottom-feeder called me at work yesterday to tell me I was going to jail in an hour if I didn't give him my debit card number immediately. I told him in no uncertain terms that this was a scam and I knew it. I detailed for him every step I had taken and the fact that if his harassment of my family and me continued he would cost his company $1000, which is the amount the lawyer I spoke with told me I would be able to get in judgment against USNB.

He started off trying to talk over me and resorted to yelling at several points, but I continued to speak in a calm, forceful voice and eventually he was silent. I told him one more call to my home, my sister or my place of employment would result in my telling the lawyer the law suit was on. He hung up on me.

My sister spoke with my nephew and explained that there are people out there who steal information they have no right to have and this was a case of that happening. She also told him again that when she is not home he is not to answer the phone unless he knows the person calling (they have caller ID).

http://consumerist.com/5086468/us-national-ba ... pless-consumers

My sister received this same phone call yesterday.  She also received the exact phone call a couple of months ago (different number) also saying that they were the FBI and that they we going to arrest her in 30 minutes if she did not pay.  They cited her exact address and even had her social. Foriegn accent.  They actually used profaine language and called her names when she refused to pay.  She contacted the local law enforcement who tried calling the number back and they hung up on them.
It definitely is a SCAM.  Hopefully noone out there will actually fall for it!  The phone call really scared her at first, but now she is simply aggrevated by it.

Got a messege(from a middle eastern guy)saying it was a serious matter that need to be solved and that it was very important that I call back. I got almost the exact phone call a couple of months ago saying they were the FBI and that they were going to arrest me if I didn't pay, I guess. And this was the same phone call different number. I'm not and don't you fall for it. IT'S A SCAM!!!