I received a call from Officer Roger Johnson claiming to be from the United States Bureau of Investigation asking for an employee. He claimed that this employee was doing criminal activities using the company’s name. When I asked for him to be specific he said he can only talk to the employee..... suspicious. This sounded suspect so I told Roger Johnson (English was very bad; had to ask him to repeat information several times...hmmmmm) that I will need his phone number so that I can contact our company's lawyer as well as the local law enforcement. I then disconnected. I then googled the number and all this information came up saying that this person is calling and trying to scam. I called the number back to ask for the name of the supervisor of Roger Johnson. The person that picked up sounded just like Roger answered " United Crime Bureau". Asked them not to contact our number, or employee. Told them they've been reported to several entities. I was then put on hold indefinitely. I called this number so many times, he/they stated to get so annoyed to the point that they started to hang up on me! LOL....Gave them a taste of their own medicine. BEWARE they are asking for SS#'s DO NOT GIVE THEM ANY PERSONAL OR BUSINESS INFO!!!!

They called my business and claimed an employee of mine was involved in criminal activity. They wanted the employee to call them at the "United Federal Bureau of Investigation" with her social security number and so forth. The original person I spoke with was "Justin White" (who had a thick accent), I asked to be transferred to a supervisor who I told I had spoken with Justin Miller, then I changed his name to Justin Miner. The "supervisor" didn't notice and said he knew the person I was speaking of.

Obvious scam.

OMG!! This guy name who sounds middle eastern who calls himself "OFFICER JUSTIN WHITE" keeps calling me TOO!! It's the same thing you said, it involves a legal matter that has been brought against me and he is threatening to sue me if I don't return his calls and the one time I talked to him to find out what the hell was going on, he tried to get me to verify my ss number before he would "give me the details of my case" HA!! As soon as he asked me to verify my personal information, I told him that I'm not verifying s*** with anyone who can't tell me who they are, why they are calling me and what company do they work for....he got very angry when I even asked to speak with someone who spoke ENGLISH!! You have an American name, but you can speak the language?? WTF!! So after that, I told him I'm hanging up and calling the cops, the only thing he could get out of his mouth was "don't call the cops!" *click* What an idiot! I sure don't have stupid tatooed across my forehead, dumb f*****!!

Called by "LAW OFFICER" from the "United Investigations Unit" for me. Could barely speak english, definitely either Indian decent or possibbly TALIBAN T**** HEAD!!!!!  Very threatening. Thus, I did call him back, but no answer. I think tracking him down personally would be the best choice. Yep, that's what I am going to do.  I don't like threats, expecially from middle eastern towel headed, snake charmers! I will find him and trust me...he won't want to meet me.

I just got a call like this today.  I'm not calling it back and the # that originally came up on my phone was 052173896 but they give a 5 something area code # instead to call back.  I work for a fraud department and will make sure that they are reported for trying to scam me.  People really need to get a real job and stop trying to steal from others.  dumb loosers!

Someone called and left me a message on my cell this morning, saying that I was being sued for some type of fraud, and that my SSN was being blocked by the government.  He said his name was "Officer Scott" and he was with some kind of investigations bureau, and that I needed to contact him immediately concerning the matter. He had a really bad accent. The number he called from was "052-173-896", which was REALLY odd.  The contact number he left was "850-701-0582", which is a Florida number. I called my local police dept. and talked with them about it a few hours later. They told me to check my credit report, and also to call Social Security and have them check the blockage claim, and NOT to call the guy back.  Hopefully this thing wont persist.

Payday2go is not associated with them, they are a suspected criminal front. I am from payday2go (online loan company) I keep on receiving lots of call complaining about this fraud collectors and callers experienced harassment and asking them immediate payment and they are verbally threatening consumers by using nefarious fraud tactics (like threatening jail time). I even check our database but the callers don't have existing account with us, they are just using our company name to collect money. please visit our website at www.payday2go.com
If you received call from them and claiming that they are calling on behalf of payday2go. Please don't believe them and report it to us at (866)742-0413. It's just a scam call from a suspected location ( India ) which is using different company name and call out number almost everyday. They are using specific U.S.A telephone number which their gateway for their calls from a remote location, that's the reasonwhy the number that is appearing to our caller ID still a U.S number.

If would like your debt verified, or if you can provide any additional information about TNT Telemarketing, please call us at 866-742-0413 and ask for "Ryan" in our collections department. 866-742-0413 is the only valid phone number for PayDay2Go. No other phone number should be used when contacting PayDay2Go.

PayDay2Go takes your privacy very seriously. In a vast majority of these cases, the consumers being contacted never applied with PayDay2Go. We are committed to bringing those responsible to justice.

Sincerely,

Management

PayDay2Go

PayDay2Go is a registered trademark. Any fraudulent use of this name will be prosecuted to the fullest extent allowable by law. Any violation under trademark law is a federal offense.

Everytime they call for my co-worker, we know it's them, their accents are too thick. We tranfer them all over the office. When we're done playing with them we hang up on them, then start calling them repeatedly. If everyone does this, I'm sure they'll eventually stop. Haven't heard from them in a while.

Craig or what ever your name is. You can't even spell!!!!! How can you fool people when you can't even speak properly!! LOL LMAO LOL You can't fool us! LOL LOL LOL LOL Your funny to me! LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LMAO LMAO LMAO LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LMAO LMAO LMAO LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LMAO LMAO LMAO LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL

i speek with roger johnson on friday he was a gud person he wants to help me out from the ligel issue heis the only person who speek with me in a gud langage thanks

Person from this # called my place of employment looking for another person. This is the 4th or 5th time they have called when I said that I could not relay a message I was called a good for nothing bi***.. Can I just say if my hand could go through the phone this rude person would be gasping for air right now.  I have relatives in Jacksonville that work for the Sherrifs office can I just say GAME on they just messed with the wrong "good for nothing bi***" ... again no law inforcement agency would dare speak like that to someone Police dont even address crimimals like that.

I just got the phone call today from Mr.Shun Micheals stating he was from the FBI stating there was some illegal activity on my email address from a loan that was processed and unpaid by me and that there would be a sheriff that would bring me a summons and interrigate me for 2 1/2 hours and the court date will be  two weeks later. I didn't give him any of my information and he hung up.

This is a total scam run by idiots who cannot speak English, have heavy Mideastern or Indian accents, and use organizational names that would never exist in this country.

Their real names are undoubtedly names like paramanansa yogamatash or maktoum bin mohammad, but they have used, among many, the following American sounding names:

Ryan Smith
James Wilson
Roger Smith
Alex Green
David Richards
Jack Jones
Robert Jackson
Paul Murray
Frank Johnson
Chuck Rogers
Danny Jones
Jake Wood
Jimmy Carter
Joe Anderson
Shawn Michaels
Harry Wilson
Louis Martin
Patrick Wilson
Eddie Wilson

They claim to be from:

United Investigation Bureau Department
United Legal Investigations
United Fraud Investigations
United Legal Investigation Department
United Legal Investigation Bureau
United Stated Legal Department

It should be possible for authorities to trace them to this FAX Number:

646-786-4334

They are running scared, and they keep changing their callback number, including:

212-461-1163
937-664-5824
347-844-6701
718-766-7919
607-330-0158
818-688-7216
727-803-9802
713-568-4627
513-754-1987
904-239-3968
718-673-6146
303-968-1170

Also, they were featured on ABC News:



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Fake Debt Collectors Terrify Consumers
Alleged Debt Scam Calls Threaten Consumers: 'Only God Can Help You Now'
By ALICE GOMSTYN
ABC NEWS Business Unit
Aug. 21, 2008 ?

Scammers masquerading as debt collectors and law enforcement officials have terrified consumers with threatening phone calls and bilked them out of thousands of dollars, officials with the West Virginia Attorney General's Office say.

Prosecutors said that the scammers, who speak with heavy foreign accents, are known for repeatedly calling people at home and at work and threatening them with arrest if they don't repay supposed debts -- debts that, according to West Virginia officials, don't actually exist.
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The scammers operate under names such as U.S. National Bank, Federal Investigation Bureau and United Legal Processing, said West Virginia Assistant Attorney General Norman Googel.

The callers also have invoked the names of actors Denzel Washington and Steve Martin, people who've received calls tell ABCNews.com.
Googel said that the scammers have been impossible to track down, but ABCNews.com spoke to one man who claimed to be associated with U.S. National Bank. The man said he works for Financial Crime Division, a company he said provides services for USNB.

The man refused to give his name and gave little information about his company.
'It's not necessary that each and everyone knows about Financial Crime Division, and probably one of them is you,' he said. (To hear an excerpt of this interview, click here. Links to more interview excerpts are included on the second and third pages of this story.)
The man also denied that consumers had been threatened with arrests.

But Mark Feury, a 35-year-old assistant manager at a hotel cafe, said it was the threat of an arrest that drove him to wire nearly $800 to U.S. National Bank in January. The Lewisberg, W.Va., resident said that he took out several payday loans -- short-term loans -- in 2005 to help pay for Christmas presents and medical treatments for his son, who suffers from autism.
Feury said he paid his loans back in 2007, but the scammers' phone calls -- at least 35 in all, he said -- and their threats made him doubt himself.
'I was scared to death,' he said. 'Everything they said literally just stressed me out to the max.'

The group has targeted consumers who took out payday loans through Web sites years ago, Googel said.
The group has secured consumers' Social Security numbers and other personal information, which may have been stolen from Internet payday lending sites, Googel said.
What has made the group especially intimidating, Googel said, is its use of phrases that sound like legal terms -- such as 'downloading affidavits' -- but, in reality, are meaningless.

The alleged scammers have also invoked God, Googel said, telling victims that 'only God can help you now.'
Some of the scammers' tactics are downright puzzling.
One West Virginia woman, who asked that her name not be revealed, told ABCNews.com that a scammer once called her and identified himself as 'Denzel Washington.'
Feury said that one of the scammers who called him said he was calling from 'Steve Martin's office.'
Collection and Money Fraud

Googel said that the scammers' use of celebrity names may indicate a lack of familiarity with American names. Some, he said, suspect that the scammers are based in India.

Since July 2007, Googel said, the West Virginia Attorney General's Office has heard from nearly 20 consumers who have complained about the scam.
West Virginia residents aren't the only ones complaining. The Florida Attorney General's Office said it has heard more than three dozen complaints related to U.S. National Bank.

Thus far, Googel said, the scammers have been impossible to trace, using a multitude of phone numbers and fake addresses.
'The way they've hidden themselves is pretty slick,' he said.

ABCNews.com called a phone number associated with U.S. National Bank -- Feury listed the number in a complaint against the company -- and was transferred to the man who claimed to work for Financial Crime Division.
The man, who spoke to an ABC News reporter for about five minutes, said that U.S. National Bank owns Internet payday lending Web sites and that Financial Crime Division is a 'legal affidavit processor' -- a term that Googel also has dismissed as meaningless -- that works to notify borrowers that they still owe money to USNB. (The man refused to provide ABC News with contact information for U.S. National Bank.)
'They have taken so many loans they have forgotten that one to pay back and we are calling them about this legal matter,' the man on the phone said. 'That's not our problem that they have forgotten.'

The man argued against the complaint that his company had called people about nonexistent or repaid debts. Consumers, he said, have failed to provide the company with proof that their debts have been repaid.
'When we are asking the information, they are not ready to give to us,' he said. 'If they have paid it, they must have something in writing, some kind of receipt, but they are not going to give it to us, so how can we trust them?'

Loan Scams and Fake Address
When asked where Financial Crime Division was based, the man hung up.
Googel said that he has been on the phone with the suspected scammers many times and that each time they refuse to provide identifying information such as valid addresses or a licensing number, which collections agencies operating in West Virginia are required to have.
'I yell and scream at them, but it doesn't do any good. It's sort of high drama in a way,' he said.
Googel said that he has notified the Federal Trade Commission about the scam, but the FTC would not confirm whether it had launched an investigation. An FTC official told ABCNews.com that it does not disclose whether it is investigating a company unless it takes the company to court.

The official said that consumers with complaints about U.S. National Bank are encouraged to contact the FTC, the Better Business Bureau or their state attorney general's office. Read a statement by the West Virginia Attorney General's Office's office on the issue here.
ABC News' Gerard Middleton contributed to this report.
Copyright © 2008 ABC News Internet Ventures

They are calling my phone saying that I had a legal pursuit against me for $225 from 2006 and that I have criminal activity charges.  This is fraud in every since of the word.  They asked me if I wanted to settle out of court or wait for it to go to court.  Please report this!

called my work on thurs 5/7 and left this number to return a call to a tiffany brown. when i called the number i could hardly understand the guy who answered. when i asked him questions he seemed very nervous.

I got a call from some man stating he was an officer, which he wasn?t. This is a scam going around. These people call you stating you owe some outrageous debt and demand payment or they will peruse legal action against you. They will threaten you that if payment isn?t made by western union by 2pm that the police will come arrest you. The police won?t just show up, you need to be served with papers, given a court date and fail to appear before that happens. They will call your job, give co workers personal information that is wrong, tell them you are a criminal; you are going to be arrested for fraud. They gave my correct name, a wrong SS number and stated my address to be somewhere in FL when I never lived in FL. They have a very heavy Middle Eastern accent, you can tell they are reading from a script and when asked any type of question like proof of this mystery debt they refuse to answer.

The company they claim to represent is Midland Marketing Firm; they claim to work for the FBI. I called the FTC and notified them, gave them the phone number that was provided. The FTC confirmed this to be a scam.

Since Monday when they started calling to inform me how much fake trouble I was in I?ve had a rather fun time messing these folks. All it took for them to stop calling was I told them I called my lawyer and called the FBI.

THEY CALL ME AT HOME OR WORK THREATING ME WITH LEGAL ACTION AS CHECK FRAUD AND SUE ME UNLESS I PAY AMOUNT. HARASSING COWORKERS TELLING THEM THEY WILL BE ARRESTED IF THEN DONT PUT CALL THRU TO ME VERY NASTY AND VERBAL THREATING WILL NOT LET YOU GET A WORD IN CALL MY ATTORNEY AND SHE IS KEEPING TABS ON THIS.

I got a call also.  Threating to put me in jail.  I have several old loans.  I will check out the website.  Thanks

Received a call from 904-239-3968 from Scott Dale.  Got all the usual crap. Saying they are from United Legal Services.  This is a total scam people.  They are being investigated by several Attorney Generals.  Mostly they arecollecting on payday loan debt.  Be advised most payday internet loans are ILLEGAL to begin with.  I found a great site that helped me resolve this problem.  paydayloanavengers.com    Do not and I repeat do not give them any money or bank account info. Total scam and report them immediately to your Attorney General.

some office rshean, michael stating he is an FBI officer from the United States, his glad I returned his emergency call left at my workplace and to listen carefull and take some important notes telling me being sued by a loan, called and left msg at my work place
I told him I have no  pending unpaid debt and that I will have my attorney handle this case and  I hang up on him

I have been getting calls on behalf of my employee she has been getting calls at work from this number from an "Officer" Michaels, and many other names over the past two years.  The accent is the same every time.  Always stating it's a "Serious Legal Matter" and threatening that if she doesn't call "Legal Action" will be taken.  She called them back and found out they have her social security number which freaked her out.  Then they asked for her personal information for verification, address, full spelling of her name, etc.  She was smart enough to NOT give out this information.  The so called Officer of the "United States Bureau of Investigations" claims illegal activity and other false claims.  My employee contacted someone in Florida to get the calls to stop.  They did for about 6 months, then started up again from a number in Texas...  Once she dealt with them and said she was gonig to report them the calls from 904-239-3968 started again.  DO NOT GIVE OUT YOUR INFORMATION & REPORT THEM TO EVERYONE & ANYONE, TELL YOUR FRIENDS...  DON'T BE TAKEN BY THESE SCAMMERS!!!! THEY LIE, THEY WANT TO STEAL YOUR PRECIOUS IDENTITY, THEY ARE LOOSERS!!!!!!

I received a call from Officer Roger Johnson claiming to be from the United States Bureau of Investigation asking for an employee. He claimed that this employee was doing criminal activities using the company?s name. When I asked for him to be specific he said he can only talk to the employee..... suspicious. This sounded suspect so I told Roger Johnson (English was very bad; had to ask him to repeat information several times...hmmmmm) that I will need his phone number so that I can contact our company's lawyer as well as the local law enforcement. I then disconnected. I then googled the number and all this information came up saying that this person is calling and trying to scam. I called the number back to ask for the name of the supervisor of Roger Johnson. The person that picked up sounded just like Roger answered " United Crime Bureau". Asked them not to contact our number, or employee. Told them they've been reported to several entities. I was then put on hold indefinitely. I called this number so many times, he/they stated to get so annoyed to the point that they started to hang up on me! LOL....Gave them a taste of their own medicine. BEWARE they are asking for SS#'s DO NOT GIVE THEM ANY PERSONAL OR BUSINESS INFO!!!!

I received a call from Officer Roger Johnson claiming to be from the United States Bureau of Investigation asking for an employee. He claimed that this employee was doing criminal activities using the companies name. When I asked for him to be specific he said he can only talk to the employee..... suspicious. This sounded suspect so I told Roger Johnson (English was very bad; had to ask him to repeat information several times...hmmmmm) that I will need his phone number so that I can contact our company's lawyer as well as the local law enforcement. I then disconnected. I then googled the number and all this information came up saying that this person is calling and trying to scam. I called the number back to ask for the name of the supervisor of Roger Johnson. The person that picked up sounded just like Roger answered " United Crime Bureau". Asked them not to contact our number, or employee. Told them they've been reported to several entities. I was then put on hold indefinately. I called this number so many times, he/they stated to get so annoyed to the point that they started to hang up on me! LOL....Gave them a taste of their own medicine. BEWARE they are asking for SS#'s DO NOT GIVE THEM ANY PERSONAL OR BUSINESS INFO!!!!

We received two calls from Shawn Michaels looking for one of our employees.  The information he gave us raised several red flags so we did not forward the message.  This person speaks very broken English and has little correct information.  Beware!

I have gotten calls from a Patrick Williams, with this same company you are referring to but the phone number was a 201 area code. JUST TODAY at my job I got a call from a Anastasia with a firm called Trent and Gates. She was unbelievably rude. I told her to give me her number so I could call back on my lunch hour, and she hung up on me, and called back and talked to my boss. I got the number from my boss, which is 866-964-8194 ext. 705. She said if I did not pay them by 2pm today, they were transferring documents to Stephenson County and having the police come arrest me at my job. That is so nerve racking. Can they do this. Is there any way to get through to Bahamas Marketing Group directly? The threatening, rude phone calls are ridiculous.

I received a call from Lewis Martin who claimed to be with the united states burea of investigations today as well. This is a scam. The first call I received was from 779-851-2727 which is a Illnois phone number and the call back number 904-239-3968 is in Florida. I called the Florida number, didn't identify myself and started talking. I started asking questions very fast and the guy started stuttering, he got frustrated and started using profanity. I simply told him that if he was actually a government official, he would not talk like that. I also told him that it was a federal offense to impersonate government officals and with FTC to use profanity over the air waves. Finally, I went to my service provider and had them block both numbers.

i also recieved a call from a guy who left a message. saying my social security number, calling my job and my cell number. threatening me.

I have receiver calls from this # since last Nov. always seeking someone with a different name and ss #. I haven't done anything yet but I'm thinking of calling them and telling them that if they don't stop calling me I'm going to call their BOSS the FBI and report them for harassment

I was contacted last week and again today. He said his name was Shaun Miller of the united bureau of investigations and said it was very urgent tha I get in contact with them today. I didn't answer becasue I could hear someone yelling in the background. I just let my answering machine answer. I have told my work and they blocked the calls.

these jerks started calling me back in november and have not given up. they leave messages all the time with my social security number (which i know is illegal)and threaten legal action. i initially tried talking with them when they started calling but since they can not provide proof of the original debt and will not provide me with the original creditor, i just stopped talking to them altogether. i have notified the receptionist in the front office of the situation and when they leave messages i just delete them. these guys prey on people who don't know what their legal rights are and hope that if they scare them enough, they will get the money. they are persistant (in fact, as i am writing this, they called, i hung up and they tried calling another four times), they aren't going to get me.