i just had the same thing happen a man named adam white called me saying i owe a payday loan and has been calling my work every day!!! and blowing up my phone  told me i would lose my job and be placed under arest!!!! if i did not pay  . yet i neve recived any cort pappers or papers from the loan company his number is 846 810 9786

This is Elizabeth Vilim from Carson's Law Firm.  This call is to occupy that we have received a lawsuit against you and your social security number.  To prevent further action please call 979-871-8770...etc.

I received a call yesterday from an India-accented woman from telephone number 979-871-8770 listed as Freeport, TX.  When I called the number back, I reached a voicemail box with an India-accented man saying to "leave a message."  No lawfirm name or business name was given on the voicemail message.

My friend recieved a call yesterday too. It was an indian man saying he was from some law and investigation company and that a lawsuit was being filed against her. The only difference is that it was a number with a 213 area code. When she called the number back he said she had the wrong number. Then about an hour later he called again saying the same thing he left on her voicemail. He even knew her ssn which is really scary. He read the number off and asked if that was her ssn number. We went to the police to see what can be done and the cop said it has been happening to other people also and they are aware of it but there was nothing they can do. He said just hang up if he calls again and just keep checking her account and everything to make sure nothing has been messed with.

I just received 3 calls (minutes apart) to my phone saying the same exact thing!! He left 3 different messages. The connection was VERY bad with alot of static. His voice came in and out but i was able to hear enough of the message to know that it's the same call everyone else is getting. I believe this man -due to his heavy accent and bad connection is calling form overseas. BEWARE!! My number is a track phone and I just registered it. If you have a track phone I think they might be selling your numbers or something. NO ONE has my number yet, very fishy.

I received these calls and also am getting calls from eastern Indian men saying they are officers with the department of law and order. Anyone else getting these? Its not this same number everyone is talking about but its the same line.

got a call saying i owe money from cash advance mutual

I got a call from them to, and my boyfriend did apply for a job on craigslist, and i guess he used my phone #

Boy it is the exact same scam that happened to me. He harassed my friend and Then I called him and an Indian Guy named Name Rick Williams from National affidavit. I asked where he was located and an account number and when he was pressed for the info he hung up. I Am glad I found this site and am going to forward my calls to the FBI and FTC. I think they hacked into my computer because the were som other charges posted that were not mine so I had to change my accounts.Beware and throw questions back to them

THEY CALLED MY CELL PHONE AND KEPT TRYING TO GET ME TO VERIFY INFO I ASK THEM WHAT ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT, THEN THE INDIAN GUY PUT ANOTHER INDIAN GUY ON THE PHONE SAYING THEY WAS GOING TO SEND THE SHERIFF TO MY HOME. SOMEONE HAD CALLED MY JOB ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO LOOKING FOR MY FRIEND WITH THE SAME OLD TIRED LINE. SOMEONE NEEDS TO CATCH UP TO THESE GUYS AND PUT THEM IN PRISON!!


THE NUMBER ON MY CALLER ID IS +052480189
LEFT THIS NUMBER ON MY VOICE  MAIL AT HOME 914-595-7333

Called my work phone, my sister and one of my co-workers- Indian with a very strong accent.
I have not returned phone call

I received the same phone call at work and contacted the New York Attorney Generals office. We set up a three way phone call with these guys and they told the AG'S office they could also be criminals. We found out this is a third party from another Country who uses a phone data base out of New York. These people obtained the information  from the internet possibly by a virus but its all a scam. Do not give them anything and report them to the New York AG'S office since the phone data base is out of New York.

I received two calls on my cell a few minutes apart.  The first was for my sister, the second for me saying my sister had me listed as her contact info.  The message was an Indian man saying he was Steve Carter and he was the senior investigating officer calling on behalf of National Affidavit Processing Department.  He said there was a lawsuit filed against my sister under her name and SSN and that her address was "under investigation."  I called the number back for clarification and an Indian man answered "Hello." No business name or identification of any kind.  When I told him I was looking for Steve Carter he said "Who?" When I repeated myself he said, "Oh... hold on a second" and passed the phone off to another Indian man.  He answered saying he was Jason Brown.  When  I asked him for information about the company, he got extremely rude and did not want to give me information.  I told him that if the name of his company was "National Affidavit Processing DEPARTMENT" it had to be part of some larger company. When he couldn't come up with an answer, he said, "Just tell your sister to call me."

I passed the info to my sister so she would know about it.  When she called she was told that a lawsuit was being filed against her because of failure to pay some online debt.  She was told that she could give them her SSN, account number, and make a payment by phone to clear everything up.  When my sister asked that she receive a written statement of the alleged charges the man said, "If I mail anything out to you I will have to turn the information into all of the police departments.  If that happens then you will be sitting behind bars until you make the payment."  When my sister (obviously knowing this was a scam) said that she was ok with that he hung up on her.

The same thing happened to me yesterday.An indian man called my girlfriend's apartment telling her that a case has been filed against her for an unpaid online loan,(This is a obvious scam,why would she take out a online loan when she doesn't work,?She is on disability.

The same guy called her again the next day looking for me.
When she gave me the message I called him back and really let him have it.

I googled the phone# and sure enough it came up as a scam.

If they threaten you with any kind of legal action DONOT send them anything.

It is all a scam,You have nothing to worry about.

I also got a call on my cell phone and at work from these people. How they got my cell phone number I do not know or my work number in regards to legal action.  I told him not to call me anymore. He said he will never stop calling me and said he would call ne 1000 times. I told him I have the number he is calling from and would report him for harrasment.


The scary thing is I don't know how he goy both contacts numbers for me.

I have been appyling for jobs via craigslist I am statrting to thing these people have put up job advertisments for employment and this is how that got my information. has anybody else applied fot employment via craifslist?

This person called my grandmother looking for me and telling my grandmother for me to call them back. He left the phone number and said his name was Jason Andrew, and he didn't ask my grandmother why he was looking for me. I did some researching on my own, and found out this number is a scam.

When I called back. A man with an Indian accent answered and he didn't know what I was talking about at first, until I told him, you called my grandmother's house and repeated her phone number to him, THEN he remembered. I told them they were a scam trying to get money and its all over the Internet that this processing service was a scam and hung up.

I just got the same call and I could barely understand the man. He left me a message at work saying  there was a criminal  lawsuit filed under my name and address and phone#. I have no clue who these people are and I know that it is against the law for collection companies to tell you that you will be going to jail and face harsh punishments if you do not call back.Does anyone know who i can turn them into because they left all of this on a voicemail for me.

I got the same call, but a lady called my phone 3 times and then my job. I called back and spoke to an Indian man. He got really rude and started saying he was going to process my case and I would end up paying $2,000 in court cost. I asked for the company he represented and my account info, he couldnt give me any info. Needles to say i googled the # and found this site. So im verry glad  I didnt give him any information.

Well the scam is going on! I just received a call from 914-5957333 some Mr. Adams with a strong indian accent .The same story, I will go to prison if I will not be willing to pay. But the terrible thing is that they had my social security number and two of my friends tel. number . Few weeks ago I went to the police to report  a scam , different tel. number but the same voice.
Why the police is not able to stop these scams?

File a complaint with New York Attorney Generals Office since the phone data base is out of New York and then file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission on their website consumer complaints.

This person has been calling me for over two months. I called the police and had them contact them. He changes his name everytime and says I'm in legal trouble. If any lawyer goes after this person I have several messages on my phone and numbers on my cell.

LONG RUNNING AND KNOWN SCAM ? ALL OVER INTERNET AND NEWS FOR ALMOST 2 YEARS NOW

Fake Debt Collectors ? Terrorizing Consumers

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5621205&page=1


MORE ON FAKE DEBT COLLECTORS
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-904-425-9141
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/call4action/17285785/detail.html
http://www.800helpfla.com/newsletter/2008/092008.html

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2010/01/ks_debt_collection.html   latest release of information on this scam

http://www.wvago.gov/internetloanscam.cfm
Attorney General Darrell McGraw took the extraordinary step today of warning the public about a band of scam artists making threats to consumers who allegedly obtained Internet payday loans in West Virginia and across the nation. The consumers they threaten never obtained a loan at all or paid it off years ago.

Internet payday loans are short-term loans or cash advances, usually for 14 days, made over the Internet via interactive web sites and secured by an agreement authorizing debits of the loan and all fees owed from the consumer?s checking account. These loans typically charge interest rates ranging from 600-800 APR and are unlawful in West Virginia.

The scam artists, who speak English with a foreign accent, call themselves ?U.S. National Bank,? ?Federal Investigation Bureau,? ?United Legal Processing? and numerous other phony names. They refuse to disclose real names and addresses and are believed to be operating ?off the grid? from homes, automobiles, or from off shore locations or foreign countries, including India. Since the scammers have kept themselves purposely well hidden, thus far no law enforcement agencies have succeeded in locating or shutting them down.

The scammers typically pose as law enforcement officers, investigators, lawyers, and bankers and threaten consumers that they will be arrested for ?bank fraud? or other fictitious crimes unless money is wired immediately. They simultaneously scare and confuse consumers by using meaningless legalese gobbledygook phrases such as, ?We are downloading warrants against you? or ?We are filing an affidavit against you.? Consumers who don?t immediately fall for the scam are warned, ?Only God can help you now.?

The scammers almost always call consumers at work several times a day, and tell their supervisors, ?Your employee has committed fraud and is about to be arrested.? Such threats have proven unsettling even to the most savvy consumers and employers who suspect the calls are fraudulent.

Attorney General McGraw stated, ?Ordinarily my office protects consumers from fraudulent activities by seeking injunctions in court. But legal action cannot be taken until the scam artists can be located. Even then, it is unlikely that the persons behind the fraudulent calls and extortionist threats would obey a court order. In this case, the consumer?s best defense is to be armed with the knowledge of the scam so that all demands for money can be resisted, despite the false but scarey threats of arrest.?

McGraw added, ?Because the fraudsters make a special point of calling consumers repeatedly at work, employers must understand that the consumers are innocent victims of a criminal enterprise and cannot stop the calls from coming. I also wish to assure the citizens of West Virginia that my office will continue to do everything possible to locate and shut down the outlaw debt collectors.?

More information about this fraudulent debt collection scheme is available at the Attorney General?s website, www.wvago.gov/internetloanscam. Any consumers who have been threatened by these persons or wish to file a complaint about another consumer matter may do so by calling the Consumer Protection Hot Line, 1-800-368-8808, or by obtaining a complaint form from the Attorney General?s web site.

It's a debt collection scam. And all their threats are false and illegal.
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. They 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 gobblygook phrases like "We are downloading warrants against you" or "We are filing an affidavit against you." Another trademark phrase is to threaten the consumer with something like this ridiculous phrase: "If you don't pay then only God can help you."
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, Hopkins Law Office, United Legal Processing, Morgan Associates, United Pay Services, National Processing, White Collar Crime Unit 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.
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 to 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.)
The bottom line is, these are criminals trying to steal your money.
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 (Read 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.wvago.gov
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/1-925-262-1327
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/1-904-425-2863
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
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-954-678-9724
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-610-571-3252
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-310-909-8245
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-310-499-9983
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-771-9249   Scammer posting here as GARY and GARRY JONES
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-866-860-4509   Scammer posting here as Mike Henderson
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-212-500-0839   Scammer posting here as Ricky
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-201-244-7722   Scammer posting as Carole, David Brown and Amanda
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-626-200-4646   Scammer placing false postings at this new number as silshan kanniue and Tina ? preparing a new number to use.
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-424-354-4270   Scammer placing false postings as Rose
Scam alert: Bogus debt collectors
By Leslie McFadden ? Bankrate.com
Monday, Aug. 3
Posted 2 p.m.
Bankrate reporter Leslie McFadden contributed this entry.
This scam isn't technically about credit cards, but it is scary enough to post a warning. The Better Business Bureau issued an alert today saying consumers across the country are getting phone calls from bogus debt collectors claiming default on a payday loan. Of course, the consumer needs to pay a large fee to avoid arrest -- as much as $1,000.
The caller poses as a lawyer, and may threaten extradition to face trial if the consumer doesn't pay up immediately.
What makes these calls alarming -- and perhaps convincing -- is that the perpetrators reference the consumer's personal information, such as the person's Social Security number, driver's license number, previous bank account numbers, home address -- even personal references.
"The amount of information they have is really troubling," says BBB spokeswoman Alison Southwick. She adds that the amount of data points to a possible security breach.
Spread the word to your friends and family: Don't give out personal or financial information to an unknown caller. Scammers can spoof Caller ID to display different numbers, so trust your instincts over technology.
The BBB offers these tips:
?    Ask the debt collector to provide official documentation which substantiates the debt.
?    Do not provide or confirm any bank account, credit card or other personal information over the phone until you have confirmed the legitimacy of the call.
?    File a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission online if the caller is abusive, uses threats or otherwise violates federal telemarketing laws or the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
?    File a complaint with the Better Business Bureau online if you believe a debt collector is trying to scam you.

Just received a call from 052-480-189.  They left a message saying that they were from National Affidavit Processing Center and were looking for (some man) who left my name and number as a reference for an online financial transaction.  The person was foreign, kind of hard to understand but had a simple american name like Dennis Peterson asking me to have the man call 914-595-7333.  

I called the number back and a foreign guy answered.  I told him that someone keeps calling my number asking for a person who I dont know.  The guy asked me for my name and I told him that I wasnt giving him my name.  He said that he cant do anything about it if I dont give him my name and number.  I told him I would give him my number and I did.  He asked me if I knew the guy that they were calling for and I told him no.  I told him that my number is a business line.  He said that he would take my number out of the system and to have a good day.

We will see if they really stop calling.  I dont think that they will stop but I hope so.  This is really annoying.  But if they do call again I am going to pick up the phone and just scream like I speak Japanese as loud as I possibly can and I will continue to do that as long as they continue to call and maybe they will get tired of listening to me like I am tired of hearing these scammers call.

I just received a call at work, the man calling was named Adam White as well, he gave me a file number and his call back number of 914-595-7333. He said he was calling in regards to an onine loan as well that was not paid back, I have never heard of the place he is talking about.  I asked him why he was calling me at work and he stated he didn't have a home or cell number for me but after looking at my missed calls on my cell, I have seen where they tried to call me 3 times in a row at 8am.  He transferred me to a lady named Ivy who said the same thing about a pending suit against me and I told her that they were required to send me something in writing if requested, she stated she did not and that the company didn't either, I told her that even if the company didn't send anything they were required to as they supposedly had been retained to collect on the debt.  She then stated that I would receive something in writing when documents were filed in court.  I am trying to research the "loan company" I supposedly used to try and find out what is going on.

Caller ID comes up with a phone number 052-480189

Stupid me - they had all the info and I gave them my back card number.  Thank God I got thru to my back before any money came out.  I also called the Sercret Service, SSI and my local police to file the info as they had my ssn!

Secret Service states that this is an ongoing, off shore scam - tell them you've reported them to the Secret Service/Homeland Security.

I got the same call except that they said they were from Cynthia Lakeman's office(real attorney in Florida not affiliated with these people) and asked for my attorney's info. Having gotten calls like this before which were scams originating from call centers I told her I had two words for her: F-U. and hung up. BTW, I heard alot of other people talking in the background, repeating the same speal.
*If a lawsuit is pending, you will be served, in person.
*you cannot be arrested for a debt; it's a civil matter.

Received multiple call from a restricted number, finally a call back number was left on my voice mail 954-707-6984. I called the man back, he spoke in an Hindu (?) axcent (?) and his name was jason cooper. He told me I was going to be sued for a loan I never paid back. well, I explained I didn't know what he was talking about. He insisted I would be served with a law suit, I'm still waiting... this was on Jan 20. Today I got another call, sounded like the same person, this time the came back number was 914-595-7333 and the name Ryan Smith, again with a thick axcent. I have notified my local law enforcment fraud unit.

Phone call from 1-524-801-89 at 8:48am and 8:49am. Indian male left a message saying his "name" is Adam White from National Affidavit Processing Department. Call back number is 914-595-7333. He stated that a legal lawsuit will be filed against my name and ssn# for fraud and criminal activity. I will face harsh legal consequences if I don?t call back.
Called back at 9:42. Guy answered the phone saying ?hello?. He did not identify himself. I told him Adam White called me and told me to call this number. He put me on hold and transferred me to the investigating officer. Talked to Indian male "named" Steve Carter who is the Senior Investigating Officer. He gave me a Lawsuit Reference Number in case we got disconnected. He then put me on hold and transferred me to a Indian female "named" Ivy Foster who is also a Senior Investigating Officer. SSN# XXX-XX-XXXX. I told them it is not my ssn. DL# CO XXX-XX-XXX. I told them this is not my DL#. And this is not even a valid dl# in Colorado because it is missing a number. Then she said ?oh I think there is a zero at the beginning of it making it 0XXX-XX-XXX?. I told her that is still not the right dl# and it isn?t even in the right format for a CO Dl. (Colorado DL#'s are in the format of nn-nnn-nnnn) She said they must have the wrong info and my name got stuck with someone else?s info. She will make a note in the file and there will not be anything filed against me.

This is a SCAM that is going around. I got a call last week from probably the same people but with different names. The FTC, California General Attorney, BBB, and my local police were called last week. They now have a different phone number but are part of the same SCAM. BEWARE and just tell them that none of the info they have is correct (even if it is). Then change your bank accounts and credit card numbers. I dont know how these people got my info but I am terrified about it. Isnt it a crime to impersonate and officer? Someone needs to shut these people down!!