I intended to apply for a short-term internet loan and when contacted by this company I could not finish the application as it prompted you to sign or phone in your authorization, yet there was not a clear message what you were authorizing, so I decided to not complete the application. A few days later they drafted $48.88 from my banking account without my permission. Then my personal reference person received a phone call claiming an "Andrew Parker"at 713-343-7242 (so I guess the number changed) was an FBI agent claiming he represented "Illustrious Perks" and they had filed charges of bank fraud against me unless they paid my bail (meanwhile I was on vacation and unaware of this). I contacted Illustrious Perks at 877-754-3389 and was hung up on twice after I mentioned my name and dilemma to the operator. Finally after a third try I spoke to a lady named Veronica who "swears" this is not a scam and "refunded" my $48.88 which is supposed to arrive via mail, yet she never asked me for my address. She also claims to not know who Mr. Andrew Parker is and that Illustrious Perks has nothing to do with him. Immediately I went to my local Police station and filed a report. He also called my job and left the name James Brown with the same phone number. The police actually contacted him and he continued to impersonate a Federal Crime Agent, which is a Federal offense. They handed his info over to the FBI. Please stay away from this company and any "payday loans" over the internet.

This company is a joke,  they called and said I owed Advance Cash an online payday loan, I told them I have never taken a loan out with that company. I told them to fax or mail me something showing I owed money and they said they couldnt and for me to just give them my credit card# I told them they sounded like some scam artists and  can you believe the guy said "yes we are"! They hung and tried calling back and no one would answer.

This number calls and never leaves a message.

I received a call from these people today claiming that I owed some payday advance loan and they were taking a claim in court against my ss#.  They had my personal informaiton.  They were very difficult to understand and two of them were going back and forth.  When I told them they were wrong and began to ask them questions about their company they told me they were sending people to my work to physically colect the money.  When I told them I was calling the attorney general they claimed to be the attorney general and hung up.  I called the number back over 15 times and they just kept hanging up on me refusing to give me any informaiton on their company. I blocked my number and called them back and same thing, they refused to give any information.  I did in fact call the attorney general and then my bank to ensure that they could not get into my bank account in any way shape or form.  I intend to keep calling the number to attempt to get better information to turn over to the authorities.

YES!!! Exactly ! Shows up as 0000 etc
and the East Indian accent says this number...914-930-3200 AND threatens with a slight variation on the story saying my SS# last 4 digits would be targeted in a Federal investigation or something to that effect...

Yesterday i recieved one of these calls for the first time. they called my job which really pissed me off. good thing my boss is very easy going and understands. anyways i returned their call cause they were rude to my boss. the message was from a mike thomas  and he was a lawyer representing this online payday loan service and that i am being sued for a $300 loan through this online payday company. the whole time speaking to him i could barely understand him because you could tell he was middle eastern and the name he gave was american. that seemed strange but i continued to listen. he said that i had two ways to solve this matter to either pay him $600 over the phone or if i refused i was going to court. the more he talked the more he didn't make sense and the more i caught him in the lie. he called from a new york area code and said i had to go to court in california. i told him i was not doing either and i have bank documents to prove those alligations were false and he stated that a bank document was not a legal document. i knew he was retarded. he was very rude while talking to him and for someone trying to get money out of people he is going to have one hell of a time. needless to say he still called my job again today and also my mother and brother telling them they will have to pay this if i do not. he refuses to give any information about the company he works for. they could probably get a real job if they put as much effort into it as they do scamming people. they better give up on me cause they are not getting s**t out of me!!!!! hope this is helpful for others who are targeted by them!

I received a voice message today at work from an Andy Parker with an Middle Eastern voice from ACS with an affidavit from a finance company about to take action again my name and SS #  (only providing the last four).  If I want to resolve to call and ask for Andy Parker and ends with have a safe day and ask for Andy Parker.  I forwarded voicemail to my attorney.

yes i recieved a call from an indian gentlemen claiming i owed for a pay day loan they did have some of my personal information, but you cant hear them very clear untill the end  of the call when you try to call back the number does not ring... i contacted the attorney general and reported this we need to stop the men from doing this to someone else

yes i did the same , they had a foreign accent and just kept saying god bless and have a nice day..and they kept repeating the name to ask for

I received a call on my cell phone on Tuesday June 29, 2010 from the same number it was a guy by the name of Jack Adams. He done called my mom and my sister as well. He called my phone twice at 2 someting in the afternoon while I was at work and I didn't pick them up cause it came up as 000-000-0000, and the second time He decided to leave a message on my voicemail I had no clue what he was saying due to his strong accent. He called my mom and he said his name was Jeff Adams and end his call with a God Bless. He called my sister and end his call with Have a Great Day. And for me he end his call with Have a safe day, and the background was so noisy with other people talking. I have no clue if he or anyone of his crew called my work place, I sure hope not I do not really need to hear any mess from my job.

I have read everyone's post and the same thing happened to me today. I received a message on my phone this morning telling me that I needed to call Kevin White back with my attorney information for criminal charges against me for a payday loan that I allegedly had with a online payday company. Then a lady by the name of Kathy Watson called me on my job and was trying to get me to admit I had a loan out with the online company, I told her that my calls are recorded and that this was a personal matter and it was againts the law for them to call me at work.  They said that I had to pay them 502.00 thats the amount of the loan plus processing and attorney's fees. I told them that according to the fair credit act that the had to send me a written notice about the bill they are collecting for, they told me that they could not send me that documentation because that had so many that they could not sent me the actual bill. I told them that if I request the information that they had to give me time to dispute it. I told them that I talked to the attorney general of their state and the person in the office stated that I should write a letter and request in writing the nature of the bill, the name of company and the case number and request return receipt. When I told them that they said that per the terms and conditions of the onlie aggreement, the company didnt have to notify me. I said thats a lie.  All of the people I talked to were from India and they claimed to have American names. I am reporting them to the better business bureau and I have filed a complaint with the attorney general of that state. FYI, a company can not use a summons for court to threaten you to pay a debt with out proper documentation. More than likely the company that is contacting you is a third party. They must give you a 30day writen notice of the explaining the accusations and give you time to dispute them, if they dont, then they are in violation of the law and you can sue the for punitive damages. The summons to court can be kicked out. see The F.A.C.T. act ( fair credit act)

Sorry to burst your bubble, Crystal, but I've been contacted by these same jerks for the better part of the past 2 months now and it's apparent they're just getting started. They've given me the same song and dance about collecting a past due debt owed to a payday loan company and when I ask them for the name of the company, they can't come up with a name or if they do give a name, it's the name of a payday lender portal, meaning this company submits your information to several payday loan lenders but they don't give loans. They give a slew of different names -- Kevin Johnson, Keith (no last name), Jason James, Alex Cooper, Shawn Jones. Even Percy Jackson (as in Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief. I guess his plan was to have Zeus smite me for not paying up). All have a very thick Indian accent, they've called me from at least 5 different numbers, they call me at work and at home, threatening to have me arrested at my job if I don't pay. The thing they don't know is that I work for a law firm so I know what they can and can't do even if they were legit. They're nervy SOBs, calling to update their phone number when they change it (which they have 3 times in as many weeks. What legit business does that?). It started out with me hanging up on them when they got rude with me but now they hang up on me when I call them on their lies or return the rudeness. That feels soooooo good! When Alex Cooper called last Wednesday, he insisted he needed to transfer me to his manager to settle this matter. I told him "Do whatever the f**k you want! I don't care!!" so he hung up. I haven't heard from them since but I'm sure they'll be back next week.

SHARDAE, ignore them. First off, even if they were legit, they can't have you arrested nor file a lawsuit against you for a debt owed. Not without giving you sufficient proof of the supposed debt and also giving you time to respond to their claim. They tell you that they're attorneys and insist on speaking to your "representative" because they're trying to make it sound official and authentic and put the fear of God in you. Well, it's an official lie and an authentic scam. They count on people being afraid of being fired or arrested in the hope that they'll cave in and pay up before those things can happen. They've been shoveling that same sh*t at me for almost 2 months now and I just shut them down with a few simple questions: What is the name of the company they claim I owe money to or I'll ask them to send me the paperwork via fax, snail mail or even email. Those two things always shut them down and they hang up. I've even caught them in an even bigger lie -- the amount owed. They change it from call to call although they claim to be representing the same company. That shuts them down, too. So keep your head up because something tells me that this may be just the beginning, unfortunately.

Be warned, though, they'll probably keep calling you daily and maybe even several times a day. They do that to try to wear you down but hang in there.

Tell him to call you at your new number. Give them the number to your local FBI field office and tell them to call you there.

These punks are a scam company based in India, trying to frighten people into calling them back. They have a set-up using Indian call center operators and disguise their actual phone number with # 000-000-0000. Use caller ID and bounce their calls, or call your telephone service and lodge a complaint against this number. If by cahance you pick up their call, give them a local attorneys number and watch their reaction.

Indian Scammers!
Will do anything to earn a fast buck, a group of lying theiving scumbags.

Given this number...914-930-3200...in a voicemail which arrives from east indian accent man....claiming to be from "ACS"...bla bla bla .....case against me....collections agency plot......   um, they've called 4 times today already, which shows up in my phone as: +0000000000
None of MY personal information is evident in the voicemail, except for my first name...  he ends with God Bless You.

BTW, the do have an Indian accent.

Got the same thing. They have been calling me for over 2 weeks now. They won't leave me alone. It's a 000000 # asking y I haven't payed a debt they said I owe. They have everything my ss# my fall name.

I received this phone call as well stating that a friend of mine owned money. When I called back they said I owed the money. The guy would not explain where the money was owed to. I called back repeatedly to them and they would not give me more information. The guy repeatedly called me sweetie. I informed my attorney and she's taking action as well.

I have reseached this number and it's not a company number, I was told by a co-worker to read the "FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICE ACT" what ever phone number is call you needs to be reported to the local police so they can put that number in a data base to make sure they get cut off.
I do not pick up any calls from 000-000-0000, they can keep trying to call me. I have NEVER applied
for any payday loans, I have also reported this to the Fraud Dept at the FBI. I'm sure these middle easterns or Hindu's, or these A-Holes from India will be thrilled once the Authorities gets one by one.
Please people dont fall for this crap... if they call you back let them know they need to  Assest and Assist.   If we are all smart we can file charges against them... Good Luck... Or should I say GOD BLESS!!    LOL...

Got a call twice from this number today which also shows up as all 0's on the caller ID. He said his name was Michael. Indian accent. Legal Department of ACS? or something like that. He said there was a lawsuit against me and my social security number, and he KNEW my social security number and said all 9 digits. I know this is a scam, but it scares me that they do in fact have my SS#. WTF?

this indian women calls friends and co-workers and tells them it's urgent i need to contact 914-930-3200. a barely comprehensible women with a thick indian accent and tells me a got to pay some money to Payday Advance for a loan i never took and fraudlant acts i never committed. so i start arguing witth the women and she tells she is goin to get her supervisor in order to help me understand the problem with not paying them money i didint owe. he tells me fine then if we want we will just have the authoritys show up at youre residents. i was livid and yellled obsinitys over the phone, these peolpe have some nerve and i hope these jerks get caught for illegally retriving personal information ovet the internet. (Hacking)

this guy named Dennis keeps calling me at work and threatening me with a payday loan of 646.00.   i told him he was wrong, he had all my information and my ssn# . I asked him not to call me at work, and he started yelling at me, that the people in the background can hear him.  he has a woman call too, then he gets on the line telling me he is an officer of the court, and told me I had to give him a CC # I asked for an address and he would not give me one.  I called the Attorney Generals office, they told me this was a scam, but this guy won't stop. I am quitting my job on Tues. due to the embarrasment (sp)  What can be done!!

This little f***er has been calling me too!  I called them back and one little India guy gave me yet another number to call.  347-435-2180 where I spoke with another India man named Danny.  He told me I owe them $600.00 by Monday or I'm going to be taken to court in California and that I owe for some loan from Advance Cash USA.  

Shouldn't I receive something in writing if I owe this money to someone?  And if court is involved, wouldn't I get a summons to appear?

Its been almost a month since I told these rag heads that there a scam and I wasn't giving them a dime"WHY ARE THEY CALLING ME AGAIN????

I received a call from Alex Cooper stating that there is a lawsuit against me.  He told me all my personal information and it scared me.  I told him to e-mail me the claim against me and he never did.  I called the number (914-930-3200) and I spoke to a very rude and incompetent Indian/Spanish man.  Please give me advise as to how to deal with ACS.

These f***ers called me and scared the f*** outta me because i didnt want to go to jail but im like wait a mintue i never recieved any money from your punk a** payday loan im like you have to have something written to me stating that your filing a lawsuit aginst me and what the reason was for you cant jus randomnly call somebody and say u either pay this much money or you go to jail and we will come get you at 11 00 am at your place of employment i cried but when i really thought about it im like hey wait a mintue you cant legally do this without written document or state ordered im filing a report aginst these mutherfuckers because they shouldnt be doin this to people nobody has time for that and they use payday loan to get over on people to get there checking accont number and to steal money from them they need jesus better off they goin to hell god forgive me but these people ruined my damn day. guys jus be aware of 0000 they tryna get you just dont answer!!!!1

yes you should have something in written document if it ever has something to do with money or legal action involving the state or goverment etc... its always gonna be written on paper and be given to you so that you can be aware thats wisconsin law because anybody could call you and tell you that you owe them money or make up anyway to get money. but i know your curious because i was but dont worry. just be aware stay away from them and tell them to stay away from you

God dang middle eastern trying to scam me for money. Today December 15, 2010 around 12:30 pm while I was at work. Got a call from these middle eastern people with a number 0000. I believe they were Indians because you can tell by there accents. This guy calls himself  Brock Louis saying that I owe $5000 on a payday loan and if  I pay now I only have to pay around $1496. Well anyways he says that if I don’t pay now they will file a law suit on me saying that by 11am tomorrow they will come to my job and arrest me and that they promise that I was going to get terminated from my job. To be honest that kinda got me freaked out at first especially when I was at work talking to them. So talk to my boss saying that I’m going to be leaving early to deal with this issue. I mean I actually skip half of my day for this B.S from being stressed out. So went home and call them with the number they gave to me which is 646-580-3094 getting more information about this but whenever I tell them that I don’t owe that much money and that I don’t have enough money they would give me attitude on the phone repeating themselves that I owe that much. They even offered me a payment plan, saying pay half of that $1496. They actually wanted me to pay $800 today and the rest of the money on Friday. So finally I didn’t even care if something happens to me anymore told them that I’m sorry don’t have money at all. Then this guy was like alright tomorrow your going to be terminated from your job and that you will be prosecuted. He was pist off but his last word was actually GOD BLESS YOU. I was actually worried waiting for what’s going to happen to me the next day and to see If something is really going to happen to me. They kept calling me with a 0000 number but not picking up. Soo I actually went online looking for people of the same problems….BINGO….seen this website with people with the same problems and the same Issues that I’m having right now and guest what…….This B.S middle eastern phone calls was actually a scam. It was a call were these guys are trying to get easy money from people and I just found out that what there doing is a fraud and that its against the law for them to call your job especially saying that you will be prosecuted and be terminated from your job. I mean it’s a pay day loan…I mean come on you know what I mean. Soo my plan was to call them back. Soo then I did asking for that Brock Louis if that is actually his real name……hahaha I was like hahaha do you know how many people are complaining about you guys…why in the f**** would you do this to people..you guys are the real fraud here…this isn’t right. I was like my lawyer is right in front of me…soo I’m going to need documents from this issue that your prosecuting me for. This guy just didn’t say anything after that besides..ohh let me get my manager…I was like alright then get your stupid a** manager so I can talk to him…hahaha..The manager talks to me saying how are you and all these nice words all of the sudden…OMG…men I was just playing game talk to this guy saying the same thing I said to that Brock Louis guy. I kid you not he decided not to talk after…I kept saying Helllooo…Helllooo…this guy will not answer back…soo I hang up and tried to call back and no one is picking up my calls….

don't feel bad, i got a call today from my job that someone called by the name of jacob marlin & chris williams stating that i owed money for a payday loan that i knew for a fact was paid off about a year and a half ago through my bank that i had...when my boss called me at home i called this #646-926-1362 & this india or whatever person this was started talking to me like he was stupid as hell...i told him that i was taking this number and these two names to the police station so that they could look into this situation...but i thank GOD that my daughter works in the court system and she told me what to do...if i get another call at my job or anywhere else i will be getting a lawyer to suit them for every damn thing they got.