I just got a call from someone with a strong India accent claiming to work for the CA Attorney General office and I need to contact the law office of Russell Miller at 916-304-5747 or criminal charges will be filed against me. I told him to go on and file them.

I got a the same phone call from a "Edward Maxwell" from a 916-245-0095, saying I owed a payday loan $498.00.  Saying if I don't get a Moneypak card & pay by 4pm today then legal process will start against me.

I got a call today from Phillip Arthur from the Law Office of Russell Miller. He said that if I didn't send him 462.00 in 30 minutes that my Husband would be arrested at work. I call my Lawyer, and my Lawyer called the guy. He wouldn't talk to my Lawyer, so it was a scam! How can we stop them? It only takes one person to catch this guy. I talk to the Lawyer Russell Miller in Sacramento, Ca. He said that it was not his office. My problem with that is, why would he let someone to continue to use his name. Oh, I played along today on the phone to see where I needed to send the money and guess what. It was the address of Russell Miller in Sacramento, Ca. Weird right? Is he in on it? I filed a Police report, called the FBI and the Federal Trade Commission in FL, where I live. Going to call people in Sacramento tomorrow.

I got several threatening calls from Indians claiming his name is Phillip Arthur and exact stories as abovie that I will be arrested and they will inform my employer and I will be fired and I need to by a money pack card in the next 30 minutes.

I informed my lawyer they said its a scam. I am worried they still have my informationa and can use it to committ Fraud.

Caller from this Law Office in Sacramento California threatens that I have criminal charges against me for a payday loan and if I don't send 734.00 in 35 minutes I will be arrested here at work by the Sheriffs office and taken to jail. I gt a different number to call everytime I speak to them.  916-629-4661; 916-237-7231.
Mark Victor is who called today.

Foreigner calling saying that I owed money to a company and I would be arrested the next day.  i called the company and they told me I did not owe any money to them and that this was a scam.

Same exact story, they bounce back and forth from calling my cell to calling my work number.  I hang up and they call me right back demanding that I not interupt them and that I will be charged with a lawsuit and have fraud charges brought against me.  The most recent number that they called me from is 323-417-0025.    And as the previous writer, Eric Matthews is the one calling me, however he has a very think accent that in no way shape or form is he American.  I'm putting a block on my credit because they have my full SS#, I would advise anyone else to do the same.

Who do I contact to file charges?

I have had this happen at least once a month for the last 6 months.  The were calling my cell, I changed the number, and now they have somehow gotten my unlisted home phone number.  Anyway, I told the idiot who called yesterday that I know this is a scam, he fought that it wasn't.  I told him, "buddy, they don't put you in prison for not paying your bills."  He said I would be notified by Sheriff on Monday with a notice of what court to appear in.  I told him to go ahead, I know it is a scam and he said God Bless You and hung up.  They all threatened the same thing, and nobody showed up at my door.  I also told him if he is going to live in our country to get a real job like everybody else and quit harrassing those of us who really work for a living.

they call me also, did you find out anything about them.
I am going to e-mail my credit union to stop all ach transactions until this is resolved.

omg this happened to me, unfortunately i paid the first people at 310-974-8960, now i have Eric Matthews calling me from 916-756-2362 and claiming the same, i have placed a complaint with ftc but i guess i need to contact fbi as well, hopefully i can get my money back to the tune of 998.00

O.k. guys...Here are your clues that these are NOT legitimate calls...

1 Accent so thick you could literally cut it with a dull knife
2. Completely American name, especially last name of "Smith"
3. What legit legal/law enforcement is going to call you in advance to tell you they are coming to get you?

I just got one of those calls about 30 minutes ago....Name was Adam Smith..(yeah sure)  I just hung up without saying a word....he called back..(I assume it was him) and I just picked up the receiver and hung it right back up...No more calls....Simply hang up and go on with your day..They are scams pure and simple and not worth getting upset over....

I too have the same story but they are calling from 1-619-492-6012 They dont want to give very much information except to tell you they are pressing charges i asked for the charges and he ran them off really fast I asked him if he would go slower so i could write them down and he got mad and said he didnt have time and hung up on me.  Now I am in process of bankrupsey and I put everything in it and I told him that gave them my attorny's number and he said I needed a crimial attorney,, that just dont make sense to me.  They are getting their money sooner or later and I thought that once you are in bankrupsy they can not harrass you but I guess not they call alot but thanks to this web site i will be telling them to fly a kite.

gives call back number as 916-458-4704.  Major accent.   This is a major scam.  Contact the FBI, police and your credit agencies.

I got the same call and on my callerid,it came up as unknowncaller,the foriegn-sounding guy told me same things,scared the crap outta me and really upset me.He even said that he is a state attoreny,everyone keeps telling me it's a scam. and not let it get too you.

i have recieved the same type of calls from a man telling me i owe money too instacashusa and i have fraud charges against me and i need too pay 745.79 in order too take care of this out of court

Yep just received a call from a John Anderson (310-359-1211) his accent was so thick that I couldn't get the company's name. He told me the same as everyone else that I was being sued and asked for my attorneys' name and phone number. When I told him that I didn't have it with me at work he told me to call back. What he didn't know was that I already was looking up the phone number from his first call on my cell phone and reading that it's a scam. Will be report this to the police, FBI, and credit agencies as well as my bank.

I just got off the phone with an Eric Matthews same situation as everyone else.  Phone 562-684-2014.  Stating I took a loan out with Insta Cash USA in November 2009 which I did not and that I owed $900.  They were going to send my employer the information and I could lose my job because of the criminal activity.  The scary part is he had my last four digits of my SSN and I did have identity theft against me this past year.

I am calling the California Attorney General and filing a complaint as well.

I received a call from someone (with a very strong foreign accent) claiming to be from "Customer Affairs and Business Regulations" a legal law firm with the U.S. government.   They indicated that they were preparing to file legal action against me on behalf of "InstaCash USA", which I did ook a loan out with,  When speaking with them, it did not sound legigitmate.  These calls (about 10 in arow)have been coming in to me daily around 6:00 a.m. MT for the last coulpe of days.    The number shown on caller id is 810-676-161 (no last digit after the 161).   And the person calling claimed to be Alex Parker and requested that I call back at 916-458-4704.  

I need to know if this is legitimate or a scam.   They try to sound very convincing, and they had all of my information, but something about the call did not sound right.     I can be reached at 303-886-2702 and my email address is paradje@aol.com

This guy called for an employee I fired 2 years ago.

He refused to accept that fact.  He identified himself as San Diego FBI Agent Russel Miller.  I requested proof and he gave me the bar number of 187728 which I later traced to a criminal lawyer in Sacramento who has no idea that this is going on.

I called the San Diego FBI and they have no agent by that name.  

Now over night I got a voice mail message from the guy identifying himself as the District Attorney General of Ohio, Steve Morton making various rambling threats.

At this time, I took the FBI's advice and called local authorities and opened a case into it.

I also urge that.  This guy calls, don't hang up.  talk to him.  milk all the information you can from him then call the cops, post it online, and anything else.

I received several of the same calls. They called me 3 times a day for a few days and then called my job! They stated I owed money and they were going to press fraud charges against me and send a notice to my employer. I did have a loan out that I was working with a consolidation company on to pay off so I thought it might be legit. The more questions I asked them, the more rude they became, hanging up on me more than three times. When I finally called back I spoke with a supervisor. He told me he couldn’t give me much information cause all he had was an affidavit in front of him. He told me the name of the internet loan company Id borrowed from was Instacash. At one point I was down on funds and applied to several online loan companies so I couldn’t really keep them all clear. When I asked him to send me paperwork he stated he could only send it to a lawyer or my employer, but not me because "they were a paperless loan company". After I spoke with them for over a half an hour begging for them to give me a chance to work things out and scared Id have fraud charges pressed against me, I asked what I could do to avoid going to court. He told me I’d have to fax a notarized letter admitting to owing $600.00 and that I’d pay $100 bi-weekly. I also had to list my credit card number on the letter, and my address. Now at first I believed them even though everything seemed strange. After all, they had my cell phone number, the last four digits of my ssn, and my work number.. As I sat down to type the letter I thought really hard about the companies name. I looked up Instacash and only found an email address. He stated that 300cash.com was also their affiliate. I remembered filling out a loan application because they charge you $19 for it, but I never got the loan. He’d also said Id borrowed $350 but couldn’t tell me the date, which I knew wasn’t true. The only internet loan I’d gotten was only $200. He also said the name of their law firm was Cage Law, which I cant find any information for. When I looked up the phone number on Google I found this, and almost threw up in my mouth. Needless to say I won’t be sending them s**t and will be contacting the authorities.

I got the same call for same guy and smae caller id.  but he gave me 9162364575 and 853224579 as the phone number. he claims that both my references and myself will be served with court papers on 12-3-09 and court is 12-7-09.

i have also been harrassed and bullied by these people. i've gotten several different numbers the most recent being 805-322-4579. my story is similar to others that have been posted on this site, they called me told me 3 charges were filed against me and that i would recieve a summons the next day. he informed me he had an affidavit in front of him and that it is important that i do not interrupt him while he reads it to me so i allowed him to read it to me then when he was done he asked if i had any questions for him. i told i had no questions then he became annoyed because it seemed to not affect me. he ended up saying bye and quickly hanging up on me. i have not recieved another phone or a "summons". this is definitely a scam and i hope no one is falling for this and paying these guys a dime.

My story matches eveyone else's story the only diffrence between thier story and mines is the numbers the original call came from 303 -337-2500 and when i tried to call it back it was a time date and weather checker for colorodo,As i was answering the call they didnt say anything but when i hung up the message was on my phone.Telling me to not to disregaurd this message and call back 650-490-4039 So I called the number and her told me I was being sued for taking out a loan and not paying it back,(i remeber filling out loan applications but being denied)he then told me he had an afidavte that he was going to read and asked that I didnt say anything while he read it to me then he asked if i had any questions when I said I never got a loan he said to me I have the proof all that will convicvt you in court,he also said that they was going to send it to my job so by now im scared im 3 months pregnant and I cant afford to lose my job, so after i said that he got irrate and hung up the phone I called him back he said that he could tell that i was a good person and he wanted me to make a deal for 700.oo so I asked how much was the loan he said 300.00 and he said the other 400.oo was for fees then he said I had to pay half now and a payment plan for the rest later and when I got mad he told me dont call this number no more we will see you in court. I then calls the bank for a record only to realize that there was no such deposit into my account. Now today they have called three times all from blocked numbers and gave me the same 506 number to call back and i told him i was calling the FBI He hung up!

I three calls today back to back to back from an unknown number. It was from a woman who said that she needed me to call her back or have my attorney call her. She said that it was an important matter, and if I did not call her back today, that "Only God could help me once the information about me unfolded." The number given was 1-805-322-4579. She left no name. I called back and a man with a foreign accent answered the phone. I told him I got a call from this number and I was unsure as to the matter it was involving. He asked for the phone number that the person was trying to reach me from. He said that I owed a company money for a loan that I had taken out and that they were unable to get their money back. So I immediately became alarmed. He explained that he had an affidavit and he was going to read it back to me, and please not to interrupt him until he was finished. He then asked me if I had any questions. I told him I had never been notified, and what company was it for. He said instacash.usa. I asked him for the correct spelling. He said that they would notify my job, and that I would get a court summons either today or monday to appear in court in California on 12/9/2009 at 9am. My first thought was how in the world can I make it from New Jersey to California in a few days with no money. He then told me that I have two choices, pay it all in full now 898.36, and write a letter to them saying that I owe the debt. I asked for a copy of something for proof. A letter, the original contract that I signed, something before I just give my money over to them. He said there is no document he could give me, that I would get a confirmation number after the money was paid in full. So I told him that I would see if I can come up with the money and call them back. I asked for a name and was told it was Alexander Davenport. I asked the name of his company, he says that it's the consumer affairs department of Instacash.usa. I then asked a coworker of mine to call and be the police department and see if they would tell her the same information. The hung up the phone on us. So I believe it's a scam as well.

I got a call this am that was quite upsetting, the same story that has been posted here.  "Mary Murphy" told me that I was going to prison, and would lose my job if I didn't pay them the money I owed.  There were going to be 3 charges against me,  Federal Bank Regulations, theft by deception, and another one I could not clearly understand from his broken english.  He said charges had been filed in Los Angelos county in December 2009 but he could not give me a file # or any supporting documentation.  When I told him I wanted to check into this matter with my bank (I had taken a load out in Oct 2009 but not on line) and would call him back by 5pm EST, he again told me I would lose my job when he contacted my employer.

I received my phone call on Xmas eve. Talk about ruining my holiday. My story is similar though the number and federal agency was different. I was told the very foreign accented called was from the department of justice but he had a very American name. The instacash company was mentioned along with potential fraud charges on the federal level. I was told to call back using an 858 #. I have an appt at my old bank Monday. Luckily for me it is a closed account. Once I verify that all my former loans were paid in full as I will coctact each, I will contact my lawyer, police fraud division, and credit bureaus. Please protect yourselves. I have learned a valuable lesson and now know that no matter the situation you are in your creditors will work with you if you keep the lines of communication open.

I received 3 calls on my cell and 3 calls at work today from 714-006-6000 from Julian Ross who had a very heavy accent. He left threatening messages and said "God bless you" at the end of the message. I pick up the phone at work and he said "Why are you not returning my calls?" He had my line tied up as it appeared he was dialing from two different lines at the same time. I called this idiot back and I told him yes I looked into a payday loan but changed my mind and did not go through with it. He claimed I had money deposited in my account. I check my ank statements back 6 months and no deposit outside my my employer direct deposit was indicated. Then "Julian" said he would transfer me to the attorney to help me remember. The guys claimed to be an attorney and told me not to interupt him while read the affidavit. I knew this was B.S. I asked him if I was supposed to be scared especially when I know this was total B.S. He said three charges would be filed and he would ruin my credit report. I told him to stop the calls and I was not going to pay a dime and he said  he would sue me in Los Angeles and I told him his number was from San Francisco, then he hung up. I went online to the California Attorney General's Office and filed a compliant.

yes i just recieved the same type of call today only the number was a 1-714-006-6000 i work on the road and recieve calls from several different types of numbers so i thought nothing of it the same info was said to me 3 differen charges in the state of california and they had two of my bests friends name s and numbers when they call you the best thing to do is tell them to go f*** themselves and hang up but be sure that you do protect yourself..what is the world coming to?

I received the same type of call, but the number they asked me to call was 951-808-6087. they left a message on my work phone from a Daniel Jackson. When I called I got a guy named Kevin. They told me that I was going to be placed under arrest and have 3 charges placed against me. I told them that this was false and I would sue them for defamation of character. They hung up on me, I called back and they yelled at me and hung up again.