I recieved SEVERAL calls from this number over a period of the last few months. They were of aribic decent, and started hassassing me, saying they lent me money over the
internet,  My credit is so bad that i cant even get a Kohls credit card.  As I am speaking with these people  I realized they had all of my information d.o.b, soical, even my licence number. Then I started to think  maybe someone stole my identity!?!?!?! As the conversation progressed, they were giving me date and time line as to this "supposed" loan. I evenwent so far as to say I was in jail during this time frame and that I could not be me! They did not hear of it, and would continuously harrass, co workers, and myself, which became unbareable, as im there to work, no argue with peopl about something i didnt do. They would call and leave nasty messages at my home ,and on my cell phone ( how did they even get my number as the phones are undre my husbands buisness) they would state for me to call them asap,
or they would get the cops  after me. So I myself called the police to find out ow they could do this, If you indeed lend me money you'd have to go after my credit, not my job. They became very unconvincing, and started using sexual profanity towards me, at this point i said you cant be from a collection agency saying this to people. the indicated that they werent a collection agency, and I look out the window at my 1998 jetta beater soon realized thie was a scam. Till this day they still try calling me. Its been about six months now and they change the story everytime they call. they claim to have lent me $60,000 over the internet!
Again cant get a car loan, but you lent me this type of money! I am not racist my husband is black,
and i am europian, but you wonder why people become racist when aribics are calling you scamming you for money. this makes peopl very uneasy i feared they might come after me, as they did take down our trade centers. when i called the police we called the phone number back, and in less that 20 minutes the number was diconnected. The very next day they started calling again from the same phone number. again I called the police and he googled the number and infact it is a scam. They first of all dont know any of the laws here, as the infor they try to scare you with is just not the way we do it here in the usa. It makes me feel very sad for the arabic communities that just wanna live free of steriotype that the bad ones have set for their people, but these people need to be arrested and prosicuted to the fullest. Imagine how many peopl they have gotten over on, and how many lives they have ruined. They have since changed the number, and are still calling to this day! DONT FALL FOR THEIR S***! they will do everything to scare you. as a result of this, I have lost my job, and cannot collect unemployment, as this is not a well believed story!!

I received a call from an "Officer" Robin Garcia saying that I defrauded an Internet Payday Loan company and that I needed to come up with $300 by the end of the day today. He also had my  email address, the last four digits of my social security number. He also wanted me to right all this stuff sown saying I owed this money I kept asking him what company it was and if he could fax me some infomation which he kept saying he couldn't do. He kept calling me on my cell phone and at work. He also threatened to have me arrested and call the human resources department at work to get me fired. Is there anything I can do I cannot afford to get fired from work and I do not like to get threatening phone calls like that. It really has me worried; Can anything be done?

I'm pretty sure this is a big scam. I just got a call around the same time you did, all the above information applied to me as well. That I owed them 300 and had my email and social security and threatened to arrest me and hung up on me.
If it's this much of a coincidence that we both have the same problem in the same amount of time with the same "officer" with the same debt, and the same problem, I would just wait for the cops to come to your place :)
Have a good day, I'm really relieved as well hahaha.

I also just got a phone call on my cell with an unavailable number, but was given this same number (917-338-3650) and spoke to some Middle Eastern man saying he was "Officer Brandon McCormick" and the same song and dance that poor Annel went thru. I have put a phone call in to the internet loan place about this. I felt THEY were pretty scandalous as well which is why I cancelled the loan immediatly after the funds cam thru. And they were removed by that company three days later. DO NOT GIVE THESE PEOPLE ANY MORE INFORMATION AND DO NOT PAY THEM ANY MONEY!!!!!

P.S. I told the guy that what HE was doing was illegal and to SUCK MY A**!!!

I do received the same phone call from a heavily accented man named Daniel Lewis.  He had all my information as well.  Can we report these people to anyone?

I too have been receiving calls both at home and work - the last one from an "Officer John Peterson" of the Department of Crimes.

How do I get these calls to stop??

I got a call from this officer tom peterson guy from ph# 917-338-3650 he said i had to pay him 200 because i comitted internet fraud on a loan is this guy serious he also sounded like he was from the middle east, i told him to get a real job and if he wants money from me to come and get it personally so i can beat his a** with a bat!! this i so illegal and he's not even calling me at home or my cell he's constantly calling me at work and he's starting to piss me off i hang up on him and he calls right back what is wrong with this moron, how can i stop him from calling me at work???

people please dont get mad and hang up and yell at him...this is what he wants just relax waste his time on the phone ask him many stupid questions laugh at him when he threatens to have you arrested because you cannot get arrested its just a scare tactic to make you pay after awhile when he realizes that your not going to fall for his scam he wont call you anymore..i would ask is when he call i say who is calling then i get his name then i asked where are you calling from then maybe he will tell me or say are you so and so dont answer keep on asking where your calling from then he might say the state then ask him the name of the company if he does not tell you then keep on asking by now he might of hung up on you...if not and he tells you the name of the company then ask him are we being monitored or tapped and if he days yes then you say oh im sorry i dont like to be monitored or tapped please call me from a line thats not being monitored or tapped and then say thank-you and hang up and when he does call back again ask him the same qiestions again and if he does say were not being tapped then you say good you have the wrong number im not this person i just got this number a few months ago and i get all sorts of calls looking for this person..
as far as calling your job you must let human resources know that your being harrased and if they call please dont talk to them

Well done!   :)

got a call for a payday loan,which i never took out.anyway this women went on saying i borrowed 500.00 dollars around two years ago and i now owe 2500.00 so i say how did you get 2000.00 interset in two years and she says the law allows her so i laugh and she says this isnt funny what are your intentions and i say send me the paperwork and again she says i dont have to do that (now i know i dont owe them any momey and i know a little about the fdcpa law so i went along with them)then i said i cant afford to do that and she says well im sending the marshall to your house and have you arrested so i laugh again and she yells at me stop laughing now you have until 5pm to pay me or else,your else what i say she will garnish my salary then i say you cant do that then she says why not i say because im a retirement pension check and its against the law to garnish a pension or social security check she says we have our ways i laugh again now she is going crazy yelling then i say listen bi*** i know what you can do and cannot do im tapping this call i have your name and the name of your company and your so desperate for money that your lying you cant do s*** i dont owe any monies to a payday loan and i wasted about 20 minutes of your time and your not getting a dime from me i laugh again she curses me out and demands my bank account number then i say whats my social security number then she ruffles through papers and says i dont have to know that i laugh and laugh ands she say s f*** you and hangs up on me.
people please dont fall for this scam dont ever agree to pay or give out your info the debt collectors are not making money and there so desperate that they will use all sorts of scare tactis and thats all they can do many debt collection companies are closing down there going broke there not getting the collections and the doors are closing on these companies   DONT EVER FALL FOR THERE SCARE TACTICS AND NEVER GIVE THEM YOU INFO DO WASTE THERE TIME ON THE PHONE WHEN THEY CALL BECAUSE THEY HATE THAT AND THEY HATE THAT THERE NOT GETTING YOU UPSET GET THEM UPSET LIKE I DID

YOU HAVE TO REPORT THEM TO THE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES THAT CAN STOP THEM. ITS AN OFFSHORE SCAM.  

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.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


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.

See notes from: http://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/9173383650

...and draw your own conclusions.